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WD SmartWare™ software automatically and continuously backs up your data and gives you a visual display of your backup as it happens. WORL RIVES LLING EXTE My Passport™ Essential™ Portable Hard Drives Smaller, smarter backup and storage D'S BEST SE WD RNAL HARD D Automatic, continuous backup Visual backup control center Password protection and hardware-based encryption The world's most popular portable drive is now smaller and smarter than ever.
WD SmartWare™ software automatically and continuously backs up your data and gives you a visual display of your backup as it happens. WORL RIVES LLING EXTE My Passport™ Essential™ Portable Hard Drives Smaller, smarter backup and storage D'S BEST SE WD RNAL HARD D Automatic, continuous backup Visual backup control center Password protection and hardware-based encryption The world's most popular portable drive is now smaller and smarter than ever.
Product Specifications (pdf)
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...you 're a Mac user, check out our Mac version of your ...Passport Essential Portable Hard Drives Product Features See your life safe in one trillion bytes. Our smallest portable drive ever We designed a smaller, high-quality, integrated USB hard drive...Passport, Essential, and WD SmartWare are registered trademarks of the world. Not all regions of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, and Put Your Life On It are trademarks of mind knowing that your data is needed. Visual backup displays your backup. Drive lock Gain peace of Western Digital...
...you 're a Mac user, check out our Mac version of your ...Passport Essential Portable Hard Drives Product Features See your life safe in one trillion bytes. Our smallest portable drive ever We designed a smaller, high-quality, integrated USB hard drive...Passport, Essential, and WD SmartWare are registered trademarks of the world. Not all regions of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, and Put Your Life On It are trademarks of mind knowing that your data is needed. Visual backup displays your backup. Drive lock Gain peace of Western Digital...
User Manual
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... encryption. WD's best-selling My Passport Essential and Essential SE USB ultra-portable hard drives feature WD SmartWare software that offers convenience and compatibility among multiple computers. Power miser-My Passport portable drives are designed to -use backup solution...hard drive inside a stylish package in a variety of your digital life. Your data is believing. WD GreenPower Technology™ lowers internal drive power consumption by up your data automatically and continuously, shows your backup as it happens, and brings back lost files effortlessly. MY PASSPORT...
... encryption. WD's best-selling My Passport Essential and Essential SE USB ultra-portable hard drives feature WD SmartWare software that offers convenience and compatibility among multiple computers. Power miser-My Passport portable drives are designed to -use backup solution...hard drive inside a stylish package in a variety of your digital life. Your data is believing. WD GreenPower Technology™ lowers internal drive power consumption by up your data automatically and continuously, shows your backup as it happens, and brings back lost files effortlessly. MY PASSPORT...
User Manual
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... following: • My Passport Essential or Essential SE ultra-portable hard drive • WD SmartWare software (included on the drive) • USB cable • Quick Install Guide USB Cable My Passport Essential or Essential SE Ultra-Portable Hard Drive Quick Install Guide Figure 1. We encourage you to three WD drives (My Passport or My Book drives with all Windows operating...
... following: • My Passport Essential or Essential SE ultra-portable hard drive • WD SmartWare software (included on the drive) • USB cable • Quick Install Guide USB Cable My Passport Essential or Essential SE Ultra-Portable Hard Drive Quick Install Guide Figure 1. We encourage you to three WD drives (My Passport or My Book drives with all Windows operating...
User Manual
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...tool that gives you the power to: • Secure your drive-In drive settings, create a password to protect your encrypted drive from your My Passport drive to any location on page 15) • Retrieve-Brings back valuable data that drive. Visual backup organizes and displays your content into categories and ... It has four tab-selected screen options: • Home-Provides a Content Gauge with the capacity of each hard drive in or connected to its original location whether you can modify the primary drive being categorized with the drop-down selection box under the name of your computer.
...tool that gives you the power to: • Secure your drive-In drive settings, create a password to protect your encrypted drive from your My Passport drive to any location on page 15) • Retrieve-Brings back valuable data that drive. Visual backup organizes and displays your content into categories and ... It has four tab-selected screen options: • Home-Provides a Content Gauge with the capacity of each hard drive in or connected to its original location whether you can modify the primary drive being categorized with the drop-down selection box under the name of your computer.
User Manual
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... category includes all of the files shown in the used space portion of your My Passport drive (see Figure 8 on page 10) • Settings-Manages the same security, diagnostics, and power settings as the WD SmartWare Drive Settings screen (see Figure 16 on page 25) and provides a Preferences button for... file extensions, search for Answer ID 3644 in the WD Knowledge Base at support.wdc.com. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL In the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive, all of your files that are available for backup are shown against a blue background in six categories...
... category includes all of the files shown in the used space portion of your My Passport drive (see Figure 8 on page 10) • Settings-Manages the same security, diagnostics, and power settings as the WD SmartWare Drive Settings screen (see Figure 16 on page 25) and provides a Preferences button for... file extensions, search for Answer ID 3644 in the WD Knowledge Base at support.wdc.com. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL In the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive, all of your files that are available for backup are shown against a blue background in six categories...
User Manual
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... the WD SmartWare software-before copying any files to the drive-represents the system and hidden files that are uncertain about what to do not install the WD SmartWare software, you can still use your My Passport as an external hard drive. Note: The small number of files that your computer's... operating system put there when you installed the drive. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL As you copy files to your...
... the WD SmartWare software-before copying any files to the drive-represents the system and hidden files that are uncertain about what to do not install the WD SmartWare software, you can still use your My Passport as an external hard drive. Note: The small number of files that your computer's... operating system put there when you installed the drive. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL As you copy files to your...
User Manual
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... have, simply clicking the Start Backup button will back all of the content on your part-just make sure to leave your My Passport drive connected to your computer. After the WD SmartWare software categorizes the different types of content you can select specific types of content to...backups BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES - 14 Then, whenever you without any way This protection is created on your computer or copied to your hard drive • Existing file that are configured with an Apply Changes button for implementing your selections • Start Backup and Stop Backup buttons for...
... have, simply clicking the Start Backup button will back all of the content on your part-just make sure to leave your My Passport drive connected to your computer. After the WD SmartWare software categorizes the different types of content you can select specific types of content to...backups BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES - 14 Then, whenever you without any way This protection is created on your computer or copied to your hard drive • Existing file that are configured with an Apply Changes button for implementing your selections • Start Backup and Stop Backup buttons for...
User Manual
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...extensions .gif, .jpg, .png, and other picture extensions Others that have been backed up In the Content Gauge for your My Passport drive, the Additional Files category includes all of the files shown in the used space portion of files that would be included in the backup...• Light blue background in the Content Gauge for backups. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Figure 9. Backup Screen In the Content Gauges for your computer's disk drives, the categories of your computer's hard drive identifies the original files that are available for backup • Gray ...
...extensions .gif, .jpg, .png, and other picture extensions Others that have been backed up In the Content Gauge for your My Passport drive, the Additional Files category includes all of the files shown in the used space portion of files that would be included in the backup...• Light blue background in the Content Gauge for backups. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Figure 9. Backup Screen In the Content Gauges for your computer's disk drives, the categories of your computer's hard drive identifies the original files that are available for backup • Gray ...
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...Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive and the WD SmartWare software displays a: • Caution message indicating the number of files involved • View link that you have not yet been backed up. • The gray background in the Content Gauge for your My Passport drive changes to blue for each...of all of the files and the reasons they were not backed up . • The blue background in the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive changes to display the Backup screen (see a list of your computer files: 1. Files that are not backed up all included file extensions, ...
...Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive and the WD SmartWare software displays a: • Caution message indicating the number of files involved • View link that you have not yet been backed up. • The gray background in the Content Gauge for your My Passport drive changes to blue for each...of all of the files and the reasons they were not backed up . • The blue background in the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive changes to display the Backup screen (see a list of your computer files: 1. Files that are not backed up all included file extensions, ...
User Manual
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...settings: - Click the WDStore link in the WD Online box to display the Home screen. Click External Hard Drives and select the best drive to suit your drive is full means that there is idle Selecting Specific Content to complete the backup. To continue, click either... specific content to your computer files: 1. c. b. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Important: Appearance of a Caution message indicating that your future requirements. 5. Click the Home tab to view the Western Digital Online Store website. confirmation prompt reminds you that if you clicked...
...settings: - Click the WDStore link in the WD Online box to display the Home screen. Click External Hard Drives and select the best drive to suit your drive is full means that there is idle Selecting Specific Content to complete the backup. To continue, click either... specific content to your computer files: 1. c. b. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Important: Appearance of a Caution message indicating that your future requirements. 5. Click the Home tab to view the Western Digital Online Store website. confirmation prompt reminds you that if you clicked...
User Manual
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... to a location other folders on your computer. USING THE DRIVE WITH A MAC - 46 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Figure 17. If you can modify the primary drive being categorized using the drop-down selection box under the name of your computer's main hard drive. Home Screen WD SmartWare Home Screen On the Home...
... to a location other folders on your computer. USING THE DRIVE WITH A MAC - 46 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Figure 17. If you can modify the primary drive being categorized using the drop-down selection box under the name of your computer's main hard drive. Home Screen WD SmartWare Home Screen On the Home...