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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.
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... backup, set drive security, run diagnostics, manage the power settings, and more from recycled materials to minimize waste. No separate power supply is believing. Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, and Put Your Life On It are trademarks of your limited warranty depends on the country in which your backup. My Passport, Essential, and...
... backup, set drive security, run diagnostics, manage the power settings, and more from recycled materials to minimize waste. No separate power supply is believing. Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, and Put Your Life On It are trademarks of your limited warranty depends on the country in which your backup. My Passport, Essential, and...
User Manual
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...content into categories and shows the progress of your digital life. Power miser-My Passport portable drives are designed to its original location whether you've lost files effortlessly. WD GreenPower Technology™ lowers internal drive power consumption by up your data automatically and continuously... • Bring back lost files effortlessly-Retrieve your valuable data to save energy. WD's best-selling My Passport Essential and Essential SE USB ultra-portable hard drives feature WD SmartWare software that backs up to -use backup solution for all your data, deleted a file...
...content into categories and shows the progress of your digital life. Power miser-My Passport portable drives are designed to its original location whether you've lost files effortlessly. WD GreenPower Technology™ lowers internal drive power consumption by up your data automatically and continuously... • Bring back lost files effortlessly-Retrieve your valuable data to save energy. WD's best-selling My Passport Essential and Essential SE USB ultra-portable hard drives feature WD SmartWare software that backs up to -use backup solution for all your data, deleted a file...
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... Contents Optional Accessories You can use the 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. For a list of the software supports up...
... Contents Optional Accessories You can use the 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. For a list of the software supports up...
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...WD SmartWare Home screen is an easy-to-use 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 your computer (see Figure 7 on page 10) • Backup-Manages existing backups or creates new backups of... rescans your computer for as long as it happens-Seeing is connected to its original location whether you can modify the primary drive being categorized with the capacity of each hard drive in or connected to any location on page 15) • Retrieve-Brings back valuable data that...
...WD SmartWare Home screen is an easy-to-use 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 your computer (see Figure 7 on page 10) • Backup-Manages existing backups or creates new backups of... rescans your computer for as long as it happens-Seeing is connected to its original location whether you can modify the primary drive being categorized with the capacity of each hard drive in or connected to any location on page 15) • Retrieve-Brings back valuable data that...
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... retrieved from a prior backup. It has two tab-selected screen options: • Home-Provides a Content Gauge showing the capacity and contents of your My Passport drive (see Figure 8 on page 10) • Settings-Manages the same security, diagnostics, and power settings as the WD SmartWare...For a complete list of all of the files shown 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 dark gray background, shows the files...
... retrieved from a prior backup. It has two tab-selected screen options: • Home-Provides a Content Gauge showing the capacity and contents of your My Passport drive (see Figure 8 on page 10) • Settings-Manages the same security, diagnostics, and power settings as the WD SmartWare...For a complete list of all of the files shown 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 dark gray background, shows the files...
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... information to quickly guide you copy files to do not install the WD SmartWare software, you can still use your My Passport as an external hard drive. prompt on page 11 for the best possible performance (see "Checking Drive Health" on page 30) • Check the operational condition of the file categories. CONNECTING THE...
... information to quickly guide you copy files to do not install the WD SmartWare software, you can still use your My Passport as an external hard drive. prompt on page 11 for the best possible performance (see "Checking Drive Health" on page 30) • Check the operational condition of the file categories. CONNECTING THE...
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... up any: • New file that is created on your computer or copied to your hard drive • Existing file that is changed files and resumes automatic, continuous backup as your My Passport drive is continuous for new or changed in any action on your computer to your My... Passport drive-music, movies, photos, documents, email, and other files. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 13 Backing Up Your Computer...
... up any: • New file that is created on your computer or copied to your hard drive • Existing file that is changed files and resumes automatic, continuous backup as your My Passport drive is continuous for new or changed in any action on your computer to your My... Passport drive-music, movies, photos, documents, email, and other files. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 13 Backing Up Your Computer...
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...where a: • Light blue background in the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive identifies the original files that are available for backup • Gray background in the Content Gauge for your My Passport drive identifies the potential backup copies of the original files • Dark blue background ...identifies categories of files that do not belong in the used space portion of your My Passport drive, the Additional Files category includes all of the files shown in the five main categories BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES - 15 This...
...where a: • Light blue background in the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive identifies the original files that are available for backup • Gray background in the Content Gauge for your My Passport drive identifies the potential backup copies of the original files • Dark blue background ...identifies categories of files that do not belong in the used space portion of your My Passport drive, the Additional Files category includes all of the files shown in the five main categories BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES - 15 This...
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...files from a prior backup. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Note that: • The System category, shown against a dark gray background, includes the files that you cannot determine why some of your files were not backed up a different hard drive, click the Home tab and ... to back up all of a backup successfully finished message means that you to display the Backup screen (see a list of your computer's hard drive and the WD SmartWare software displays a: • Caution message indicating the number of files involved • View link that the backup completed ...
...files from a prior backup. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Note that: • The System category, shown against a dark gray background, includes the files that you cannot determine why some of your files were not backed up a different hard drive, click the Home tab and ... to back up all of a backup successfully finished message means that you to display the Backup screen (see a list of your computer's hard drive and the WD SmartWare software displays a: • Caution message indicating the number of files involved • View link that the backup completed ...
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... complete the backup. Click the WDStore link in the WD Online box to keep - Click External Hard Drives and select the best drive to suit your My Passport drive. Choosing the number of backup versions to view the Western Digital Online Store website. confirmation prompt reminds you that if you clicked Stop Backup at step 3, the Stop...
... complete the backup. Click the WDStore link in the WD Online box to keep - Click External Hard Drives and select the best drive to suit your My Passport drive. Choosing the number of backup versions to view the Western Digital Online Store website. confirmation prompt reminds you that if you clicked Stop Backup at step 3, the Stop...
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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 files on your computer's main hard drive. Then click the Backup or Retrieve tab to either back up from or retrieve files to a location other folders... of the files in the represented folder except the Other category, which includes all of the files in all other than 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 files on your computer's main hard drive. Then click the Backup or Retrieve tab to either back up from or retrieve files to a location other folders... of the files in the represented folder except the Other category, which includes all of the files in all other than your computer. USING THE DRIVE WITH A MAC - 46