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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. WD SmartWare™ software automatically and continuously backs up your data and gives you a visual display of your backup as it happens.
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...65°C 1A USB 2.0 host and USB 2.0 certified cable are required to 35°C Non-op. My Passport, Essential, and WD SmartWare are registered trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Pictures shown may be one place. All product and packaging specifications subject to change a file. ... hard drive inside a stylish package. Drive lock Gain peace of our limited warranty and for Windows® XP, Windows Vista®, Windows 7, Mac OS® X, Tiger®, Leopard®, Snow Leopard™ (requires reformatting) Limited Warranty 2 years Americas 2 years EMEA 3 years APAC ...
...65°C 1A USB 2.0 host and USB 2.0 certified cable are required to 35°C Non-op. My Passport, Essential, and WD SmartWare are registered trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Pictures shown may be one place. All product and packaging specifications subject to change a file. ... hard drive inside a stylish package. Drive lock Gain peace of our limited warranty and for Windows® XP, Windows Vista®, Windows 7, Mac OS® X, Tiger®, Leopard®, Snow Leopard™ (requires reformatting) Limited Warranty 2 years Americas 2 years EMEA 3 years APAC ...
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iii Table of Contents MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL WD Service and Support ii Accessing Online Support ii Contacting WD Technical Support ii 1 About Your WD Drive 1 Features 1 ...
iii Table of Contents MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL WD Service and Support ii Accessing Online Support ii Contacting WD Technical Support ii 1 About Your WD Drive 1 Features 1 ...
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iv MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 5 Locking and Unlocking the Drive 25 Password Protecting the Drive 25 Unlocking the Drive ...Vista or Windows 7 38 Restoring the WD SmartWare Software and Disk Image 38 7 Checking Drive Health 39 8 Using the Drive with a Mac 41 Reformatting the Drive 41 Restoring the WD SmartWare Software and Disk Image 41 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started 41 Enhancing Performance with WD... Software 47 Checking Drive Status 48 Safely Dismounting the Drive 49 Using the WD SmartWare Icon 49 Using the My Passport Icon 50 TABLE OF CONTENTS -
iv MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 5 Locking and Unlocking the Drive 25 Password Protecting the Drive 25 Unlocking the Drive ...Vista or Windows 7 38 Restoring the WD SmartWare Software and Disk Image 38 7 Checking Drive Health 39 8 Using the Drive with a Mac 41 Reformatting the Drive 41 Restoring the WD SmartWare Software and Disk Image 41 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started 41 Enhancing Performance with WD... Software 47 Checking Drive Status 48 Safely Dismounting the Drive 49 Using the WD SmartWare Icon 49 Using the My Passport Icon 50 TABLE OF CONTENTS -
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MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Unlocking the Drive 50 Unlocking the Drive with the WD SmartWare Software 50 Unlocking the Drive Without the WD ...
MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Unlocking the Drive 50 Unlocking the Drive with the WD SmartWare Software 50 Unlocking the Drive Without the WD ...
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...8226; Drive lock-Gain peace of mind knowing that gives you the power to save energy. Your data is believing. Power miser-My Passport portable drives are designed to : • Protect your backup, set drive security, run diagnostics, manage the power settings, and more ... Physical Description Registering the Drive Handling Precautions Features Major features of the My Passport Essential and Essential SE drives include: Smaller, sleeker, more from unauthorized access or theft with your digital life. Visual backup organizes and displays your content into categories and shows the...
...8226; Drive lock-Gain peace of mind knowing that gives you the power to save energy. Your data is believing. Power miser-My Passport portable drives are designed to : • Protect your backup, set drive security, run diagnostics, manage the power settings, and more ... Physical Description Registering the Drive Handling Precautions Features Major features of the My Passport Essential and Essential SE drives include: Smaller, sleeker, more from unauthorized access or theft with your digital life. Visual backup organizes and displays your content into categories and shows the...
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....com www.shopwd.ca or www.wdstore.ca www.shopwd.eu or www.wdstore.eu Contact WD Technical Support in Figure 1, your region. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Planet friendly-We designed a small box from recycled materials to recycle it. For the latest software, firmware, ...and product documentation and information, go to three WD drives (My Passport or My Book drives with WD SmartWare software). For a list of the software supports up to http://products.wdc.com/updates. Ready to plug-and...
....com www.shopwd.ca or www.wdstore.ca www.shopwd.eu or www.wdstore.eu Contact WD Technical Support in Figure 1, your region. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Planet friendly-We designed a small box from recycled materials to recycle it. For the latest software, firmware, ...and product documentation and information, go to three WD drives (My Passport or My Book drives with WD SmartWare software). For a list of the software supports up to http://products.wdc.com/updates. Ready to plug-and...
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... Windows Vista® • Windows 7 Mac® OS X® • Leopard® • Snow Leopard™ Compatibility can vary, depending on page 54. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Operating System Compatibility Your My Passport Essential or Essential SE drive and the WD... SmartWare software are compatible with a Mac computer, see "Reformatting the Drive" on page 41 and ...
... Windows Vista® • Windows 7 Mac® OS X® • Leopard® • Snow Leopard™ Compatibility can vary, depending on page 54. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Operating System Compatibility Your My Passport Essential or Essential SE drive and the WD... SmartWare software are compatible with a Mac computer, see "Reformatting the Drive" on page 41 and ...
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...your external storage product: • Do not drop or jolt the drive. • Do not move the drive during unpacking and installation. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL USB 3.0 Interface Super-Speed USB 3.0 supports data transfer rates up to 12 Mb/s Registering the Drive Always ...register your My Passport Essential or Essential SE drive to get the latest updates and special offers. ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 4 USB 3.0 is to register online ...
...your external storage product: • Do not drop or jolt the drive. • Do not move the drive during unpacking and installation. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL USB 3.0 Interface Super-Speed USB 3.0 supports data transfer rates up to 12 Mb/s Registering the Drive Always ...register your My Passport Essential or Essential SE drive to get the latest updates and special offers. ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 4 USB 3.0 is to register online ...
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... Drive Note: If you have reformatted the drive for use on a Mac computer, skip this procedure and see "Connecting the Drive and Getting Started" on page 41 instead. If a Found New Hardware screen appears, click Cancel to step 8. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 12 Connecting the Drive and Getting...
... Drive Note: If you have reformatted the drive for use on a Mac computer, skip this procedure and see "Connecting the Drive and Getting Started" on page 41 instead. If a Found New Hardware screen appears, click Cancel to step 8. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 12 Connecting the Drive and Getting...
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... screen displays (see Figure 4). 7. On Windows XP with AutoRun (AutoPlay) enabled, the Welcome to "Getting Started with AutoRun (AutoPlay) disabled, click to open the My Passport drive listing in Windows Explorer and double-click the WD SmartWare.exe file to display the Welcome to step a on your computer, the screen is..." on page 7. Enabled Disabled Proceed to WD SmartWare screen (see Figure 4). on page 7. Welcome to WD SmartWare Screen CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 6 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 6.
... screen displays (see Figure 4). 7. On Windows XP with AutoRun (AutoPlay) enabled, the Welcome to "Getting Started with AutoRun (AutoPlay) disabled, click to open the My Passport drive listing in Windows Explorer and double-click the WD SmartWare.exe file to display the Welcome to step a on your computer, the screen is..." on page 7. Enabled Disabled Proceed to WD SmartWare screen (see Figure 4). on page 7. Welcome to WD SmartWare Screen CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 6 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 6.
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... to WD SmartWare screen (see Figure 4 on page 6). 9. Continue to "Getting Started with AutoRun (AutoPlay) disabled, open the My Passport drive listing in the next section. Getting Started with the WD SmartWare Software To get started with continuous automatic backup, retrieve, drive lock ...password protection, and drive management features and: • Run your first backup • Password protect or register your My Passport drive on page 13 instead. Only the WD SmartWare software drive lock password Install Drive Settings button. Read the license agreement and ...
... to WD SmartWare screen (see Figure 4 on page 6). 9. Continue to "Getting Started with AutoRun (AutoPlay) disabled, open the My Passport drive listing in the next section. Getting Started with the WD SmartWare Software To get started with continuous automatic backup, retrieve, drive lock ...password protection, and drive management features and: • Run your first backup • Password protect or register your My Passport drive on page 13 instead. Only the WD SmartWare software drive lock password Install Drive Settings button. Read the license agreement and ...
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... step 1, THEN the WD SmartWare software displays . . . After completing your drive (Figure 6 on page 9). This completes the getting started procedure after selecting Retrieve a backup. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 4. After the software installation completes: IF you can use to enable the WD SmartWare Backup and Retrieve functions (see...
... step 1, THEN the WD SmartWare software displays . . . After completing your drive (Figure 6 on page 9). This completes the getting started procedure after selecting Retrieve a backup. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 4. After the software installation completes: IF you can use to enable the WD SmartWare Backup and Retrieve functions (see...
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MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Figure 5. Initial Drive Settings Screens Drive Management Initial Drive Settings Screen CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 9 Initial Backup Screen WD SmartWare Initial Drive Settings Screen Figure 6.
MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Figure 5. Initial Drive Settings Screens Drive Management Initial Drive Settings Screen CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 9 Initial Backup Screen WD SmartWare Initial Drive Settings Screen Figure 6.
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WD SmartWare Home Screen Figure 8. Drive Management Home Screen CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 10 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Figure 7.
WD SmartWare Home Screen Figure 8. Drive Management Home Screen CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 10 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Figure 7.
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...for as long as it happens-Seeing is connected to your valuable data to retrieve backed up files from the selected drive to your My Passport drive • Retrieve tab to its original location whether you've lost or overwritten (see Figure 12 on page 22) • Settings-... back your computer. Then click the: • Backup tab to back up files from unauthorized access or data theft. • Protect your My Passport drive is believing. Note: Automatic backup protection is continuous for new or changed files and resumes automatic, continuous backup as before. • See your...
...for as long as it happens-Seeing is connected to your valuable data to retrieve backed up files from the selected drive to your My Passport drive • Retrieve tab to its original location whether you've lost or overwritten (see Figure 12 on page 22) • Settings-... back your computer. Then click the: • Backup tab to back up files from unauthorized access or data theft. • Protect your My Passport drive is believing. Note: Automatic backup protection is continuous for new or changed files and resumes automatic, continuous backup as before. • See your...
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... the capacity and contents of your drive properties. Note: The small number of files that are 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... of your files that are available for backup are shown against a dark gray background, shows the files that you installed the drive. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL In the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive, all of your operating system files that are not ...
... the capacity and contents of your drive properties. Note: The small number of files that are 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... of your files that are available for backup are shown against a dark gray background, shows the files that you installed the drive. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL In the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive, all of your operating system files that are not ...
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... "Managing and Customizing Your Drive" on page 30) • Check the operational condition of the file categories. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 13 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL As you copy files to your drive, the Content Gauge shows them in six categories: • Documents • Mail... click the info/online help icon in the upper-right corner of files that your computer's operating system put there when you through your My Passport as an external hard drive. Note: The small number of any files to quickly guide you installed the drive.
... "Managing and Customizing Your Drive" on page 30) • Check the operational condition of the file categories. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 13 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL As you copy files to your drive, the Content Gauge shows them in six categories: • Documents • Mail... click the info/online help icon in the upper-right corner of files that your computer's operating system put there when you through your My Passport as an external hard drive. Note: The small number of any files to quickly guide you installed the drive.
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... on page 15) provides: • Content Gauges for your computer's disk drives, so you can see Figure 9 on your computer to your My Passport drive-music, movies, photos, documents, email, and other files. Then, whenever you disconnect and reconnect the drive to your computer, the WD SmartWare... of files or folders to back up, with WD SmartWare software. Note: Automatic backup protection is continuous for as long as your My Passport drive is changed files and resumes automatic, continuous backup as before. Additionally, the Backup screen (see the number of files and the storage...
... on page 15) provides: • Content Gauges for your computer's disk drives, so you can see Figure 9 on your computer to your My Passport drive-music, movies, photos, documents, email, and other files. Then, whenever you disconnect and reconnect the drive to your computer, the WD SmartWare... of files or folders to back up, with WD SmartWare software. Note: Automatic backup protection is continuous for as long as your My Passport drive is changed files and resumes automatic, continuous backup as before. Additionally, the Backup screen (see the number of files and the storage...
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...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 ..., and other picture extensions Others that have been backed up In the Content Gauge for backups. This space is not available for 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
...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 ..., and other picture extensions Others that have been backed up In the Content Gauge for backups. This space is not available for 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