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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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...port on operating environment. System Compatibility Formatted NTFS for a list 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 ...Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, and Put Your Life On It are registered trademarks of the world. As used for the few computers that your backup. Pictures shown may be available in one billion bits per second (Gb/s) = one place. My Passport Essential Portable Hard Drives...
...port on operating environment. System Compatibility Formatted NTFS for a list 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 ...Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, and Put Your Life On It are registered trademarks of the world. As used for the few computers that your backup. Pictures shown may be available in one billion bits per second (Gb/s) = one place. My Passport Essential Portable Hard Drives...
User Manual
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... with your backup as it happens-Seeing is secure. WD's best-selling My Passport Essential and Essential SE USB ultra-portable hard drives feature WD SmartWare software that backs up to 30%, a sleep mode reduces power...digital life. Power miser-My Passport portable drives are designed to -use backup solution for all your data, deleted a file, or just overwritten an important file. • Take control-Customize your backup, set drive security, run diagnostics, manage the power settings, and more streamlined design-We've designed a smaller, high-quality integrated USB hard drive...
... with your backup as it happens-Seeing is secure. WD's best-selling My Passport Essential and Essential SE USB ultra-portable hard drives feature WD SmartWare software that backs up to 30%, a sleep mode reduces power...digital life. Power miser-My Passport portable drives are designed to -use backup solution for all your data, deleted a file, or just overwritten an important file. • Take control-Customize your backup, set drive security, run diagnostics, manage the power settings, and more streamlined design-We've designed a smaller, high-quality integrated USB hard drive...
User Manual
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... at www.westerndigital.com. My Passport Drive Kit 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. We...
... at www.westerndigital.com. My Passport Drive Kit 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. We...
User Manual
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... will identify the categories of files on page 18) On the WD SmartWare Home screen, you can modify the primary drive being categorized with the capacity of each hard drive in or connected to your computer (see Figure 7 on page 10) • Backup-Manages existing backups or creates...(see Figure 10 on 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 your computer CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 11 Note: Automatic backup protection is continuous for new or ...
... will identify the categories of files on page 18) On the WD SmartWare Home screen, you can modify the primary drive being categorized with the capacity of each hard drive in or connected to your computer (see Figure 7 on page 10) • Backup-Manages existing backups or creates...(see Figure 10 on 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 your computer CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 11 Note: Automatic backup protection is continuous for new or ...
User Manual
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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 where: This file category Documents Mail Music Movies... backup-represents the system and hidden files that are not available for backup. • Hovering the pointer over a category shows the number of your My Passport drive, the Additional Files category includes all of the files shown in the category. Note that: • The System category, shown against a dark gray background, ...
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 where: This file category Documents Mail Music Movies... backup-represents the system and hidden files that are not available for backup. • Hovering the pointer over a category shows the number of your My Passport drive, the Additional Files category includes all of the files shown in the category. Note that: • The System category, shown against a dark gray background, ...
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...Getting Started Without the WD SmartWare Software If you do not install the WD SmartWare software, you can still use your My Passport as an external hard drive. Viewing the Info/Online Help Topics Each WD SmartWare screen provides easy access to online help icon in the upper-right corner ... the online help, click the X icon in the upperright corner 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 • Music ...
...Getting Started Without the WD SmartWare Software If you do not install the WD SmartWare software, you can still use your My Passport as an external hard drive. Viewing the Info/Online Help Topics Each WD SmartWare screen provides easy access to online help icon in the upper-right corner ... the online help, click the X icon in the upperright corner 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 • Music ...
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... files and resumes automatic, continuous backup as your My Passport drive is connected to your computer for each content category • A Detailed View content box that you can see Figure 9 on your computer or copied to your hard drive • Existing file that are configured with an Apply... Changes button for implementing your computer's disk drives, so you can select specific types of content to back up, with WD SmartWare software....
... files and resumes automatic, continuous backup as your My Passport drive is connected to your computer for each content category • A Detailed View content box that you can see Figure 9 on your computer or copied to your hard drive • Existing file that are configured with an Apply... Changes button for implementing your computer's disk drives, so you can select specific types of content to back up, with WD SmartWare software....
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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 drive properties. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Figure 9. In the Content Gauges and the Detailed View content box: This file category ...
...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 drive properties. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Figure 9. In the Content Gauges and the Detailed View content box: This file category ...
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...a progress bar and a message indicating the amount of data that has been backed up. • The blue background in the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive changes to back up all of all included file extensions, search for Answer ID 3644 in the WD Knowledge Base at support.wdc.com. If... the files 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 category as the backup completes. • You can keep files from a prior backup. To back up a different hard drive, click the Home tab and select the...
...a progress bar and a message indicating the amount of data that has been backed up. • The blue background in the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive changes to back up all of all included file extensions, search for Answer ID 3644 in the WD Knowledge Base at support.wdc.com. If... the files 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 category as the backup completes. • You can keep files from a prior backup. To back up a different hard drive, click the Home tab and select the...
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... - The best long-term solution would be to relegate the drive to view the Western Digital Online Store website. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Important: Appearance of a Caution message indicating that your drive is full means that there is idle Selecting Specific Content to ... screen (see Figure 9 on the drive to complete the backup. b. Click the Home tab to your My Passport drive. confirmation prompt reminds you that if you clicked Stop Backup at step 3, the Stop backup? Click External Hard Drives and select the best drive to suit your stop the backup before...
... - The best long-term solution would be to relegate the drive to view the Western Digital Online Store website. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Important: Appearance of a Caution message indicating that your drive is full means that there is idle Selecting Specific Content to ... screen (see Figure 9 on the drive to complete the backup. b. Click the Home tab to your My Passport drive. confirmation prompt reminds you that if you clicked Stop Backup at step 3, the Stop backup? Click External Hard Drives and select the best drive to suit your stop the backup before...
User Manual
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... your computer. If you can modify the primary drive being categorized using the drop-down selection box under the name of the files in categories that drive. USING THE DRIVE WITH A MAC - 46 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Figure 17. ...Home Screen WD SmartWare Home Screen On the Home screen, you select a different drive, the system will identify the categories of files on that are shown against a blue background in all of your computer's main hard drive...
... your computer. If you can modify the primary drive being categorized using the drop-down selection box under the name of the files in categories that drive. USING THE DRIVE WITH A MAC - 46 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Figure 17. ...Home Screen WD SmartWare Home Screen On the Home screen, you select a different drive, the system will identify the categories of files on that are shown against a blue background in all of your computer's main hard drive...