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... this product, please contact WD Technical Support. Specifications subject to other countries; Western Digital 20511 Lake Forest Drive Lake Forest, California U.S.A. 92630 4079-705046-800 Dec 2009 My Passport™ Studio™ North America English Spanish 800.ASK.4WDC (800.275...., Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom Europe (non toll free) +31.880062100 Middle East +31.880062100 Africa +31.880062100 Western Digital, WD, and the WD logo are trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. and My Passport and My Passport Studio are registered trademarks in the U.S.
... this product, please contact WD Technical Support. Specifications subject to other countries; Western Digital 20511 Lake Forest Drive Lake Forest, California U.S.A. 92630 4079-705046-800 Dec 2009 My Passport™ Studio™ North America English Spanish 800.ASK.4WDC (800.275...., Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom Europe (non toll free) +31.880062100 Middle East +31.880062100 Africa +31.880062100 Western Digital, WD, and the WD logo are trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. and My Passport and My Passport Studio are registered trademarks in the U.S.
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Table of Contents MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL WD Service and Support ii Accessing Online Support ii Contacting WD Technical Support ii 1 About Your WD Drive 1 Major Features of the ...
Table of Contents MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL WD Service and Support ii Accessing Online Support ii Contacting WD Technical Support ii 1 About Your WD Drive 1 Major Features of the ...
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MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL 5 Locking and Unlocking Your Drive 28 Password Protecting Your Drive 28 Unlocking Your Drive 29 Unlocking Your Drive With the WD SmartWare ...
MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL 5 Locking and Unlocking Your Drive 28 Password Protecting Your Drive 28 Unlocking Your Drive 29 Unlocking Your Drive With the WD SmartWare ...
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MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL 9 Troubleshooting 56 Installing, Partitioning, and Formatting the Drive 56 Frequently Asked Questions 56 A Installing an SES Driver 57 Windows XP 57 Installing ...
MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL 9 Troubleshooting 56 Installing, Partitioning, and Formatting the Drive 56 Frequently Asked Questions 56 A Installing an SES Driver 57 Windows XP 57 Installing ...
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...Format Physical Description Registering Your WD Product Handling Precautions Major Features of the Drive WD's ultra-portable, Mac®-ready My Passport Studio drive is unplugged. Smart display-Create your data automatically-Relax. Visual backup displays your content in portable storage, so we...-performance FireWire 800 interface. Our latest edition features visual, easy-to its original location whether you of your digital life. WD's best-selling My Passport Studio FireWire external hard drive features WD SmartWare™ software that limit power from the USB port. Designed for...
...Format Physical Description Registering Your WD Product Handling Precautions Major Features of the Drive WD's ultra-portable, Mac®-ready My Passport Studio drive is unplugged. Smart display-Create your data automatically-Relax. Visual backup displays your content in portable storage, so we...-performance FireWire 800 interface. Our latest edition features visual, easy-to its original location whether you of your digital life. WD's best-selling My Passport Studio FireWire external hard drive features WD SmartWare™ software that limit power from the USB port. Designed for...
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...support.wdc.com and see the alternatives at Answer ID 3777 in your data is protected from recycled materials to 400 Adapter My Passport Studio Ultra-portable Hard Drive FireWire 800 Cable Optional Accessories You can use the following accessories with limited bus power For information about...this configuration, please see Knowledge Base Answer ID 1048. - 2 For a list of mind knowing that might be needed for computers with the My Passport drive: • Replacement or additional FireWire 800 cables or USB micro cables • A special USB cable that your region. Note: For the ...
...support.wdc.com and see the alternatives at Answer ID 3777 in your data is protected from recycled materials to 400 Adapter My Passport Studio Ultra-portable Hard Drive FireWire 800 Cable Optional Accessories You can use the following accessories with limited bus power For information about...this configuration, please see Knowledge Base Answer ID 1048. - 2 For a list of mind knowing that might be needed for computers with the My Passport drive: • Replacement or additional FireWire 800 cables or USB micro cables • A special USB cable that your region. Note: For the ...
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Drive Format Your My Passport Studio drive is on page 56. The power/activity LED is preformatted as a single HFS+J partition for compatibility with all Mac OS X operating systems. If ...® OS X® • Tiger® • Leopard® • Snow Leopard™ Windows® • Windows XP • Windows Vista® • Windows 7 MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL Important: For highest performance and reliability, install the latest updates and service pack (SP). For Mac, go to indicate space used on...
Drive Format Your My Passport Studio drive is on page 56. The power/activity LED is preformatted as a single HFS+J partition for compatibility with all Mac OS X operating systems. If ...® OS X® • Tiger® • Leopard® • Snow Leopard™ Windows® • Windows XP • Windows Vista® • Windows 7 MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL Important: For highest performance and reliability, install the latest updates and service pack (SP). For Mac, go to indicate space used on...
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.... Segment 1 2 3 4 5 % Filled Segment (space used less than 5% does not display) 5 to 9 6 10 to 19 7 20 to 29 8 30 to 39 9 40 to 49 10 MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL % Filled 50 to 59 60 to 69 70 to 79 80 to 89 90 to 100 Note: The capacity gauge is visible...
.... Segment 1 2 3 4 5 % Filled Segment (space used less than 5% does not display) 5 to 9 6 10 to 19 7 20 to 29 8 30 to 39 9 40 to 49 10 MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL % Filled 50 to 59 60 to 69 70 to 79 80 to 89 90 to 100 Note: The capacity gauge is visible...
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...includes the following topics: Connecting the Drive Installing on your computer. Connecting the My Passport Drive Using a FireWire 800 Cable CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 5 Connect your computer. 2. Turn on your My Passport drive using either the USB micro cable or the FireWire 800 cable as shown in... Figure 1. Using a USB Micro Cable Figure 1. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL 2 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started This chapter provides step-by-step instructions for connecting and installing the drive ...
...includes the following topics: Connecting the Drive Installing on your computer. Connecting the My Passport Drive Using a FireWire 800 Cable CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 5 Connect your computer. 2. Turn on your My Passport drive using either the USB micro cable or the FireWire 800 cable as shown in... Figure 1. Using a USB Micro Cable Figure 1. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL 2 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started This chapter provides step-by-step instructions for connecting and installing the drive ...
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... 5, the WD SmartWare virtual CD mounts on the desktop and is listed under Devices in the form of a virtual CD (VCD) drive on your My Passport drive. Note: WD SmartWare software is provided in Finder: Note: WD SmartWare software is fully compatible with Time Machine: a. The My... WD SmartWare icon on the desktop: 1. b. Note: If you have reformatted the drive for the first time. After you do want to use the My Passport drive to use the Time Machine backup software, click Use as . When using Time Machine, the WD SmartWare software can still be used for password...
... 5, the WD SmartWare virtual CD mounts on the desktop and is listed under Devices in the form of a virtual CD (VCD) drive on your My Passport drive. Note: WD SmartWare software is provided in Finder: Note: WD SmartWare software is fully compatible with Time Machine: a. The My... WD SmartWare icon on the desktop: 1. b. Note: If you have reformatted the drive for the first time. After you do want to use the My Passport drive to use the Time Machine backup software, click Use as . When using Time Machine, the WD SmartWare software can still be used for password...
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...in the next section (optional), and then "Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software" on Mac computers. The Welcome to WD SmartWare screen displays: MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL If a Flash Player is installed on the desktop. 2. Double-click the WD SmartWare icon on your computer, the screen is ...a utility on the WD SmartWare VCD that improves the performance of the My Passport drive on page 9. Double-click the Extras folder. 3. To install WD +TURBO: 1. Enhancing Performance With WD +TURBO WD +TURBO is animated. ...
...in the next section (optional), and then "Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software" on Mac computers. The Welcome to WD SmartWare screen displays: MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL If a Flash Player is installed on the desktop. 2. Double-click the WD SmartWare icon on your computer, the screen is ...a utility on the WD SmartWare VCD that improves the performance of the My Passport drive on page 9. Double-click the Extras folder. 3. To install WD +TURBO: 1. Enhancing Performance With WD +TURBO WD +TURBO is animated. ...
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... continue. 7. Read the license agreement and click Accept to display the License Agreement and Warranty Disclaimer: 5. The computer restarts when the installation completes. The My Passport icon on the desktop now looks like this: CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 8 In the Password box, type the password that installing the WD... +TURBO drivers requires you normally use to access your computer to make them active: Click Yes to restart your computer: 8. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL 4. Click OK.
... continue. 7. Read the license agreement and click Accept to display the License Agreement and Warranty Disclaimer: 5. The computer restarts when the installation completes. The My Passport icon on the desktop now looks like this: CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 8 In the Password box, type the password that installing the WD... +TURBO drivers requires you normally use to access your computer to make them active: Click Yes to restart your computer: 8. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL 4. Click OK.
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... Up Files, Set Up Drive, or Retrieve a backup, the software guides you if a newer version of software, especially on page 10 and "Password Pro- MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software Note: For the best visual presentation, all WD SmartWare software screens are displayed in the WD...
... Up Files, Set Up Drive, or Retrieve a backup, the software guides you if a newer version of software, especially on page 10 and "Password Pro- MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software Note: For the best visual presentation, all WD SmartWare software screens are displayed in the WD...
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MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL Figure 3. Initial Drive Settings Screen Figure 4. Home Screen CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 10
MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL Figure 3. Initial Drive Settings Screen Figure 4. Home Screen CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 10
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... 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. Then, whenever you disconnect and reconnect the drive to your computer, the WD SmartWare software rescans your computer for new... or changed files and resumes automatic, continuous backup as before. • See your backup as your My Passport drive is believing. By selecting a different drive, the system will identify the categories of the files in all other folders on your computer....
... 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. Then, whenever you disconnect and reconnect the drive to your computer, the WD SmartWare software rescans your computer for new... or changed files and resumes automatic, continuous backup as before. • See your backup as your My Passport drive is believing. By selecting a different drive, the system will identify the categories of the files in all other folders on your computer....
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...if you want to the drive or download another computer, the VCD remains hidden there too. They, too, are not available for your My Passport drive, the Additional Files category includes all of the screen. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 12 Files that are not backed up ...you have retrieved from the WD SmartWare Virtual CD Settings dialog (see "Showing or Hiding the Virtual CD Icon" on your desktop. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL Note that: • The System category, shown against a dark gray background, shows the files that are not available for backups....
...if you want to the drive or download another computer, the VCD remains hidden there too. They, too, are not available for your My Passport drive, the Additional Files category includes all of the screen. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 12 Files that are not backed up ...you have retrieved from the WD SmartWare Virtual CD Settings dialog (see "Showing or Hiding the Virtual CD Icon" on your desktop. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL Note that: • The System category, shown against a dark gray background, shows the files that are not available for backups....
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... to display the VCD file listing: 2. Click Continue. 5. Double-click the WD SmartWare icon to display the WD SmartWare Virtual CD Manager utility screen: 4. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL With those precautions in mind, if you want to hide the VCD: 1. Read the license agreement and click Accept to the desktop...
... to display the VCD file listing: 2. Click Continue. 5. Double-click the WD SmartWare icon to display the WD SmartWare Virtual CD Manager utility screen: 4. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL With those precautions in mind, if you want to hide the VCD: 1. Read the license agreement and click Accept to the desktop...
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... SmartWare Virtual CD Manager utility and check your drive. Wait ten seconds. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 14 Select your drive. 8. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL 6. c. Click Exit to take effect, you have hidden the VCD, it is more involved. If you think you might want ... micro cable or FireWire cable from support.wdc.com. Showing the WD SmartWare Virtual CD If you might later want to move your My Passport drive to another computer, or install the WD SmartWare software, you got started without installing the WD SmartWare software, hid (disabled) the ...
... SmartWare Virtual CD Manager utility and check your drive. Wait ten seconds. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 14 Select your drive. 8. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL 6. c. Click Exit to take effect, you have hidden the VCD, it is more involved. If you think you might want ... micro cable or FireWire cable from support.wdc.com. Showing the WD SmartWare Virtual CD If you might later want to move your My Passport drive to another computer, or install the WD SmartWare software, you got started without installing the WD SmartWare software, hid (disabled) the ...
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... • Virtual_CD_Manager_vxxxx.exe from the downloaded .zip file 3. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 15 The WD SmartWare Virtual CD Manager utility locates your My Passport drive, and the WD SmartWare Virtual CD Manager utility displays its current and target VCD settings: 6. Select your drives and asks you to select the...
... • Virtual_CD_Manager_vxxxx.exe from the downloaded .zip file 3. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 15 The WD SmartWare Virtual CD Manager utility locates your My Passport drive, and the WD SmartWare Virtual CD Manager utility displays its current and target VCD settings: 6. Select your drives and asks you to select the...
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As prompted, for your change . Disconnect the USB micro cable or FireWire cable from your My Passport drive: a. Check your drive. 8. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL 7. Wait ten seconds. c. Reconnect the USB micro cable or FireWire cable to your desktop display to close the WD SmartWare Virtual CD Manager utility. 9. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 16 Click Exit to confirm the change to take effect, you must power cycle your drive. b.
As prompted, for your change . Disconnect the USB micro cable or FireWire cable from your My Passport drive: a. Check your drive. 8. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL 7. Wait ten seconds. c. Reconnect the USB micro cable or FireWire cable to your desktop display to close the WD SmartWare Virtual CD Manager utility. 9. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 16 Click Exit to confirm the change to take effect, you must power cycle your drive. b.