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WORL RIVES LLING EXTE My Book® Essential™ External Hard Drives Smart backup and storage D'S BEST SE WD RNAL HARD D Automatic, continuous backup Visual backup control center Password protection and hardware-based encryption Our best-selling My Book external drive is an elegant, high-capacity storage solution for all the chapters of your digital life. Our latest edition now features visual, easy-to-use, automatic, continuous backup software and drive lock security protection.
WORL RIVES LLING EXTE My Book® Essential™ External Hard Drives Smart backup and storage D'S BEST SE WD RNAL HARD D Automatic, continuous backup Visual backup control center Password protection and hardware-based encryption Our best-selling My Book external drive is an elegant, high-capacity storage solution for all the chapters of your digital life. Our latest edition now features visual, easy-to-use, automatic, continuous backup software and drive lock security protection.
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...Mac OS® X Tiger®, Leopard®, Snow Leopard™ (requires reformatting) Limited Warranty 2 years Americas 2 years EMEA 3 years APAC 3 years Japan Capacities and models 2 TB WDBAAF0020EBK 1.5 TB WDBAAF0015EBK 1 TB WDBAAF0010EBK 750 GB WDBAAF7500EBK 640 GB WDBAAF6400EBK 500 GB WDBAAF5000EBK Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, My Book... made these regions. © 2009 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Total accessible capacity varies depending on and off with password protection and 256-bit hardware-based encryption. My Book Essential External Hard Drives Product Features See...
...Mac OS® X Tiger®, Leopard®, Snow Leopard™ (requires reformatting) Limited Warranty 2 years Americas 2 years EMEA 3 years APAC 3 years Japan Capacities and models 2 TB WDBAAF0020EBK 1.5 TB WDBAAF0015EBK 1 TB WDBAAF0010EBK 750 GB WDBAAF7500EBK 640 GB WDBAAF6400EBK 500 GB WDBAAF5000EBK Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, My Book... made these regions. © 2009 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Total accessible capacity varies depending on and off with password protection and 256-bit hardware-based encryption. My Book Essential External Hard Drives Product Features See...
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iii Table of Contents MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUALL WD Service and Support ii Accessing Online Support ii Contacting WD Technical Support ii 1 About Your WD Drive 1 Features 1 Kit Contents 2 Optional ...
iii Table of Contents MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUALL WD Service and Support ii Accessing Online Support ii Contacting WD Technical Support ii 1 About Your WD Drive 1 Features 1 Kit Contents 2 Optional ...
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MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUALL 5 Locking and Unlocking the Drive 27 Password Protecting the Drive 27 Unlocking the Drive 28 ...or Windows 7 41 Restoring the WD SmartWare Software and Disk Image 41 7 Checking Drive Health 42 8 Using the Drive with a Mac 44 Reformatting the Drive 44 Restoring the WD SmartWare Software and Disk Image 44 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started 44 Enhancing Performance with...50 Checking Drive Status 51 Safely Dismounting the Drive 52 Using the WD SmartWare Icon 52 Using the My Book Icon 53 Using the Drive Power Button 53 TABLE OF CONTENTS - iv
MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUALL 5 Locking and Unlocking the Drive 27 Password Protecting the Drive 27 Unlocking the Drive 28 ...or Windows 7 41 Restoring the WD SmartWare Software and Disk Image 41 7 Checking Drive Health 42 8 Using the Drive with a Mac 44 Reformatting the Drive 44 Restoring the WD SmartWare Software and Disk Image 44 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started 44 Enhancing Performance with...50 Checking Drive Status 51 Safely Dismounting the Drive 52 Using the WD SmartWare Icon 52 Using the My Book Icon 53 Using the Drive Power Button 53 TABLE OF CONTENTS - iv
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MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUALL Unlocking the Drive 53 Unlocking the Drive with the WD SmartWare Software 53 Unlocking the Drive Without the WD SmartWare Software 55 ...
MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUALL Unlocking the Drive 53 Unlocking the Drive with the WD SmartWare Software 53 Unlocking the Drive Without the WD SmartWare Software 55 ...
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...Contents Optional Accessories Operating System Compatibility Disk Drive Format Physical Description Registering the Drive Handling Precautions Features Major features of the My Book Essential drive include: Smaller, sleeker, more streamlined design-We've made these award-winning drives even smaller, sleeker, and ... lost all the chapters of mind knowing that gives you add or change a file. • See your digital life. WD's best-selling My Book Essential USB external hard drive features WD SmartWare software that offers convenience and compatibility among multiple computers. Your data is...
...Contents Optional Accessories Operating System Compatibility Disk Drive Format Physical Description Registering the Drive Handling Precautions Features Major features of the My Book Essential drive include: Smaller, sleeker, more streamlined design-We've made these award-winning drives even smaller, sleeker, and ... lost all the chapters of mind knowing that gives you add or change a file. • See your digital life. WD's best-selling My Book Essential USB external hard drive features WD SmartWare software that offers convenience and compatibility among multiple computers. Your data is...
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... information and news, visit our website at www.westerndigital.com. For a list of the software supports up to three WD drives (My Book or My Passport drives with all updated Windows operating systems. Support for this product, visit: US Canada Europe All others www.shopwd.com ...eu or www.wdstore.eu Contact WD Technical Support in Figure 1, your region. Kit Contents As shown in your My Book Essential disk drive kit includes the following: • My Book Essential external hard drive • WD SmartWare software (included on the drive) • USB cable • AC adapter...
... information and news, visit our website at www.westerndigital.com. For a list of the software supports up to three WD drives (My Book or My Passport drives with all updated Windows operating systems. Support for this product, visit: US Canada Europe All others www.shopwd.com ...eu or www.wdstore.eu Contact WD Technical Support in Figure 1, your region. Kit Contents As shown in your My Book Essential disk drive kit includes the following: • My Book Essential external hard drive • WD SmartWare software (included on the drive) • USB cable • AC adapter...
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...Leopard™ Compatibility can vary, depending on page 57. For Mac computers, go to the Start menu and select Windows Update. Front of the My Book Essential Drive ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 3 Disk Drive Format Your My Book Essential drive is preformatted as a single NTFS partition for compatibility... with a Mac computer, see "Reformatting the Drive" on page 44 and "Troubleshooting"...
...Leopard™ Compatibility can vary, depending on page 57. For Mac computers, go to the Start menu and select Windows Update. Front of the My Book Essential Drive ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 3 Disk Drive Format Your My Book Essential drive is preformatted as a single NTFS partition for compatibility... with a Mac computer, see "Reformatting the Drive" on page 44 and "Troubleshooting"...
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...it off , when you must press the power button again to turn it off , you reconnect it back on . Back of the My Book Essential Drive Power/Activity LED The power/activity LED shows the drive's power state and activity as follows: LED Appearance On steady Fast flashing, ... drive after using the power button to turn it to 5 Gb/s. USB 3.0 is installed on your running computer, the drive automatically powers on . MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Power Button USB 3.0 Kensington® Security Slot Power Connector Figure 3. Connection to a USB 2.0 or USB 1.1 port transfers data at the...
...it off , when you must press the power button again to turn it off , you reconnect it back on . Back of the My Book Essential Drive Power/Activity LED The power/activity LED shows the drive's power state and activity as follows: LED Appearance On steady Fast flashing, ... drive after using the power button to turn it to 5 Gb/s. USB 3.0 is installed on your running computer, the drive automatically powers on . MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Power Button USB 3.0 Kensington® Security Slot Power Connector Figure 3. Connection to a USB 2.0 or USB 1.1 port transfers data at the...
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Registering the Drive Always register your My Book Essential drive to register online at register.wdc.com. You can easily register your external storage product: • Do not drop or jolt the drive. ... not block any of the drive enclosure's air slots. ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 5 Another way is to get the latest updates and special offers. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Kensington® Security Slot For drive security, the Kensington security slot accepts a standard Kensington security cable (sold separately). For more information about...
Registering the Drive Always register your My Book Essential drive to register online at register.wdc.com. You can easily register your external storage product: • Do not drop or jolt the drive. ... not block any of the drive enclosure's air slots. ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 5 Another way is to get the latest updates and special offers. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Kensington® Security Slot For drive security, the Kensington security slot accepts a standard Kensington security cable (sold separately). For more information about...
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... shown in Figure 4. Depending on your computer and installing WD SmartWare software. Turn on your Windows computer: 1. Connecting the My Book Drive 4 CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 6 Connect the My Book drive as follows: US/JA/TW EU/KO US/JA/TW EU/KO Installing Removing Installing 2. Removing 2 3 1 Figure 4. It includes... topics: Connecting the Drive Getting Started with the WD SmartWare Software Getting Started Without the WD SmartWare Software Connecting the Drive To connect the My Book drive to your computer. 3.
... shown in Figure 4. Depending on your computer and installing WD SmartWare software. Turn on your Windows computer: 1. Connecting the My Book Drive 4 CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 6 Connect the My Book drive as follows: US/JA/TW EU/KO US/JA/TW EU/KO Installing Removing Installing 2. Removing 2 3 1 Figure 4. It includes... topics: Connecting the Drive Getting Started with the WD SmartWare Software Getting Started Without the WD SmartWare Software Connecting the Drive To connect the My Book drive to your computer. 3.
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...appear, depending on your operating system is animated. THEN . . . Skip to step 9 on the drive installs the proper driver for use on a Mac computer, skip the rest of this procedure and see "Connecting the Drive and Getting Started" on page 44 instead. 4. Welcome to close it. Verify that... is . . . The WD SmartWare software that the new My Book drive appears under My Computer in Windows Explorer and double-click the WD SmartWare application file to display the Welcome to WD SmartWare screen displays...
...appear, depending on your operating system is animated. THEN . . . Skip to step 9 on the drive installs the proper driver for use on a Mac computer, skip the rest of this procedure and see "Connecting the Drive and Getting Started" on page 44 instead. 4. Welcome to close it. Verify that... is . . . The WD SmartWare software that the new My Book drive appears under My Computer in Windows Explorer and double-click the WD SmartWare application file to display the Welcome to WD SmartWare screen displays...
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...SmartWare Software" on another computer, Retrieve a backup link. 2. Only the WD SmartWare software drive lock password Install Drive Settings button. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 8. Skip to continue. 3. a. b. protection and drive management features, and password protect or register your drive, The full..., depending on page 15 instead. Continue to "Getting Started with AutoRun (AutoPlay) disabled, open Computer, click to open the My Book drive listing in Windows Explorer and double-click the WD SmartWare application file to display the Welcome to your computer, THEN . ....
...SmartWare Software" on another computer, Retrieve a backup link. 2. Only the WD SmartWare software drive lock password Install Drive Settings button. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 8. Skip to continue. 3. a. b. protection and drive management features, and password protect or register your drive, The full..., depending on page 15 instead. Continue to "Getting Started with AutoRun (AutoPlay) disabled, open Computer, click to open the My Book drive listing in Windows Explorer and double-click the WD SmartWare application file to display the Welcome to your computer, THEN . ....
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... for accessing all WD SmartWare functions: a. a. Retrieve a backup The Home screen for returning to do. 5. Click Continue to Settings to step 6 on page 11. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 4. This completes the getting started procedure after selecting Install WD SmartWare and running your computer. Note: The initial Backup and Drive Settings...
... for accessing all WD SmartWare functions: a. a. Retrieve a backup The Home screen for returning to do. 5. Click Continue to Settings to step 6 on page 11. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 4. This completes the getting started procedure after selecting Install WD SmartWare and running your computer. Note: The initial Backup and Drive Settings...
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Initial Drive Settings Screens Drive Management Initial Drive Settings Screen CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 10 MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Figure 6. Initial Backup Screen WD SmartWare Initial Drive Settings Screen Figure 7.
Initial Drive Settings Screens Drive Management Initial Drive Settings Screen CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 10 MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Figure 6. Initial Backup Screen WD SmartWare Initial Drive Settings Screen Figure 7.
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... with a Preferences button that you can use to close the WD SmartWare initial Drive Settings screen and display the WD SmartWare Home screen (Figure 8). MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 6. This completes the getting started procedure after selecting Install WD SmartWare and skipping the backup. 7. Figure 8. This completes the getting started procedure...
... with a Preferences button that you can use to close the WD SmartWare initial Drive Settings screen and display the WD SmartWare Home screen (Figure 8). MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 6. This completes the getting started procedure after selecting Install WD SmartWare and skipping the backup. 7. Figure 8. This completes the getting started procedure...
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... and reconnect the drive to your backup as before. • See your computer. Note: Automatic backup protection is continuous for as long as your My Book drive is connected to your computer, the WD SmartWare software rescans your computer for new or changed files and resumes automatic, continuous backup as it.... • Protect your data or just overwritten an important file. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 12 Then, whenever you add or change a file. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Figure 9.
... and reconnect the drive to your backup as before. • See your computer. Note: Automatic backup protection is continuous for as long as your My Book drive is connected to your computer, the WD SmartWare software rescans your computer for new or changed files and resumes automatic, continuous backup as it.... • Protect your data or just overwritten an important file. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 12 Then, whenever you add or change a file. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Figure 9.
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..., .jpg, .png, and other picture extensions Others that do not belong in the five main categories For a complete list of all of your My Book drive to retrieve backed up include system files, program files, applications, and working files like .tmp and .log files. • The Retrieved category, ... the drop-down selection box under the name of your files that are available for your computer's hard drive, all of your computer. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL WD SmartWare Home Screen The WD SmartWare Home screen provides four tab-selected options: • Home-Provides a Content Gauge with...
..., .jpg, .png, and other picture extensions Others that do not belong in the five main categories For a complete list of all of your My Book drive to retrieve backed up include system files, program files, applications, and working files like .tmp and .log files. • The Retrieved category, ... the drop-down selection box under the name of your files that are available for your computer's hard drive, all of your computer. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL WD SmartWare Home Screen The WD SmartWare Home screen provides four tab-selected options: • Home-Provides a Content Gauge with...
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...system and hidden files that are shown in the upperright corner of files that your computer's operating system put there when you through your My Book drive (see Figure 9 on page 27) As you copy files to quickly guide you installed the drive. Whenever you are uncertain about what...: The small number of your computer's operating system put there when you installed the drive. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 14 MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL In the Content Gauge for backups. Drive Management Home Screen The drive management Home screen is not available for your My...
...system and hidden files that are shown in the upperright corner of files that your computer's operating system put there when you through your My Book drive (see Figure 9 on page 27) As you copy files to quickly guide you installed the drive. Whenever you are uncertain about what...: The small number of your computer's operating system put there when you installed the drive. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 14 MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL In the Content Gauge for backups. Drive Management Home Screen The drive management Home screen is not available for your My...
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... settings for the best possible performance (see "Managing and Customizing Your Drive" on page 32) • Check the operational condition of your My Book as an external hard drive. prompt: 2. In this case, however, you will not be able to "Getting Started with the WD SmartWare Software...8. Click: • Continue without Install if you still do not want to display the Continue without installing the WD SmartWare software: 1. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Getting Started Without the WD SmartWare Software If you do want to install the WD SmartWare software. • Go Back if ...
... settings for the best possible performance (see "Managing and Customizing Your Drive" on page 32) • Check the operational condition of your My Book as an external hard drive. prompt: 2. In this case, however, you will not be able to "Getting Started with the WD SmartWare Software...8. Click: • Continue without Install if you still do not want to display the Continue without installing the WD SmartWare software: 1. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Getting Started Without the WD SmartWare Software If you do want to install the WD SmartWare software. • Go Back if ...