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...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 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... these regions. © 2009 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. All product and packaging specifications subject to minimize waste. My Computer Music 87 GB My Book Music 87 GB Protect your data...
...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 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... these regions. © 2009 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. All product and packaging specifications subject to minimize waste. My Computer Music 87 GB My Book Music 87 GB Protect your data...
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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... 40 Uninstalling the WD SmartWare Software 40 Uninstalling on Windows XP 40 Uninstalling on Windows Vista 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 ...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... 40 Uninstalling the WD SmartWare Software 40 Uninstalling on Windows XP 40 Uninstalling on Windows Vista 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 ...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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...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 Uninstalling WD SmartWare Software 56 9 Troubleshooting 57 Installing, Partitioning, and Formatting the Drive 57 Frequently Asked Questions 57 A Installing the SES Driver 59 Installing on Windows... XP Computers 59 Installing the Driver Automatically 59 Installing the Driver Manually 61 Installing on Windows Vista Computers 63 Installing the Driver Automatically 63 ...
...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 Uninstalling WD SmartWare Software 56 9 Troubleshooting 57 Installing, Partitioning, and Formatting the Drive 57 Frequently Asked Questions 57 A Installing the SES Driver 59 Installing on Windows... XP Computers 59 Installing the Driver Automatically 59 Installing the Driver Manually 61 Installing on Windows Vista Computers 63 Installing the Driver Automatically 63 ...
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...; USB cable • AC adapter • Quick Install Guide USB Cable Quick Install Guide AC Adapter My Book Essential Drive Figure 1. My Book Drive Kit Components Optional Accessories For information about optional accessories for multiple devices-One installation of Technical Support contacts, ...software, firmware, and product documentation and information, go to recycle it. Ready to plug-and-play with Windows Computers-NTFS-formatted for compatibility with all updated Windows operating systems. Support for this product, visit: US Canada Europe All others www.shopwd.com or www...
...; USB cable • AC adapter • Quick Install Guide USB Cable Quick Install Guide AC Adapter My Book Essential Drive Figure 1. My Book Drive Kit Components Optional Accessories For information about optional accessories for multiple devices-One installation of Technical Support contacts, ...software, firmware, and product documentation and information, go to recycle it. Ready to plug-and-play with Windows Computers-NTFS-formatted for compatibility with all updated Windows operating systems. Support for this product, visit: US Canada Europe All others www.shopwd.com or www...
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Front of the My Book Essential Drive ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 3 For Windows computers, go to the Apple menu and select Software Update. For Mac computers, go to use the drive with the following operating systems: Windows® • Windows XP • Windows Vista® • Windows 7 Mac® OS X® • Leopard® • Snow Leopard™ Compatibility...
Front of the My Book Essential Drive ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 3 For Windows computers, go to the Apple menu and select Software Update. For Mac computers, go to use the drive with the following operating systems: Windows® • Windows XP • Windows Vista® • Windows 7 Mac® OS X® • Leopard® • Snow Leopard™ Compatibility...
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...2. Removing 2 3 1 Figure 4. Depending on your region, if required, change the power adapter as shown in Figure 4. Connecting the My Book Drive 4 CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 6 It includes the following 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 Windows computer: 1. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 12 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started This chapter provides instructions for connecting the drive ...
...2. Removing 2 3 1 Figure 4. Depending on your region, if required, change the power adapter as shown in Figure 4. Connecting the My Book Drive 4 CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 6 It includes the following 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 Windows computer: 1. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 12 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started This chapter provides instructions for connecting the drive ...
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... screen is 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 8. 7. Windows XP Windows Vista or Windows 7 Proceed to WD SmartWare Screen CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED -...5. THEN . . . 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 open the My Book drive listing in Windows Explorer. 5. Skip to step 9 on page 44 instead. 4. Verify ...
... screen is 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 8. 7. Windows XP Windows Vista or Windows 7 Proceed to WD SmartWare Screen CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED -...5. THEN . . . 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 open the My Book drive listing in Windows Explorer. 5. Skip to step 9 on page 44 instead. 4. Verify ...
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...backup link. 2. Read the license agreement and click Accept to step a. For Windows Vista or Windows 7 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... . . . CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 8 MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 8. on the AutoPlay screen and double-click the WD SmartWare application file to display the Welcome to install . . . b. For Windows Vista or Windows 7 with AutoRun (AutoPlay) enabled, click Open folder to view files...
...backup link. 2. Read the license agreement and click Accept to step a. For Windows Vista or Windows 7 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... . . . CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 8 MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 8. on the AutoPlay screen and double-click the WD SmartWare application file to display the Welcome to install . . . b. For Windows Vista or Windows 7 with AutoRun (AutoPlay) enabled, click Open folder to view files...
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...message to unlock your drive and enable the WD SmartWare software. Type your password in your Windows Explorer display whenever the drive is locked message in place of the Content Gauge for your My Book drive: To unlock your drive using the WD SmartWare software: 1. Click Unlock to display...your password-protected drive to a computer that appears under My Computer in the Password box. 3. LOCKING AND UNLOCKING THE DRIVE - 29 MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Unlocking the Drive with the WD SmartWare Software Whenever you shut down and restart your computer, or disconnect and reconnect the ...
...message to unlock your drive and enable the WD SmartWare software. Type your password in your Windows Explorer display whenever the drive is locked message in place of the Content Gauge for your My Book drive: To unlock your drive using the WD SmartWare software: 1. Click Unlock to display...your password-protected drive to a computer that appears under My Computer in the Password box. 3. LOCKING AND UNLOCKING THE DRIVE - 29 MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Unlocking the Drive with the WD SmartWare Software Whenever you shut down and restart your computer, or disconnect and reconnect the ...
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...SmartWare Software and Disk Image Using the WD SmartWare Icon After you have installed the WD SmartWare software, the WD SmartWare icon displays in the Windows taskbar: By clicking the icon, you can start automatically, you can also left- Checking Drive Status Hover the pointer over the WD SmartWare icon...click the WD SmartWare icon in the taskbar to see the drive capacity used and drive temperature status, and to do these things. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 16 Managing and Customizing Your Drive This chapter includes the following sections describe how to use the icon and other ways ...
...SmartWare Software and Disk Image Using the WD SmartWare Icon After you have installed the WD SmartWare software, the WD SmartWare icon displays in the Windows taskbar: By clicking the icon, you can start automatically, you can also left- Checking Drive Status Hover the pointer over the WD SmartWare icon...click the WD SmartWare icon in the taskbar to see the drive capacity used and drive temperature status, and to do these things. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 16 Managing and Customizing Your Drive This chapter includes the following sections describe how to use the icon and other ways ...
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...8226; The WD SmartWare icon in the taskbar, and then click Safely remove My Book Essential USB HDD: You might hear the drive power down . 2. To prevent data loss, close all active windows and applications before disconnecting the drive from the computer. MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING YOUR DRIVE ...: 1. Green and white, Red and white, THEN the drive might hear the drive power down . 2. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Monitoring Icon Alerts The WD SmartWare icon in a Windows environment). You can safely disconnect the drive from the computer. Wait for 60 minutes. You might be . ....
...8226; The WD SmartWare icon in the taskbar, and then click Safely remove My Book Essential USB HDD: You might hear the drive power down . 2. To prevent data loss, close all active windows and applications before disconnecting the drive from the computer. MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING YOUR DRIVE ...: 1. Green and white, Red and white, THEN the drive might hear the drive power down . 2. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Monitoring Icon Alerts The WD SmartWare icon in a Windows environment). You can safely disconnect the drive from the computer. Wait for 60 minutes. You might be . ....
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... 16.) Use your operating system's Add or Remove Programs function to the Settings screen • Remove the Preferences option from your My Book drive. Uninstalling on the Welcome to WD SmartWare screen and now want to use a password to protect your password. MY... BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL After the drive erase operation completes, go to display the Set Preferences dialog: 2. prompt. prompt on Windows XP 1. If you still want to do? Click Start > Control Panel. 2. Note: Erasing...
... 16.) Use your operating system's Add or Remove Programs function to the Settings screen • Remove the Preferences option from your My Book drive. Uninstalling on the Welcome to WD SmartWare screen and now want to use a password to protect your password. MY... BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL After the drive erase operation completes, go to display the Set Preferences dialog: 2. prompt. prompt on Windows XP 1. If you still want to do? Click Start > Control Panel. 2. Note: Erasing...
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... WD SmartWare icon and click Uninstall/Change at the Do you wish to restore the WD SmartWare software and disk image on your My Book drive, erasing or reformatting the drive also removes the WD SmartWare software and all of the screen. 4. Click Yes at the top ... YOUR DRIVE - 41 Click Start > Control Panel. 2. If you ever need to proceed... MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Uninstalling on your computer, or move the drive to another computer and install the software there, you will need to remove and reinstall the WD SmartWare software on Windows Vista or Windows 7 1.
... WD SmartWare icon and click Uninstall/Change at the Do you wish to restore the WD SmartWare software and disk image on your My Book drive, erasing or reformatting the drive also removes the WD SmartWare software and all of the screen. 4. Click Yes at the top ... YOUR DRIVE - 41 Click Start > Control Panel. 2. If you ever need to proceed... MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Uninstalling on your computer, or move the drive to another computer and install the software there, you will need to remove and reinstall the WD SmartWare software on Windows Vista or Windows 7 1.
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... more information about downloading and restoring the Mac version of the WD SmartWare software and disk image: 1. Connect the My Book drive to the appropriate Knowledge Base Answer ID for information about reformatting a Windows drive: • 287 or 3323 for Mac OS X • 1364 for FAT32 See...2. Connecting the Drive and Getting Started After you have reformatted your My Book drive for compatibility with all its contents. Reformatting the drive erases all updated Windows operating systems. To use the drive with Mac OS X Leopard or Snow Leopard operating systems, and to use Time ...
... more information about downloading and restoring the Mac version of the WD SmartWare software and disk image: 1. Connect the My Book drive to the appropriate Knowledge Base Answer ID for information about reformatting a Windows drive: • 287 or 3323 for Mac OS X • 1364 for FAT32 See...2. Connecting the Drive and Getting Started After you have reformatted your My Book drive for compatibility with all its contents. Reformatting the drive erases all updated Windows operating systems. To use the drive with Mac OS X Leopard or Snow Leopard operating systems, and to use Time ...
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Click the WD SmartWare icon to see the drive status. At the Your drive is now unlocked prompt, click Exit to close all active windows and applications before disconnecting the drive from the desktop before shutting down . 3. Repeat step 1 to display a list of drives. 2. You ... the WD SmartWare Icon To safely dismount the drive using either the: • WD SmartWare icon • My Book icon • Drive power button CAUTION! USING THE DRIVE WITH A MAC - 52 d. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL c. To prevent data loss, close the WD SmartWare Drive Unlock screen. Select the My...
Click the WD SmartWare icon to see the drive status. At the Your drive is now unlocked prompt, click Exit to close all active windows and applications before disconnecting the drive from the desktop before shutting down . 3. Repeat step 1 to display a list of drives. 2. You ... the WD SmartWare Icon To safely dismount the drive using either the: • WD SmartWare icon • My Book icon • Drive power button CAUTION! USING THE DRIVE WITH A MAC - 52 d. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL c. To prevent data loss, close the WD SmartWare Drive Unlock screen. Select the My...
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.... To create partitions larger than 32 GB in FAT32 when reformatting the drive, download the External USB/FireWire FAT32 Formatting Utility from Mac GPT to Windows Vista NTFS format Obtain and reinstall the original software included with USB 1.1. If your USB card manufacturer. A: USB 3.0...speed of 4 GB and cannot create partitions larger than 32 GB in Windows; Contact the card manufacturer for your USB 3.0 or USB 2.0 controller is shared and may be sure to 12 Mbps. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 19 Troubleshooting This chapter includes the following topics: Installing,...
.... To create partitions larger than 32 GB in FAT32 when reformatting the drive, download the External USB/FireWire FAT32 Formatting Utility from Mac GPT to Windows Vista NTFS format Obtain and reinstall the original software included with USB 1.1. If your USB card manufacturer. A: USB 3.0...speed of 4 GB and cannot create partitions larger than 32 GB in Windows; Contact the card manufacturer for your USB 3.0 or USB 2.0 controller is shared and may be sure to 12 Mbps. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 19 Troubleshooting This chapter includes the following topics: Installing,...
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... to WD SmartWare screen (see "Getting Started Without the WD SmartWare Software" on page 6, the Found New Hardware Wizard screen displays. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 1A Installing the SES Driver If you decide to not install the WD SmartWare software, you must have an SES driver installed... on computers running Windows to keep the hardware popup wizard from displaying every time you connect your My Book drive to your computer must be connected to the Internet: 1. Note: If Autoplay is connected to...
... to WD SmartWare screen (see "Getting Started Without the WD SmartWare Software" on page 6, the Found New Hardware Wizard screen displays. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 1A Installing the SES Driver If you decide to not install the WD SmartWare software, you must have an SES driver installed... on computers running Windows to keep the hardware popup wizard from displaying every time you connect your My Book drive to your computer must be connected to the Internet: 1. Note: If Autoplay is connected to...
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Double-click the My Book drive. Browse to continue. 3. b. Double-click the Extras folder. Click Next to My Computer and: a. c. Select Install from a list or specific location and click Next: 4. Select WD SES Device Driver. INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER - 61 On the Found New Hardware Wizard screen, select No, not this time to inhibit a connection attempt to the Internet, install the driver manually: 1. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Installing the Driver Manually If your computer is not connected to Windows Update: 2.
Double-click the My Book drive. Browse to continue. 3. b. Double-click the Extras folder. Click Next to My Computer and: a. c. Select Install from a list or specific location and click Next: 4. Select WD SES Device Driver. INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER - 61 On the Found New Hardware Wizard screen, select No, not this time to inhibit a connection attempt to the Internet, install the driver manually: 1. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Installing the Driver Manually If your computer is not connected to Windows Update: 2.
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...the Found New Hardware wizard screen, click Locate and install driver software: 3. On the Found New Hardware - If they appear, close them. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Installing on page 6, the Found New Hardware screen displays. You can use the Found New Hardware screen to install the SES driver...install the SES driver automatically, your computer is enabled, two additional screens might appear at the same time as shown in Figure 4 on Windows Vista Computers After you physically connect the drive as the Found New Hardware screen. WD SES Device wizard screen, click Yes, search online ...
...the Found New Hardware wizard screen, click Locate and install driver software: 3. On the Found New Hardware - If they appear, close them. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Installing on page 6, the Found New Hardware screen displays. You can use the Found New Hardware screen to install the SES driver...install the SES driver automatically, your computer is enabled, two additional screens might appear at the same time as shown in Figure 4 on Windows Vista Computers After you physically connect the drive as the Found New Hardware screen. WD SES Device wizard screen, click Yes, search online ...
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MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Installing on Windows 7 Computers After you physically connect the drive as shown in Figure 4 on page 6, use the Windows 7 Computer Management utility to install the SES driver: 1. Open All Programs and click Computer > Manage: 2. Under Computer Management (Local), click Device Manager > Unknown Device and right-click Update driver software: INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER - 66
MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Installing on Windows 7 Computers After you physically connect the drive as shown in Figure 4 on page 6, use the Windows 7 Computer Management utility to install the SES driver: 1. Open All Programs and click Computer > Manage: 2. Under Computer Management (Local), click Device Manager > Unknown Device and right-click Update driver software: INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER - 66