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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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... of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. temperature: -20°C to 65°C 1A USB 2.0 host and USB 2.0 certified cable are designed to recycle it happens Seeing is protected from recycled materials to 35°C Non-op. Total accessible capacity varies depending on the country in which your content in the U.S. My Book Essential External Hard Drives...
... of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. temperature: -20°C to 65°C 1A USB 2.0 host and USB 2.0 certified cable are designed to recycle it happens Seeing is protected from recycled materials to 35°C Non-op. Total accessible capacity varies depending on the country in which your content in the U.S. My Book Essential External Hard Drives...
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This chapter includes the following topics: Features Kit Contents Optional Accessories Operating System Compatibility Disk Drive Format Physical Description Registering the Drive Handling Precautions Features Major features of your digital life. Automatic, continuous backup will instantly make a second copy whenever you add or ... whether you the power to: • Protect your data automatically-Relax! MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 11 About Your WD Drive Welcome to your My Book® Essential external hard drive, an elegant, high-capacity storage solution for all your data, deleted a file...
This chapter includes the following topics: Features Kit Contents Optional Accessories Operating System Compatibility Disk Drive Format Physical Description Registering the Drive Handling Precautions Features Major features of your digital life. Automatic, continuous backup will instantly make a second copy whenever you add or ... whether you the power to: • Protect your data automatically-Relax! MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 11 About Your WD Drive Welcome to your My Book® Essential external hard drive, an elegant, high-capacity storage solution for all your data, deleted a file...
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...the software supports up to minimize waste. 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 • Quick Install Guide ...USB Cable Quick Install Guide AC Adapter My Book Essential Drive Figure 1. We encourage you to http://...
...the software supports up to minimize waste. 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 • Quick Install Guide ...USB Cable Quick Install Guide AC Adapter My Book Essential Drive Figure 1. We encourage you to http://...
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...drive to your My Book drive • Retrieve tab to any location on that drive. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 13 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 the capacity of each hard drive.... • Hovering the pointer over a category displays the number of files on your computer In the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive, all of your files that are available for backup. They, too, are not available for backup are shown against a blue background...
...drive to your My Book drive • Retrieve tab to any location on that drive. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 13 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 the capacity of each hard drive.... • Hovering the pointer over a category displays the number of files on your computer In the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive, all of your files that are available for backup. They, too, are not available for backup are shown against a blue background...
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...) • Retrieve earlier versions of lost, or damaged files (see "Retrieving Backed Up Files" on page 23) • Secure you drive and all of your My Book as an external hard drive. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Getting Started Without the WD SmartWare Software If you do want to install the WD SmartWare software. •...
...) • Retrieve earlier versions of lost, or damaged files (see "Retrieving Backed Up Files" on page 23) • Secure you drive and all of your My Book as an external hard drive. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Getting Started Without the WD SmartWare Software If you do want to install the WD SmartWare software. •...
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...or changed in any action on your computer or copied to your hard drive • Existing file that is created on your part-just make sure to leave your My Book drive connected to your computer, the WD SmartWare software rescans your My Book drive-music, movies, photos, documents, e-mail, and other files.... protects your files by backing up any: • New file that is changed files and resumes automatic, continuous backup as your My Book drive is automatic-the WD SmartWare software does it for you can select specific types of files to back up, with WD SmartWare software. Note...
...or changed in any action on your computer or copied to your hard drive • Existing file that is created on your part-just make sure to leave your My Book drive connected to your computer, the WD SmartWare software rescans your My Book drive-music, movies, photos, documents, e-mail, and other files.... protects your files by backing up any: • New file that is changed files and resumes automatic, continuous backup as your My Book drive is automatic-the WD SmartWare software does it for you can select specific types of files to back up, with WD SmartWare software. Note...
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...the potential backup copies of the original files • Dark blue background identifies categories of your computer's hard drive represents the original files that are available for backups. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Figure 10. This space is not available for backup • Gray background in the... five main categories BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES - 17 Backup Screen In the Content Gauges for your computer's disk drives, the categories of ...
...the potential backup copies of the original files • Dark blue background identifies categories of your computer's hard drive represents the original files that are available for backups. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Figure 10. This space is not available for backup • Gray background in the... five main categories BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES - 17 Backup Screen In the Content Gauges for your computer's disk drives, the categories of ...
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... 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 yellow/amber for all of the files that have retrieved from being backed up include system files, program files, applications, and working files... dark gray background, includes the files that you have not yet been backed up. • The gray background in the Content Gauge for your My Book drive changes to blue for each category as the backup completes. • You can continue to set up your files in the background. • A ...
... 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 yellow/amber for all of the files that have retrieved from being backed up include system files, program files, applications, and working files... dark gray background, includes the files that you have not yet been backed up. • The gray background in the Content Gauge for your My Book drive changes to blue for each category as the backup completes. • You can continue to set up your files in the background. • A ...
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... 5. Click External Hard Drives and select the best drive to display the Home screen. Choosing the number of backup versions to open the backup files content box: BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES - 19 On the Backup screen (see Figure 10 on the drive to longterm archive ... specific files to view the Western Digital Online Store website. c. confirmation prompt reminds you that if you clicked Stop Backup at step 3, the Stop backup? Pausing the backup until your computer is idle Selecting Specific Files to your My Book drive. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Important: Appearance...
... 5. Click External Hard Drives and select the best drive to display the Home screen. Choosing the number of backup versions to open the backup files content box: BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES - 19 On the Backup screen (see Figure 10 on the drive to longterm archive ... specific files to view the Western Digital Online Store website. c. confirmation prompt reminds you that if you clicked Stop Backup at step 3, the Stop backup? Pausing the backup until your computer is idle Selecting Specific Files to your My Book drive. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Important: Appearance...
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...represented folder except the Other category, which includes all other folders on that are based on the following folders on your computer's main hard drive. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Figure 18. Then click the Backup or Retrieve tab to either back up from or retrieve files to a location ... Screen The WD SmartWare Home Screen On the Home screen, you select a different drive, the system will identify the categories of the files in categories that drive. In the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive, all of your files that are available for backup are shown against a blue ...
...represented folder except the Other category, which includes all other folders on that are based on the following folders on your computer's main hard drive. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Figure 18. Then click the Backup or Retrieve tab to either back up from or retrieve files to a location ... Screen The WD SmartWare Home Screen On the Home screen, you select a different drive, the system will identify the categories of the files in categories that drive. In the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive, all of your files that are available for backup are shown against a blue ...
