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...beauty and brains together. You can even view the label when the drive is secure. WD's best-selling My Book Elite USB external hard drive features WD SmartWare software that backs up less space on each drive. Visual backup organizes and displays your content into categories and shows ... control center. • Drive lock-Gain peace of mind knowing that gives you 've lost files effortlessly. MY BOOK ELITE USER MANUAL 11 About Your WD Drive Welcome to your My Book™ Elite™ external hard drive, an elegant, high-capacity storage solution for all your digital life.
...beauty and brains together. You can even view the label when the drive is secure. WD's best-selling My Book Elite USB external hard drive features WD SmartWare software that backs up less space on each drive. Visual backup organizes and displays your content into categories and shows ... control center. • Drive lock-Gain peace of mind knowing that gives you 've lost files effortlessly. MY BOOK ELITE USER MANUAL 11 About Your WD Drive Welcome to your My Book™ Elite™ external hard drive, an elegant, high-capacity storage solution for all your digital life.
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Power miser-My Book external drives are designed to minimize waste. ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 2 Ready to 30%, a sleep mode reduces power during idle times, and a power-saving feature turns the drive on the drive) • USB cable • AC adapter • Quick Install Guide USB Cable Quick ... www.shopwd.eu or www.wdstore.eu Contact WD Technical Support in Figure 1, your My Book Elite external hard drive kit includes the following: • My Book Elite external hard drive • WD SmartWare software (included on and off with all Windows operating systems. Important: For the...
Power miser-My Book external drives are designed to minimize waste. ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 2 Ready to 30%, a sleep mode reduces power during idle times, and a power-saving feature turns the drive on the drive) • USB cable • AC adapter • Quick Install Guide USB Cable Quick ... www.shopwd.eu or www.wdstore.eu Contact WD Technical Support in Figure 1, your My Book Elite external hard drive kit includes the following: • My Book Elite external hard drive • WD SmartWare software (included on and off with all Windows operating systems. Important: For the...
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... your backup, retrieve, and settings tasks. Note: The small number of all of the files on it with a password (see "Locking and Unlocking Your Drive" on page 31) • Customize your My Book as an external hard drive. In this case, however, you will not be able to: • Protect your My Book... drive, the Additional Files category includes all of files in the WD Knowledge Base at http://support.wdc.com. In the Content Gauge for Answer...
... your backup, retrieve, and settings tasks. Note: The small number of all of the files on it with a password (see "Locking and Unlocking Your Drive" on page 31) • Customize your My Book as an external hard drive. In this case, however, you will not be able to: • Protect your My Book... drive, the Additional Files category includes all of files in the WD Knowledge Base at http://support.wdc.com. In the Content Gauge for Answer...
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...on page 21), select Detailed View to suit your future requirements. 5. On the Backup screen (see Figure 10 on the drive to keep - b. Click External Hard Drives and select the best drive to open the backup files content box: BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES - 23 To continue, click either: • Continue...Selecting Specific Content to back up some of your computer files: 1. c. The best long-term solution would be to relegate the drive to view the Western Digital Online Store website. If you computer for other things during the backup. Click the WDStore link in the background, so you ...
...on page 21), select Detailed View to suit your future requirements. 5. On the Backup screen (see Figure 10 on the drive to keep - b. Click External Hard Drives and select the best drive to open the backup files content box: BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES - 23 To continue, click either: • Continue...Selecting Specific Content to back up some of your computer files: 1. c. The best long-term solution would be to relegate the drive to view the Western Digital Online Store website. If you computer for other things during the backup. Click the WDStore link in the background, so you ...
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Create a personalized e-label on the spine and make this elegant drive your digital life. My Book® Elite™ External Hard Drives Premium backup and storage Customizable e-label Visual backup control center Password protection and hardware-based encryption With reassuring visual backup, drive encryption, and password protection, the My Book Elite is one safe place for all the chapters of your own.
Create a personalized e-label on the spine and make this elegant drive your digital life. My Book® Elite™ External Hard Drives Premium backup and storage Customizable e-label Visual backup control center Password protection and hardware-based encryption With reassuring visual backup, drive encryption, and password protection, the My Book Elite is one safe place for all the chapters of your own.
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... on operating environment. The term of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. As used for Windows® XP, Windows Vista®, Windows 7, Mac OS® X Tiger ®, Leopard ®, Snow Leopard™ (requires reformatting) Capacities and models 2 TB WDBAAH0020HCH 1.5 TB WDBAAH0015HCH 1 TB WDBAAH0010HCH 640 GB WDBAAH6400ECH Kit Contents External hard drive WD SmartWare software USB cable AC...
... on operating environment. The term of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. As used for Windows® XP, Windows Vista®, Windows 7, Mac OS® X Tiger ®, Leopard ®, Snow Leopard™ (requires reformatting) Capacities and models 2 TB WDBAAH0020HCH 1.5 TB WDBAAH0015HCH 1 TB WDBAAH0010HCH 640 GB WDBAAH6400ECH Kit Contents External hard drive WD SmartWare software USB cable AC...
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... My Passport Essential SE - My Passport SE for Mac (reformatted for Windows operating systems) • Direct-attached My Passport® Drives - WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE USER MANUAL 1 About the WD SmartWare Software 1 WD SmartWare™ software is protected from the WD SmartWare control..., run diagnostics, manage the power settings, and more from unauthorized access or theft with the following WD external devices: • Direct-attached My Book® Drives - Hard Drive Support The WD SmartWare software supports the following Windows® operating systems: • Windows XP •...
... My Passport Essential SE - My Passport SE for Mac (reformatted for Windows operating systems) • Direct-attached My Passport® Drives - WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE USER MANUAL 1 About the WD SmartWare Software 1 WD SmartWare™ software is protected from the WD SmartWare control..., run diagnostics, manage the power settings, and more from unauthorized access or theft with the following WD external devices: • Direct-attached My Book® Drives - Hard Drive Support The WD SmartWare software supports the following Windows® operating systems: • Windows XP •...
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... the total capacity and category structure of the WD SmartWare software. For information about reformatting your computer's internal hard drive and each supported external device connected to use to specify the one you want to back up. Functional Overview All operational features and...tabs and content gauges showing the total capacity and category structure of your computer has more than one internal hard drive or multiple hard drive partitions, or if a connected external device has multiple partitions or network shares, then the WD SmartWare software displays a selector box that you ...
... the total capacity and category structure of the WD SmartWare software. For information about reformatting your computer's internal hard drive and each supported external device connected to use to specify the one you want to back up. Functional Overview All operational features and...tabs and content gauges showing the total capacity and category structure of your computer has more than one internal hard drive or multiple hard drive partitions, or if a connected external device has multiple partitions or network shares, then the WD SmartWare software displays a selector box that you ...
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... WD SmartWare display provides easy access to abbreviated online help screen. ABOUT THE WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE - 3 For all My Book drives and most My Passport drives, the Settings tab display provides buttons for a brief functional description of the help to : • Detailed information about what to...Use the Home tab display to view hard drive content gauges and select: • The internal hard drive or hard drive partition that you want to back up files from or copy retrieved files to when your computer has more than one • The external device that you are uncertain about ...
... WD SmartWare display provides easy access to abbreviated online help screen. ABOUT THE WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE - 3 For all My Book drives and most My Passport drives, the Settings tab display provides buttons for a brief functional description of the help to : • Detailed information about what to...Use the Home tab display to view hard drive content gauges and select: • The internal hard drive or hard drive partition that you want to back up files from or copy retrieved files to when your computer has more than one • The external device that you are uncertain about ...
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...representation and name of the internal hard drive or drive partition on page 4.) If your computer has more than one that you want to use for backup and retrieve functions: External device icon Provides a graphic representation and name of the external device connected to your computer icon...the WD SmartWare software will access for backup, retrieve, and drive settings functions. If you have more than one external device connected to your computer, left-click the icon for the one internal hard drive or drive partition, the WD SmartWare software displays a selector box below ...
...representation and name of the internal hard drive or drive partition on page 4.) If your computer has more than one that you want to use for backup and retrieve functions: External device icon Provides a graphic representation and name of the external device connected to your computer icon...the WD SmartWare software will access for backup, retrieve, and drive settings functions. If you have more than one external device connected to your computer, left-click the icon for the one internal hard drive or drive partition, the WD SmartWare software displays a selector box below ...
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... page 7) • Any other files that have copied or saved to the external device in the Additional Files category. and file-type backups. After running your computer's internal hard drive (see "Your computer's content gauge" on how you installed the device. ABOUT... THE WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE - 8 Home Tab Functional Description (Continued) Display Component Description External device content gauge After installing the WD SmartWare...
... page 7) • Any other files that have copied or saved to the external device in the Additional Files category. and file-type backups. After running your computer's internal hard drive (see "Your computer's content gauge" on how you installed the device. ABOUT... THE WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE - 8 Home Tab Functional Description (Continued) Display Component Description External device content gauge After installing the WD SmartWare...
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... Computer's Content Gauge Backup by Files Display External Device Content Gauge Category/File Backup Toggle Button Figure 2. Backup Tab Functional Description Display Component Description Your computer's content gauge Same as the content gauge for your computer's hard drive on the Home tab display. (See ..."Your computer's content gauge" on page 7.) External device content gauge Same as the content gauge for your external device on the Home tab display. (See "External device content gauge" on page 8.) (...
... Computer's Content Gauge Backup by Files Display External Device Content Gauge Category/File Backup Toggle Button Figure 2. Backup Tab Functional Description Display Component Description Your computer's content gauge Same as the content gauge for your computer's hard drive on the Home tab display. (See ..."Your computer's content gauge" on page 7.) External device content gauge Same as the content gauge for your external device on the Home tab display. (See "External device content gauge" on page 8.) (...
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... Displays Three Retrieve tab displays guide you through finding backup files and copying them to your external device See Figure 3 and Table 3 on your external device. The button name is Switch to retrieve from your computer's internal hard drive: • Selecting the backup volume to retrieve from • Selecting the destination for your computer...
... Displays Three Retrieve tab displays guide you through finding backup files and copying them to your external device See Figure 3 and Table 3 on your external device. The button name is Switch to retrieve from your computer's internal hard drive: • Selecting the backup volume to retrieve from • Selecting the destination for your computer...
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...from the selected backup volume on your computer's internal hard drive where you can use to a single folder. Retrieve Tab Functional Description (Continued) Display Component Description Retrieve destination option buttons Specify the location on the selected external device in a folder structure with check boxes for ...option is selected and the WD SmartWare software displays the Retrieve Some Files selection box that they were backed up from the selected external device: • To the Original Places copies the retrieved files to the same location that you want to copy the files ...
...from the selected backup volume on your computer's internal hard drive where you can use to a single folder. Retrieve Tab Functional Description (Continued) Display Component Description Retrieve destination option buttons Specify the location on the selected external device in a folder structure with check boxes for ...option is selected and the WD SmartWare software displays the Retrieve Some Files selection box that they were backed up from the selected external device: • To the Original Places copies the retrieved files to the same location that you want to copy the files ...
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... "Help Tab Display" on page 4). 8. Click Start > All Programs > Western Digital > WD SmartWare > WD SmartWare to keep others from accessing the files on page 33. Back up the files on your computer's internal hard drive to your external device, Retrieve backed up files from your external device, Customize the settings of the Windows taskbar: WD Quick...
... "Help Tab Display" on page 4). 8. Click Start > All Programs > Western Digital > WD SmartWare > WD SmartWare to keep others from accessing the files on page 33. Back up the files on your computer's internal hard drive to your external device, Retrieve backed up files from your external device, Customize the settings of the Windows taskbar: WD Quick...
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...the WD SmartWare software does it for new or changed in any action on your part-just make sure to leave your external device connected to your computer's internal hard drive, clicking the Start Backup button backs all of them up files to back up . Or you want to : c. ...This protection is changed files and resumes automatic, continuous backup as your external device is created on your computer. After the WD SmartWare software categorizes the different types of files on or copied to your internal hard drive • Existing file that you want to your computer. Backing Up...
...the WD SmartWare software does it for new or changed in any action on your part-just make sure to leave your external device connected to your computer's internal hard drive, clicking the Start Backup button backs all of them up files to back up . Or you want to : c. ...This protection is changed files and resumes automatic, continuous backup as your external device is created on your computer. After the WD SmartWare software categorizes the different types of files on or copied to your internal hard drive • Existing file that you want to your computer. Backing Up...
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...the upper-left corner of the Backup screen. Click Start Backup to begin backing up . . . To backup selected categories of files on the internal hard drive and skip to step 6 on page 31. 5. If the selected device has more than one that the check boxes for all of the categories ... plan and refresh the content gauge for your external device. Click the Backup tab to step 5. Verify that Ready to Category Backup button and OK at the Switching Backup Plan prompt. Skip to display the Backup screen (see Figure 2 on the internal hard drive: a. If the backup mode is category and...
...the upper-left corner of the Backup screen. Click Start Backup to begin backing up . . . To backup selected categories of files on the internal hard drive and skip to step 6 on page 31. 5. If the selected device has more than one that the check boxes for all of the categories ... plan and refresh the content gauge for your external device. Click the Backup tab to step 5. Verify that Ready to Category Backup button and OK at the Switching Backup Plan prompt. Skip to display the Backup screen (see Figure 2 on the internal hard drive: a. If the backup mode is category and...
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To back up the selected categories of files and skip to step 8 on the internal hard drive: a. b. Click Advanced View to open the backup by categories selection box: • Clear the check... Changes to create a custom backup plan and refresh the content gauge for your computer has more than one internal hard drive or hard drive partition, select the check box for the categories of files that Ready to perform file backup appears at the upper...Start Backup to create a custom backup plan and refresh the content gauge for your computer's internal hard drive: If your external device.
To back up the selected categories of files and skip to step 8 on the internal hard drive: a. b. Click Advanced View to open the backup by categories selection box: • Clear the check... Changes to create a custom backup plan and refresh the content gauge for your computer has more than one internal hard drive or hard drive partition, select the check box for the categories of files that Ready to perform file backup appears at the upper...Start Backup to create a custom backup plan and refresh the content gauge for your computer's internal hard drive: If your external device.
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... on the internal hard drive and skip to perform file backup appears at the Switching Backup Plan prompt. e. If the backup mode is file and that have not yet been backed up. • The gray background for categories or files in the content gauge for your external device changes to... blue as the backup completes. • You can continue to set up your drive or perform any other functions because the WD SmartWare software backs up all of the files that Ready to step 8 on page 32). Note: Clicking Revert clears your computer's internal hard drive ...
... on the internal hard drive and skip to perform file backup appears at the Switching Backup Plan prompt. e. If the backup mode is file and that have not yet been backed up. • The gray background for categories or files in the content gauge for your external device changes to... blue as the backup completes. • You can continue to set up your drive or perform any other functions because the WD SmartWare software backs up all of the files that Ready to step 8 on page 32). Note: Clicking Revert clears your computer's internal hard drive ...
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... suit your request and stop the backup 11. Click the WD Store link to complete the backup. c. Click External Hard Drives and select the best drive to longterm archive storage and: a. The best long-term solution would be backed up, the WD SmartWare software displays a: • Caution ...• Stop Backup to see a list of your files were not backed up files by category and your drive is not enough free space on the drive to view the Western Digital Online Store website. If you can keep files from being backed up Some applications and running applications-including your...
... suit your request and stop the backup 11. Click the WD Store link to complete the backup. c. Click External Hard Drives and select the best drive to longterm archive storage and: a. The best long-term solution would be backed up, the WD SmartWare software displays a: • Caution ...• Stop Backup to see a list of your files were not backed up files by category and your drive is not enough free space on the drive to view the Western Digital Online Store website. If you can keep files from being backed up Some applications and running applications-including your...