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.... Specifications subject to other countries; and My Passport and My Passport Elite are registered trademarks in the U.S. Western Digital 20511 Lake Forest Drive Lake Forest, California U.S.A. 92630 4079-705030-800 Aug 2009 My Passport™ Elite™ North America English Spanish 800..., 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. Other marks may be mentioned herein that belong to change without notice. © 2009...
.... Specifications subject to other countries; and My Passport and My Passport Elite are registered trademarks in the U.S. Western Digital 20511 Lake Forest Drive Lake Forest, California U.S.A. 92630 4079-705030-800 Aug 2009 My Passport™ Elite™ North America English Spanish 800..., 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. Other marks may be mentioned herein that belong to change without notice. © 2009...
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Table of Contents MY PASSPORT ELITE 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 ELITE 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 ELITE USER MANUAL Unlocking Your Drive With the WD SmartWare Software 30 Unlocking Your Drive Without the WD SmartWare Software 31 Turning Off the Drive ...
MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL Unlocking Your Drive With the WD SmartWare Software 30 Unlocking Your Drive Without the WD SmartWare Software 31 Turning Off the Drive ...
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MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL Installing the Driver Automatically 59 Installing the Driver Manually 59 Windows 7 61 B Compliance and Warranty Information 64 Regulatory Compliance 64 FCC Class B Information 64 ICES-003/NMB-003 Statement 64 Safety Compliance 64 CE Compliance For Europe 64 KCC Notice (Republic of Korea only 65 Environmental Compliance (China 65 Warranty Information 65 Obtaining Service 65 Limited Warranty 65 Index 67 TABLE OF CONTENTS - v
MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL Installing the Driver Automatically 59 Installing the Driver Manually 59 Windows 7 61 B Compliance and Warranty Information 64 Regulatory Compliance 64 FCC Class B Information 64 ICES-003/NMB-003 Statement 64 Safety Compliance 64 CE Compliance For Europe 64 KCC Notice (Republic of Korea only 65 Environmental Compliance (China 65 Warranty Information 65 Obtaining Service 65 Limited Warranty 65 Index 67 TABLE OF CONTENTS - v
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...- No separate power supply is needed. (An optional cable is packed with password protection and 256-bit hardware-based encryption. MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL 11 About Your WD Drive Welcome to plug-and-play with Windows PCs - An easy-to your My... as it happens - WD SmartWare™ software - Drive lock - Relax! Your data is believing. capacity storage solution for compatibility with all your digital life. Our latest edition is available for your drive that your data automatically - Automatic, continuous backup will instantly make a second copy whenever you '...
...- No separate power supply is needed. (An optional cable is packed with password protection and 256-bit hardware-based encryption. MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL 11 About Your WD Drive Welcome to plug-and-play with Windows PCs - An easy-to your My... as it happens - WD SmartWare™ software - Drive lock - Relax! Your data is believing. capacity storage solution for compatibility with all your digital life. Our latest edition is available for your drive that your data automatically - Automatic, continuous backup will instantly make a second copy whenever you '...
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...news, visit our website at www.westerndigital.com. We encourage you to http://products.wdc.com/updates. Kit Contents • My Passport Elite Ultra-portable Hard Drive • WD SmartWare software (included on drive) • USB micro cable • Quick Install Guide • My... Passport Dock USB Micro Cable My Passport Elite Ultra-portable Hard Drive Quick Install Guide My Passport Dock Optional Accessories You can use the following accessories with the WD My Passport drive: • A special cable that may be needed for ...
...news, visit our website at www.westerndigital.com. We encourage you to http://products.wdc.com/updates. Kit Contents • My Passport Elite Ultra-portable Hard Drive • WD SmartWare software (included on drive) • USB micro cable • Quick Install Guide • My... Passport Dock USB Micro Cable My Passport Elite Ultra-portable Hard Drive Quick Install Guide My Passport Dock Optional Accessories You can use the following accessories with the WD My Passport drive: • A special cable that may be needed for ...
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...to the Apple menu and select Software Update. Compatibility Windows® • Windows XP® • Windows Vista® • Windows 7® MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL Mac® OS X® • Tiger® • Leopard® • Snow Leopard™ Important: For highest performance and... drive with a Mac system, see "Reformatting the Drive" on page 43, and "Troubleshooting" on your computer. Drive Format Your My Passport Elite drive is preformatted as a single NTFS partition for compatibility with all updated Windows operating systems. If you wish to the Start menu ...
...to the Apple menu and select Software Update. Compatibility Windows® • Windows XP® • Windows Vista® • Windows 7® MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL Mac® OS X® • Tiger® • Leopard® • Snow Leopard™ Important: For highest performance and... drive with a Mac system, see "Reformatting the Drive" on page 43, and "Troubleshooting" on your computer. Drive Format Your My Passport Elite drive is preformatted as a single NTFS partition for compatibility with all updated Windows operating systems. If you wish to the Start menu ...
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... USB 1.1 speed (up to 480 Mb/s. Drives may be handled with USB 1.1. ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 4 It is backward-compatible with care during activity. MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL Power/Activity LED. USB 2.0 is turned off only when you remove the password from the drive, or the drive loses power. USB...
... USB 1.1 speed (up to 480 Mb/s. Drives may be handled with USB 1.1. ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 4 It is backward-compatible with care during activity. MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL Power/Activity LED. USB 2.0 is turned off only when you remove the password from the drive, or the drive loses power. USB...
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It includes the following topics: Connecting the Drive Installing the Drive Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software WD SmartWare Overview WD SmartWare Home Screen Viewing the Info/Online Help Topics Connecting the Drive Connect your computer. Figure 1. MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL 12 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started This chapter provides step-by-step instructions for connecting and installing the drive on your My Passport drive as described below. Connecting the My Passport Drive with USB Micro Cable CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 5
It includes the following topics: Connecting the Drive Installing the Drive Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software WD SmartWare Overview WD SmartWare Home Screen Viewing the Info/Online Help Topics Connecting the Drive Connect your computer. Figure 1. MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL 12 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started This chapter provides step-by-step instructions for connecting and installing the drive on your My Passport drive as described below. Connecting the My Passport Drive with USB Micro Cable CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 5
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Installing the Drive The following topics provide directions on page 43. To connect directly to your computer using a My Passport Dock, connect the USB cable of the dock to your computer, connect the USB cable as shown in Figure 1 on page 5. 3. To connect to the ... a Mac, see "Using the Drive with a Mac" on installing the drive for the first time. Continue with the section below that applies to Connect the Passport Drive 1. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 6 Using the My...
Installing the Drive The following topics provide directions on page 43. To connect directly to your computer using a My Passport Dock, connect the USB cable of the dock to your computer, connect the USB cable as shown in Figure 1 on page 5. 3. To connect to the ... a Mac, see "Using the Drive with a Mac" on installing the drive for the first time. Continue with the section below that applies to Connect the Passport Drive 1. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 6 Using the My...
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After you physically connect the drive as shown in Figure 3, the Found New Hardware Wizard screen displays. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 7 MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL Installing on your computer, the Welcome to bypass the wizard. Click Cancel to WD SmartWare screen displays. If a Flash Player is enabled on your computer, the screen is animated. If Autorun (AutoPlay) is installed on Windows XP 1. Continue to step 4. Note: The WD SmartWare software will install the appropriate driver for this drive. Figure 3. Found New Hardware Wizard 2.
After you physically connect the drive as shown in Figure 3, the Found New Hardware Wizard screen displays. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 7 MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL Installing on your computer, the Welcome to bypass the wizard. Click Cancel to WD SmartWare screen displays. If a Flash Player is enabled on your computer, the screen is animated. If Autorun (AutoPlay) is installed on Windows XP 1. Continue to step 4. Note: The WD SmartWare software will install the appropriate driver for this drive. Figure 3. Found New Hardware Wizard 2.
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... Open. The VCD displays on your desktop and behaves just like a physical CD. To view the contents of a virtual CD (VCD) drive on your My Passport drive. Open My Computer. The Welcome to "Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software" on your computer, the screen is installed on page 56 instead. CONNECTING...: a. If a Flash Player is animated. 4. Continue to WD SmartWare screen displays. Double-click the WD SmartWare virtual CD, which is disabled on page 11. MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL 3. If Autorun (AutoPlay) is listed under Devices with Removable Storage.
... Open. The VCD displays on your desktop and behaves just like a physical CD. To view the contents of a virtual CD (VCD) drive on your My Passport drive. Open My Computer. The Welcome to "Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software" on your computer, the screen is installed on page 56 instead. CONNECTING...: a. If a Flash Player is animated. 4. Continue to WD SmartWare screen displays. Double-click the WD SmartWare virtual CD, which is disabled on page 11. MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL 3. If Autorun (AutoPlay) is listed under Devices with Removable Storage.
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On the Found New Hardware screen, click Cancel. MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL Installing on Windows Vista/Windows 7 After the drive is enabled on your computer: a. If Autorun (AutoPlay) is physically connected, depending on your computer setup, two or three screens may pop up. 1. AutoPlay Screen CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 9 Figure 4. Found New Hardware Screen b. On the AutoPlay screen, click the Run WDSmartWare.exe button: Figure 5.
On the Found New Hardware screen, click Cancel. MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL Installing on Windows Vista/Windows 7 After the drive is enabled on your computer: a. If Autorun (AutoPlay) is physically connected, depending on your computer setup, two or three screens may pop up. 1. AutoPlay Screen CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 9 Figure 4. Found New Hardware Screen b. On the AutoPlay screen, click the Run WDSmartWare.exe button: Figure 5.
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... on page 9) appears, click Cancel. Note: If you do not want to install the WD SmartWare software, see "Installing an SES Driver" on your My Passport drive. The WD SmartWare virtual CD drive is disabled on your computer: a. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 10 The VCD displays on your desktop... and behaves just like a physical CD. If Autorun (AutoPlay) is listed under Devices with Removable Storage. Continue to WD SmartWare screen displays. b. MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL The Welcome to "Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software" on page 11.
... on page 9) appears, click Cancel. Note: If you do not want to install the WD SmartWare software, see "Installing an SES Driver" on your My Passport drive. The WD SmartWare virtual CD drive is disabled on your computer: a. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 10 The VCD displays on your desktop... and behaves just like a physical CD. If Autorun (AutoPlay) is listed under Devices with Removable Storage. Continue to WD SmartWare screen displays. b. MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL The Welcome to "Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software" on page 11.
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MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL The Welcome to "Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software" in the following section. Continue to WD SmartWare screen displays. Note: If you ...
MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL The Welcome to "Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software" in the following section. Continue to WD SmartWare screen displays. Note: If you ...
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Initial Drive Settings Screen CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 12 Initial Backup Screen Figure 7. MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL Figure 6.
Initial Drive Settings Screen CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 12 Initial Backup Screen Figure 7. MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL Figure 6.
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... effortlessly-Bring back your valuable data to your computer, the WD SmartWare software rescans your data or just overwritten an important file. MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL Figure 8. Note: Automatic backup protection is continuous for new or changed files and resumes automatic, continuous backup as before.... • See your backup as your My Passport drive is an easy-to-use tool that shows the capacity and content of your computer. Home Screen WD SmartWare Overview WD SmartWare ...
... effortlessly-Bring back your valuable data to your computer, the WD SmartWare software rescans your data or just overwritten an important file. MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL Figure 8. Note: Automatic backup protection is continuous for new or changed files and resumes automatic, continuous backup as before.... • See your backup as your My Passport drive is an easy-to-use tool that shows the capacity and content of your computer. Home Screen WD SmartWare Overview WD SmartWare ...
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... will identify the categories of files on page 21) On the Home screen, you first install the WD SmartWare software-before performing your My Passport drive • Retrieve tab to your first backup- They, too, are shown against a blue background in six categories where: This file ... STARTED - 14 Note that: • The System category, shown against a dark gray background, shows the files that you installed the drive. MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL • Retrieve-Brings back valuable data that has been lost or overwritten (see Figure 12 on page 25) • Settings-Manages...
... will identify the categories of files on page 21) On the Home screen, you first install the WD SmartWare software-before performing your My Passport drive • Retrieve tab to your first backup- They, too, are shown against a blue background in six categories where: This file ... STARTED - 14 Note that: • The System category, shown against a dark gray background, shows the files that you installed the drive. MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL • Retrieve-Brings back valuable data that has been lost or overwritten (see Figure 12 on page 25) • Settings-Manages...
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MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL Viewing the Info/Online Help Topics Each WD SmartWare screen provides easy access to online help , click the X icon in the upper-right corner of any screen: To close the info/help screen after reading the online help information to quickly guide you are uncertain about what to do on any screen, just click the info/online help icon in the upperright corner of the screen. Whenever you through your backup, retrieve, and settings tasks. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 15
MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL Viewing the Info/Online Help Topics Each WD SmartWare screen provides easy access to online help , click the X icon in the upper-right corner of any screen: To close the info/help screen after reading the online help information to quickly guide you are uncertain about what to do on any screen, just click the info/online help icon in the upperright corner of the screen. Whenever you through your backup, retrieve, and settings tasks. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 15
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... WD SmartWare software protects your files by backing up any way This protection is created on your part-just make sure to leave your My Passport drive connected to back up, with WD SmartWare software. Additionally, the Backup screen (see Figure 9 on page 17) provides: • ...for starting and pausing backups BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES - 16 Advanced users can select specific types of content to your My Passport drive. MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL 13 Backing Up Your Computer Files This chapter includes the following topics: About Backing Up Your Computer Files Backing ...
... WD SmartWare software protects your files by backing up any way This protection is created on your part-just make sure to leave your My Passport drive connected to back up, with WD SmartWare software. Additionally, the Backup screen (see Figure 9 on page 17) provides: • ...for starting and pausing backups BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES - 16 Advanced users can select specific types of content to your My Passport drive. MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL 13 Backing Up Your Computer Files This chapter includes the following topics: About Backing Up Your Computer Files Backing ...