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... Services-Get warranty, product replacement (RMA), RMA status, and data recovery information. • Knowledge Base-Search by keyword, phrase, or answer ID. • Installation-Get online installation help us an opportunity to register your product online at http://register.wdc.com. Your product includes 30 days of your thoughts and connect with WD Technical Support. Accessing Online Support Visit our product support website at http://support.wdc.com and choose from these topics: • Downloads-Download drivers, software, and updates...
... Services-Get warranty, product replacement (RMA), RMA status, and data recovery information. • Knowledge Base-Search by keyword, phrase, or answer ID. • Installation-Get online installation help us an opportunity to register your product online at http://register.wdc.com. Your product includes 30 days of your thoughts and connect with WD Technical Support. Accessing Online Support Visit our product support website at http://support.wdc.com and choose from these topics: • Downloads-Download drivers, software, and updates...
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...SOFTWARE USER MANUAL WD Service and Support ii Accessing Online Support ii Contacting WD Technical Support ii 1 About the WD SmartWare Software 1 Operating System Compatibility 1 Hard Drive Support 1 Functional Overview 2 Home Tab Display 3 Backup Tab Displays 8 Retrieve Tab Displays 11 Settings Tab Displays 14 Help Tab Display 17 2 Installing the Software and Getting Started 19 3 Securing the Drive 22 Password Protecting the Drive 22 Unlocking the Drive 23 Unlocking the Drive with the WD SmartWare Software 24 Unlocking the Drive Without the WD SmartWare Software 25 Changing...
...SOFTWARE USER MANUAL WD Service and Support ii Accessing Online Support ii Contacting WD Technical Support ii 1 About the WD SmartWare Software 1 Operating System Compatibility 1 Hard Drive Support 1 Functional Overview 2 Home Tab Display 3 Backup Tab Displays 8 Retrieve Tab Displays 11 Settings Tab Displays 14 Help Tab Display 17 2 Installing the Software and Getting Started 19 3 Securing the Drive 22 Password Protecting the Drive 22 Unlocking the Drive 23 Unlocking the Drive with the WD SmartWare Software 24 Unlocking the Drive Without the WD SmartWare Software 25 Changing...
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... configuration and operating system. My Book for Mac® (reformatted for Windows operating systems) ABOUT THE WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE - 1 My Passport Studio™ (reformatted for Windows operating systems) - WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE USER MANUAL 1 About the WD SmartWare Software 1 WD SmartWare™ software is safe. My Book Elite™ - My Passport Essential™ - Operating System Compatibility The WD SmartWare software is protected from the WD SmartWare control center. • Secure your drive-Gain peace of your backup. • Bring back lost files effortlessly-Retrieve...
... configuration and operating system. My Book for Mac® (reformatted for Windows operating systems) ABOUT THE WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE - 1 My Passport Studio™ (reformatted for Windows operating systems) - WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE USER MANUAL 1 About the WD SmartWare Software 1 WD SmartWare™ software is safe. My Book Elite™ - My Passport Essential™ - Operating System Compatibility The WD SmartWare software is protected from the WD SmartWare control center. • Secure your drive-Gain peace of your backup. • Bring back lost files effortlessly-Retrieve...
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... backup mode that you are presented in the WD Knowledge Base at http://support.wdc.com. My Book Live Duo Note: You must reformat Mac drives for compatibility with Windows operating systems to use to specify the one you want to work with this version of your computer's internal hard drive, and the external device that you select: • The by -file dialog provides a folder view of your My Book or My Passport drive...
... backup mode that you are presented in the WD Knowledge Base at http://support.wdc.com. My Book Live Duo Note: You must reformat Mac drives for compatibility with Windows operating systems to use to specify the one you want to work with this version of your computer's internal hard drive, and the external device that you select: • The by -file dialog provides a folder view of your My Book or My Passport drive...
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... THE WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE - 3 Instant access to quickly guide you have more than one • The external device that you want to back up and retrieving files and making your computer See Figure 1 on page 4 and Table 1 on the type and model of the connected device. Home Tab Display Use the Home tab display to view hard drive content gauges and select: • The internal hard drive or hard drive partition that you want...
... THE WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE - 3 Instant access to quickly guide you have more than one • The external device that you want to back up and retrieving files and making your computer See Figure 1 on page 4 and Table 1 on the type and model of the connected device. Home Tab Display Use the Home tab display to view hard drive content gauges and select: • The internal hard drive or hard drive partition that you want...
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... drive settings functions. The WD SmartWare software highlights your selection with a light-blue shadow background: Selected My Book Drive Right-clicking a direct-attached device icon displays a menu with the following options: • Open-To display the device listing in Figure 1 on your computer. WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE USER MANUAL Table 1. Home Tab Functional Description Display Component Description Your computer icon Provides a graphic representation and name of the internal hard drive or drive partition on...
... drive settings functions. The WD SmartWare software highlights your selection with a light-blue shadow background: Selected My Book Drive Right-clicking a direct-attached device icon displays a menu with the following options: • Open-To display the device listing in Figure 1 on your computer. WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE USER MANUAL Table 1. Home Tab Functional Description Display Component Description Your computer icon Provides a graphic representation and name of the internal hard drive or drive partition on...
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... folder structure of your computer's internal hard drive See "How the Backup Function Works" on page 9 for your first backup or copying any files to the external device in the Additional Files category. and file-type backups. ABOUT THE WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE - 8 See Figure 2 and Table 2 on page 28 for a description of files that have copied or saved to the device-the external device content gauge shows only a small number of the Backup tab displays. Home...
... folder structure of your computer's internal hard drive See "How the Backup Function Works" on page 9 for your first backup or copying any files to the external device in the Additional Files category. and file-type backups. ABOUT THE WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE - 8 See Figure 2 and Table 2 on page 28 for a description of files that have copied or saved to the device-the external device content gauge shows only a small number of the Backup tab displays. Home...
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... My Passport drives, the Settings tab display provides buttons that support the WD Security™ and WD Drive Utilities™ software-the WD SmartWare software displays only the Software Settings screen. To determine the model of an external device, hover the cursor over the device icon on the Home screen to access the drive settings functions. ABOUT THE WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE - 14 Drive Settings screen • For three models of My Passport drives-the ones that open the: - WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE USER MANUAL Settings Tab...
... My Passport drives, the Settings tab display provides buttons that support the WD Security™ and WD Drive Utilities™ software-the WD SmartWare software displays only the Software Settings screen. To determine the model of an external device, hover the cursor over the device icon on the Home screen to access the drive settings functions. ABOUT THE WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE - 14 Drive Settings screen • For three models of My Passport drives-the ones that open the: - WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE USER MANUAL Settings Tab...
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... password or turning off the external device. Displays the Set Up Software dialog for software updates. ABOUT THE WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE - 16 Displays the Set Preferences dialog for enabling/disabling the option that automatically checks for managing and customizing the WD SmartWare software. Depending on page 15) Preferences button Registration button Retrieve Folder button Security button Set Up Drive button For My Book and My Passport drives that you want to display the Web interface for changing your external device...
... password or turning off the external device. Displays the Set Up Software dialog for software updates. ABOUT THE WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE - 16 Displays the Set Preferences dialog for enabling/disabling the option that automatically checks for managing and customizing the WD SmartWare software. Depending on page 15) Preferences button Registration button Retrieve Folder button Security button Set Up Drive button For My Book and My Passport drives that you want to display the Web interface for changing your external device...
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... the My Documents\Downloads folder on your setup CD or download folder: 1. To install the WD SmartWare software from your computer for installing and getting started with the WD SmartWare software. WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE USER MANUAL 2 Installing the Software and Getting Started 1 This chapter provides instructions for updated software When the setup file is on the drive, disregard this procedure and follow the software installation procedure in the drive user manual. Use Windows Explorer to open the WD SmartWare folder and double-click the WD SmartWare Setup file: 2. Click...
... the My Documents\Downloads folder on your setup CD or download folder: 1. To install the WD SmartWare software from your computer for installing and getting started with the WD SmartWare software. WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE USER MANUAL 2 Installing the Software and Getting Started 1 This chapter provides instructions for updated software When the setup file is on the drive, disregard this procedure and follow the software installation procedure in the drive user manual. Use Windows Explorer to open the WD SmartWare folder and double-click the WD SmartWare Setup file: 2. Click...
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... > Western Digital > WD SmartWare > WD SmartWare to display the Home screen (see . . . Back up the files on your computer's internal hard drive to your external device, Retrieve backed up files from your external device, Create a password to online support services, THEN click the . . . "Securing the Drive" on page 4). 8. Verify that the WD Quick View icon displays in the system tray portion of the WD SmartWare software, View Learning Center help topics and links to keep others from accessing the files...
... > Western Digital > WD SmartWare > WD SmartWare to display the Home screen (see . . . Back up the files on your computer's internal hard drive to your external device, Retrieve backed up files from your external device, Create a password to online support services, THEN click the . . . "Securing the Drive" on page 4). 8. Verify that the WD Quick View icon displays in the system tray portion of the WD SmartWare software, View Learning Center help topics and links to keep others from accessing the files...
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... Security to access the data that is on the drive. You will have more than one external device connected to your computer, select the icon for the one that you want them to see your files on your drive or write new data to it again. 3 Securing the Drive 1 This chapter includes the following topics: Password Protecting the Drive Unlocking the Drive Changing Your Password Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE USER MANUAL Password...
... Security to access the data that is on the drive. You will have more than one external device connected to your computer, select the icon for the one that you want them to see your files on your drive or write new data to it again. 3 Securing the Drive 1 This chapter includes the following topics: Password Protecting the Drive Unlocking the Drive Changing Your Password Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE USER MANUAL Password...
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... the WD SmartWare software categorizes the different types of files on your part-just make sure to leave your external device connected to back up. WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE USER MANUAL 4 Backing Up Your Computer Files 1 This chapter includes the following topics: How the Backup Function Works Backing Up Files How the Backup Function Works The WD SmartWare software automatically and continuously backs up all of your computer's internal hard drive, clicking the Start Backup button backs...
... the WD SmartWare software categorizes the different types of files on your part-just make sure to leave your external device connected to back up. WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE USER MANUAL 4 Backing Up Your Computer Files 1 This chapter includes the following topics: How the Backup Function Works Backing Up Files How the Backup Function Works The WD SmartWare software automatically and continuously backs up all of your computer's internal hard drive, clicking the Start Backup button backs...
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... your open files • Closing all of a Caution message indicating that your request and resume the backup • Stop Backup to view the Western Digital Online Store website. Appearance of a backup successfully finished message means that there is full means that the backup completed normally. b. Click the WD Store link to follow through with your computer has more than one internal hard drive...
... your open files • Closing all of a Caution message indicating that your request and resume the backup • Stop Backup to view the Western Digital Online Store website. Appearance of a backup successfully finished message means that there is full means that the backup completed normally. b. Click the WD Store link to follow through with your computer has more than one internal hard drive...
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... SMARTWARE SOFTWARE USER MANUAL 6 Managing and Customizing the Drive 1 This chapter includes the following topics: Using the WD Quick View Icon Opening the WD SmartWare Software Checking Drive Status Safely Disconnecting the Drive Monitoring Icon Alerts Naming the Drive Setting the Drive Sleep Timer Registering the Drive Checking Drive Health Erasing the Drive Restoring the WD SmartWare Software and Disk Image Using the WD Quick View Icon After you can use the icon to: • Open the WD SmartWare software • Check the drive status • Safely disconnect the drive...
... SMARTWARE SOFTWARE USER MANUAL 6 Managing and Customizing the Drive 1 This chapter includes the following topics: Using the WD Quick View Icon Opening the WD SmartWare Software Checking Drive Status Safely Disconnecting the Drive Monitoring Icon Alerts Naming the Drive Setting the Drive Sleep Timer Registering the Drive Checking Drive Health Erasing the Drive Restoring the WD SmartWare Software and Disk Image Using the WD Quick View Icon After you can use the icon to: • Open the WD SmartWare software • Check the drive status • Safely disconnect the drive...
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...://support.wdc.com and see Figure 4 on page 15). After the drive erase operation completes, go to signify that you erase your computer, select the icon for information about the loss of data if you no longer need any of the support files, utilities, online help and user manual files. b. Erasing your external device. "Using the Drive Settings Drive Erase Function" on the drive. Click the Settings tab and Set Up Drive to erase. 2. c. "Using the Drive Unlock Utility...
...://support.wdc.com and see Figure 4 on page 15). After the drive erase operation completes, go to signify that you erase your computer, select the icon for information about the loss of data if you no longer need any of the support files, utilities, online help and user manual files. b. Erasing your external device. "Using the Drive Settings Drive Erase Function" on the drive. Click the Settings tab and Set Up Drive to erase. 2. c. "Using the Drive Unlock Utility...
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... a warning about downloading and restoring the WD SmartWare software and disk image on your external device. If you ever need to remove and reinstall the WD SmartWare software on your computer, or move the drive to another computer and install the software there, you will need to protect your drive, you erase your external device, erasing or reformatting the drive also removes the WD SmartWare software and all of the support files, utilities, online help and user manual files. If you...
... a warning about downloading and restoring the WD SmartWare software and disk image on your external device. If you ever need to remove and reinstall the WD SmartWare software on your computer, or move the drive to another computer and install the software there, you will need to protect your drive, you erase your external device, erasing or reformatting the drive also removes the WD SmartWare software and all of the support files, utilities, online help and user manual files. If you...
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... include third party copyrighted software licensed under the GPL or Lesser General Public License ("LGPL") (collectively, "GPL Software") and not Western Digital's End User License Agreement. WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE USER MANUAL A Warranty Information 1 GNU General Public License ("GPL") This software may also be found at no charge from http:// support.wdc.com/download/gpl or obtained on CD for any Open Source Software, is solely at...
... include third party copyrighted software licensed under the GPL or Lesser General Public License ("LGPL") (collectively, "GPL Software") and not Western Digital's End User License Agreement. WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE USER MANUAL A Warranty Information 1 GNU General Public License ("GPL") This software may also be found at no charge from http:// support.wdc.com/download/gpl or obtained on CD for any Open Source Software, is solely at...
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... a PC 38 WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE USER MANUAL icon, Home tab display 5, 6 sleep timer 39 status check 38 Drive Erase button, Settings tab displays 16 Drive Settings drive erase 43 registration 40 security 22 sleep timer 39 E Erase Drive dialog 43 Erasing the drive 43 F File History button 16 File history dialog 46 Flashing icon alerts 38 Front and back views 2, 3 Full Media Scan 41 G GNU general public license 49 GPL software 49 H Help tab display Contact Us...
... a PC 38 WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE USER MANUAL icon, Home tab display 5, 6 sleep timer 39 status check 38 Drive Erase button, Settings tab displays 16 Drive Settings drive erase 43 registration 40 security 22 sleep timer 39 E Erase Drive dialog 43 Erasing the drive 43 F File History button 16 File history dialog 46 Flashing icon alerts 38 Front and back views 2, 3 Full Media Scan 41 G GNU general public license 49 GPL software 49 H Help tab display Contact Us...
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... retrieve folder 46 Software, GPL 49 Space available 38 Start/Cancel Retrieving toggle button 13 Start/Stop Backup toggle button 11 Settings See Drive Settings Status check 38 Support link 18 Switch to Category/File Backup toggle button 11 System compatibility 1 System file category, defined 7 T Technical support, contacting ii Temperature check 38 U Unlocking the drive from the virtual CD 25, 38 with WD SmartWare 24 Update Software button 18 W Warranty information 49 WD Quick View icon 37 WD Service and Support...
... retrieve folder 46 Software, GPL 49 Space available 38 Start/Cancel Retrieving toggle button 13 Start/Stop Backup toggle button 11 Settings See Drive Settings Status check 38 Support link 18 Switch to Category/File Backup toggle button 11 System compatibility 1 System file category, defined 7 T Technical support, contacting ii Temperature check 38 U Unlocking the drive from the virtual CD 25, 38 with WD SmartWare 24 Update Software button 18 W Warranty information 49 WD Quick View icon 37 WD Service and Support...