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Get warranty, product replacement (RMA), RMA status, accessories, and data recovery information at : support.wdc.com/knowledgebase ▪ WD Community - Search by keyword, phrase, or answer ID at : support.wdc.com/warranty ▪ Knowledge Base - Share your WD product to get the latest updates and special offers at: register.wdc.com ▪ Technical Support - Get technical and other WD users at : support.wdc.com/support ▪ Warranty & RMA Services - Accessing Online Support ▪ Registration - Register your thoughts and connect with other support through email at : ...
Get warranty, product replacement (RMA), RMA status, accessories, and data recovery information at : support.wdc.com/knowledgebase ▪ WD Community - Search by keyword, phrase, or answer ID at : support.wdc.com/warranty ▪ Knowledge Base - Share your WD product to get the latest updates and special offers at: register.wdc.com ▪ Technical Support - Get technical and other WD users at : support.wdc.com/support ▪ Warranty & RMA Services - Accessing Online Support ▪ Registration - Register your thoughts and connect with other support through email at : ...
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... Backup Function Works 8 Backing Up Files...9 Configuring Your Cloud Service Account 12 _________ 5 Restoring Files 14 How the Restore Function Works 14 Restoring Files...14 easystore i User Manual
... Backup Function Works 8 Backing Up Files...9 Configuring Your Cloud Service Account 12 _________ 5 Restoring Files 14 How the Restore Function Works 14 Restoring Files...14 easystore i User Manual
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... For Europe 24 Environmental Compliance (China 25 Warranty Information...25 Obtaining Service...25 Limited Warranty...25 Australia/New Zealand...26 Warranty...27 Obtaining Service...28 easystore ii User Manual
... For Europe 24 Environmental Compliance (China 25 Warranty Information...25 Obtaining Service...25 Limited Warranty...25 Australia/New Zealand...26 Warranty...27 Obtaining Service...28 easystore ii User Manual
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This drive offers high capacity in the background to help preserve your easystore portable hard drive. With up your memories when you get connectivity with USB 3.0 devices as well as backward compatibility with USB 2.0 devices. Important: For...Built with plug-and-play USB connectivity and WD Backup™ software. For the latest software, firmware, and product documentation and information, go with the easystore portable storage with WD reliability - Automatic Backup Software - About Your WD Drive 1 About Your WD Drive Welcome to your memories. WD quality inside and out...
This drive offers high capacity in the background to help preserve your easystore portable hard drive. With up your memories when you get connectivity with USB 3.0 devices as well as backward compatibility with USB 2.0 devices. Important: For...Built with plug-and-play USB connectivity and WD Backup™ software. For the latest software, firmware, and product documentation and information, go with the easystore portable storage with WD reliability - Automatic Backup Software - About Your WD Drive 1 About Your WD Drive Welcome to your memories. WD quality inside and out...
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...Figure 1: easystore Portable Hard Drive Kit Components ▪ easystore portable hard drive, with WD Discovery software (includes WD Backup and WD Drive Utilities) ▪ USB 3.0 cable ▪ Quick install guide Optional Accessories For information about optional accessories for WD products, visit www.wdc.com Operating System Compatibility Your easystore drive ... install the latest updates and service pack (SP). For Mac computers, go to the Apple menu and select Software Update. easystore 2 User Manual For Windows computers, go to the Start menu and select Windows Update.
...Figure 1: easystore Portable Hard Drive Kit Components ▪ easystore portable hard drive, with WD Discovery software (includes WD Backup and WD Drive Utilities) ▪ USB 3.0 cable ▪ Quick install guide Optional Accessories For information about optional accessories for WD products, visit www.wdc.com Operating System Compatibility Your easystore drive ... install the latest updates and service pack (SP). For Mac computers, go to the Apple menu and select Software Update. easystore 2 User Manual For Windows computers, go to the Start menu and select Windows Update.
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... storage product: ▪ Do not drop or jolt the drive. ▪ Do not move the drive during unpacking and installation. easystore 3 User Manual Handling Precautions WD products are precision instruments and must be handled with care during activity. A USB 2.0 interface supports ...interface transfer rates up to get the latest updates and special offers. About Your WD Drive Disk Drive Format Your easystore drive is backward compatible with USB 2.0. You can damage drives. Always observe the following precautions when unpacking and installing your drive ...
... storage product: ▪ Do not drop or jolt the drive. ▪ Do not move the drive during unpacking and installation. easystore 3 User Manual Handling Precautions WD products are precision instruments and must be handled with care during activity. A USB 2.0 interface supports ...interface transfer rates up to get the latest updates and special offers. About Your WD Drive Disk Drive Format Your easystore drive is backward compatible with USB 2.0. You can damage drives. Always observe the following precautions when unpacking and installing your drive ...
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...don't have internet connectivity, please install WD Drive Utilities™ from the WD Software Offline Installers > For Windows folder. 2. Your easystore drive is open WD Discovery for Mac.dmg to install WD software to help you don't have internet connectivity, please install WD ... modify drive settings. You can enhance its capabilities by installing the WD Discovery software that the drive appears in figure 3. 3. easystore 4 User Manual Connecting the Drive and Getting Started 2 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started This chapter provides instructions for connecting the...
...don't have internet connectivity, please install WD Drive Utilities™ from the WD Software Offline Installers > For Windows folder. 2. Your easystore drive is open WD Discovery for Mac.dmg to install WD software to help you don't have internet connectivity, please install WD ... modify drive settings. You can enhance its capabilities by installing the WD Discovery software that the drive appears in figure 3. 3. easystore 4 User Manual Connecting the Drive and Getting Started 2 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started This chapter provides instructions for connecting the...
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... your drive. a small icon appears in the Windows system tray in a window. Click Install Now. 3. Double-click WD Discovery.exe. 2. easystore 5 User Manual The application can be installed from your easystore drive. Install application updates as WD Backup, can be installed from your drive. 1. The WD Discovery screen displays a list of the...
... your drive. a small icon appears in the Windows system tray in a window. Click Install Now. 3. Double-click WD Discovery.exe. 2. easystore 5 User Manual The application can be installed from your easystore drive. Install application updates as WD Backup, can be installed from your drive. 1. The WD Discovery screen displays a list of the...
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... by other companies and organizations; To view the list, click the Available Apps tab. while they have been tested and approved for use on the easystore drive, you register your drive as soon as possible. Entries include the device name, drive letter, capacity, product name, and percentage of software and firmware... settings, and drive erase features Available Apps A series of drives, and volumes on the drives, connected to be established ▪ Notification of free space remaining. easystore 6 User Manual
... by other companies and organizations; To view the list, click the Available Apps tab. while they have been tested and approved for use on the easystore drive, you register your drive as soon as possible. Entries include the device name, drive letter, capacity, product name, and percentage of software and firmware... settings, and drive erase features Available Apps A series of drives, and volumes on the drives, connected to be established ▪ Notification of free space remaining. easystore 6 User Manual
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... not back up its own backup plan or files that have specific: ▪ Attributes: reparsePoint, temporary ▪ Names: \AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows, [CommonApplicationData] \Western Digital\, [CommonApplicationData]\Microsoft\Windows\Caches\, easystore 8 User Manual When you want to copy to your files for backup protection. The backup source can be any: ◦ Internal hard drive...
... not back up its own backup plan or files that have specific: ▪ Attributes: reparsePoint, temporary ▪ Names: \AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows, [CommonApplicationData] \Western Digital\, [CommonApplicationData]\Microsoft\Windows\Caches\, easystore 8 User Manual When you want to copy to your files for backup protection. The backup source can be any: ◦ Internal hard drive...
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... a backup target device: a. The Select your WD storage device or cloud service dialog shows all . and right-scroll buttons to display the Setup Complete dialog: easystore 9 User Manual c. b. Select to use. If you can use the left- Backing Up Files config.msi, MSOCache, ntuser.dat, ntuser.ini, [RecycleBin], $recycle.bin, recycler...
... a backup target device: a. The Select your WD storage device or cloud service dialog shows all . and right-scroll buttons to display the Setup Complete dialog: easystore 9 User Manual c. b. Select to use. If you can use the left- Backing Up Files config.msi, MSOCache, ntuser.dat, ntuser.ini, [RecycleBin], $recycle.bin, recycler...
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... displays a . . . The initial/default configuration of the backup settings on the Setup Complete dialog is for hourly backups of everything in dialog that you want : easystore 10 User Manual
... displays a . . . The initial/default configuration of the backup settings on the Setup Complete dialog is for hourly backups of everything in dialog that you want : easystore 10 User Manual
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...; Dropbox Note: If the files and folders you want to back up screen and proceed to the backup schedule and close the Setup Complete dialog. easystore 11 User Manual Backing Up Files 5. After changing the backup schedule: IF you want to back up are correct. 9. Skip to . . . On the Select Files...
...; Dropbox Note: If the files and folders you want to back up screen and proceed to the backup schedule and close the Setup Complete dialog. easystore 11 User Manual Backing Up Files 5. After changing the backup schedule: IF you want to back up are correct. 9. Skip to . . . On the Select Files...
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... device, you must configure your WD storage device or cloud service dialog, select the Dropbox icon: 3. On the Select your account for your Dropbox account: easystore 12 User Manual Open the WD Backup software: ▪ From the Installation Complete dialog, click Back up files with a Backup in progress (x % complete) message on...
... device, you must configure your WD storage device or cloud service dialog, select the Dropbox icon: 3. On the Select your account for your Dropbox account: easystore 12 User Manual Open the WD Backup software: ▪ From the Installation Complete dialog, click Back up files with a Backup in progress (x % complete) message on...
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easystore 13 User Manual c. The Success! Click Sign In. On the Dropbox website, if you have not configured your account to access the Dropbox website. Click ...
easystore 13 User Manual c. The Success! Click Sign In. On the Dropbox website, if you have not configured your account to access the Dropbox website. Click ...
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On the Restore dialog: a. easystore 14 User Manual Select the backup target device and the scheduled backup that has the backup files you want to . . . With the selected folder name ...
On the Restore dialog: a. easystore 14 User Manual Select the backup target device and the scheduled backup that has the backup files you want to . . . With the selected folder name ...
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b. Selected files and folders, 1. easystore 15 User Manual Use the folder structure view of the selected backup to specify the files that has the files you want to restore. All ...
b. Selected files and folders, 1. easystore 15 User Manual Use the folder structure view of the selected backup to specify the files that has the files you want to restore. All ...
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...your drive during the warranty period and find out about product enhancements and price discount opportunities. Then, run WD Drive Utilities: easystore 16 User Manual Managing and Customizing the Drive 6 Managing and Customizing the Drive This chapter includes the following tests if you are... Run the following topics: Checking Drive Health Safely Disconnecting the Drive Erasing the Drive Registering the Drive Restoring the WD Software The easystore software makes it easy for you to manage and customize your drive for the best possible performance: ▪ Diagnose-Run diagnostics ...
...your drive during the warranty period and find out about product enhancements and price discount opportunities. Then, run WD Drive Utilities: easystore 16 User Manual Managing and Customizing the Drive 6 Managing and Customizing the Drive This chapter includes the following tests if you are... Run the following topics: Checking Drive Health Safely Disconnecting the Drive Erasing the Drive Registering the Drive Restoring the WD Software The easystore software makes it easy for you to manage and customize your drive for the best possible performance: ▪ Diagnose-Run diagnostics ...
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Managing and Customizing the Drive a. Otherwise, you can download these to restore your easystore drive to display the drive erase dialog. 4. You can run WD Drive Utilities from the Windows Start menu by clicking Start > All Programs > WD Discovery > ... the volume name, type over the name in the system tray which, when used, ensures that you can simply drag the drive icon to check. 3. easystore 17 User Manual
Managing and Customizing the Drive a. Otherwise, you can download these to restore your easystore drive to display the drive erase dialog. 4. You can run WD Drive Utilities from the Windows Start menu by clicking Start > All Programs > WD Discovery > ... the volume name, type over the name in the system tray which, when used, ensures that you can simply drag the drive icon to check. 3. easystore 17 User Manual