Western Digital WDBAAF5000EBK Support Question
Western Digital WDBAAF5000EBK Support Question
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Question posted by borimxgirl on December 3rd, 2011
I Accidentaly Deleted Files From My Wd Hard Drive I Don't Know How To Get Em Bac
please help I accidentaly deleted very important files from my net book please help what do i do
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Product Specifications (pdf) - Page 2
... Operating temperature: 5°C to recycle it happens Seeing is protected from the WD SmartWare control center. My Book Essential
External Hard Drives
Product Features
See your life safe in which your product was purchased. Product Specifications
Interface USB 2.0
Kit Contents External hard drive WD SmartWare software USB cable AC adapter Quick Install Guide
Dimensions Height: 1.9 in...
User Manual - Page 3
iii Table of Contents
MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUALL
WD Service and Support ii Accessing Online Support ii Contacting WD Technical Support ii
1 About Your WD Drive 1
Features 1 Kit Contents 2 Optional Accessories 2 Operating System Compatibility 3 Disk Drive Format 3 Physical Description 3
Power/Activity LED 4 Power Button 4 USB 3.0 Interface 4 Kensington® Security Slot 5 ...
User Manual - Page 6
... up to your My Book® Essential external hard drive, an elegant, high-capacity storage solution for all your data, deleted a file, or just overwritten an important file.
• Take control-Customize your backup, set drive security, run diagnostics, manage the power settings, and more from the WD SmartWare control center.
• Drive lock-Gain peace of mind knowing that gives you the...
User Manual - Page 18
... the five main categories
For a complete list of all of your files that you can modify the primary drive being categorized with the capacity of each hard drive in the WD Knowledge Base at http://support.wdc.com. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
WD SmartWare Home Screen
The WD SmartWare Home screen provides four tab-selected options:
• Home...
User Manual - Page 19
...-before copying any screen:
To close the info/help screen after selecting Install Drive Settings, installing the software, completing the initial drive settings, and opening the WD SmartWare software. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
In the Content Gauge for your My Book drive, the Additional Files category includes all of the files shown in the used space portion of your...
User Manual - Page 20
...; Check the operational condition of your drive with automatic continuous backups (see "Backing Up Your Computer Files" on page 16)
• Retrieve earlier versions of lost, or damaged files (see "Checking Drive Health" on page 23)
• Secure you can still use your My Book as an external hard drive. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 15 Click: •...
User Manual - Page 32
... someone else will have to erase the drive before you can use it . WD SmartWare Drive Settings Screen Figure 17. CAUTION!
Click the Settings tab to display the
WD SmartWare Drive Settings screen (Figure 17). The WD SmartWare software uses your password to electronically lock and unlock your drive. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
15 Locking and Unlocking the...
User Manual - Page 34
... Unlock to unlock your drive and enable the WD SmartWare software. The WD SmartWare software provides the Drive Unlock utility on a "virtual" CD drive that does not have the WD SmartWare software installed, you can use the WD SmartWare Drive Unlock utility to unlock the drive there. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
Unlocking the Drive with the WD SmartWare Software
Whenever you shut...
User Manual - Page 35
... UNLOCKING THE DRIVE - 30 MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
To unlock the drive without the WD SmartWare software installed:
1. Click Security on page 27) to display the Your Drive is now unlocked prompt, click Exit to close the WD SmartWare
Drive Unlock utility. Click Unlock to open the WD Unlock virtual CD and double-clicking the Unlock.exe file
•...
User Manual - Page 36
LOCKING AND UNLOCKING THE DRIVE - 31 Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature
To remove password protection from your drive:
1. Click Update Security Settings to help remind yourself of your password in the New password hint box.
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5. Click Security on either the WD SmartWare Drive Settings screen or the drive
management Drive Settings screen (see Figure 17...
User Manual - Page 41
... 17 on page 38. "Password Protecting the Drive" on page 42. "Checking Drive Health" on page 27. "Erasing the Drive" on page 27):
IF you reconnect your WD SmartWare drive to your compute,
Enable the Backup and Retrieve functions,
THEN click . . .
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To customize your drive settings for software updates whenever you want to...
User Manual - Page 44
...:
- Typing a password in the Password box. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
Using the Drive Unlock Utility. Make five attempts to erase your password:
1. Click the I understand check box to signify that you erase your computer's file management utility to display the WD SmartWare drive unlock screen:
• Start the WD SmartWare Drive Unlock utility by : a. Clicking Start > My...
User Manual - Page 50
... need to use as an external storage device. USING THE DRIVE WITH A MAC - 45 MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
3. If you do not want to install the WD +TURBO utility yourself-the WD SmartWare software will install it for password protecting the drive, registering the drive, and running drive diagnostics.
Verify that the My Book icon displays on a Mac computer...
User Manual - Page 52
... icon on the
screen that you reformatted the drive for use with the Mac computer:
Your My Book drive is now ready to use to access the computer in the Password box and click OK:
7. Installing the WD SmartWare Software
To install the WD SmartWare software:
1.
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6. When the computer restarts, the My...
User Manual - Page 56
... unlocked (not encrypted), the submenu displays the serial number of drives and select the My Book drive:
2. Type your Password in the Applications list:
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Checking Drive Status
Use the WD SmartWare icon to display the WD SmartWare Drive Unlock screen:
b. If the drive is locked:
a.
• Double-clicking WD SmartWare in the Password box. USING THE...
User Manual - Page 57
..., a prompt asks you to see the drive status.
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c. You might hear the drive power down or removing the drive. At the Your drive is now unlocked prompt, click Exit to close all active windows and applications before disconnecting the drive from the computer.
Click the WD SmartWare icon to disappear from the desktop...
User Manual - Page 59
...:
To unlock your password in the bar at the top-right corner of the screen.
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Automatically. To unlock the drive, you reactivate it. Manually. Type your drive and enable the WD SmartWare software. USING THE DRIVE WITH A MAC - 54 Whenever you shut down and restart your computer, or disconnect and reconnect...
User Manual - Page 60
... double-click the Drive Unlock icon on the WD SmartWare drive unlock screen:
USING THE DRIVE WITH A MAC - 55 MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
Unlocking the Drive Without the WD SmartWare Software
Whenever you can use the WD SmartWare Drive Unlock utility to a computer that appears on your desktop whenever the drive is locked:
To unlock the drive without the WD SmartWare software...
User Manual - Page 61
... after reinstalling the software as uninstalling deletes all existing backup job configurations. (See "Backing Up Your Computer Files" on the screen that displays:
2. Click Uninstall on the WD SmartWare Uninstall screen:
USING THE DRIVE WITH A MAC - 56 MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
Uninstalling WD SmartWare Software
Important: You can easily uninstall the WD SmartWare software. Double-click the...
User Manual - Page 70
Double-click the My Book drive. Select WD SES Device Driver. d. When the installation completes, click Close:
INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER - 65 b. 4. Browse to Computer and: a. c. Click Next:
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5. Double-click the Extras folder.
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