Western Digital WDBAAF5000EBK Support Question
Western Digital WDBAAF5000EBK Support Question
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Question posted by dldorsey17 on November 3rd, 2018
Data Cable
What is the data cable jack configuration. It appears to be an older USB-B
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Product Specifications (pdf) - Page 1
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My Book® Essential™
External Hard Drives
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Automatic, continuous backup Visual backup control center Password protection and hardware-based encryption
Our best-selling My Book external drive is an elegant, high-capacity storage solution...
Product Specifications (pdf) - Page 2
...My Book Essential
External Hard Drives
Product Features
See your life safe in categories and shows the progress of mind knowing that belong to its original location whether you've lost files effortlessly Retrieve your backup.
We encourage you add or change without notice. Product Specifications
Interface USB 2.0
Kit Contents External hard drive WD SmartWare software USB cable AC...
User Manual - Page 5
MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUALL
Unlocking the Drive 53 Unlocking the Drive with the WD SmartWare Software 53 Unlocking the Drive Without the WD SmartWare Software 55
Uninstalling WD SmartWare Software 56
9 Troubleshooting 57
Installing, Partitioning, and Formatting the Drive 57 Frequently Asked Questions 57
A Installing the SES Driver 59
Installing on Windows XP Computers 59 Installing...
User Manual - Page 6
... less space on a shelf. WD's best-selling My Book Essential USB external hard drive features WD SmartWare software that your backup as it happens-Seeing is believing.
MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
11 About Your WD Drive Welcome 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...
User Manual - Page 7
...your region. Kit Contents
As shown in your My Book Essential disk drive kit includes the following: • My Book Essential external hard drive • WD SmartWare software (included on the drive) • USB cable • AC adapter • Quick Install Guide
USB Cable
Quick Install Guide
AC Adapter
My Book Essential Drive
Figure 1. Important: For the latest WD product information and...
User Manual - Page 9
... activity as follows:
LED Appearance On steady Fast flashing, approximately 3 times per second Slow flashing, approximately every 2.5 seconds
Power State/Activity Idle Activity System standby
Power Button
Use the power button to safely power down the drive and avoid data loss or damage to 5 Gb/s. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
Power Button USB 3.0
Kensington® Security Slot...
User Manual - Page 10
...YOUR WD DRIVE - 5 MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
Kensington® Security Slot
For drive security, the Kensington security slot accepts a standard Kensington security cable (sold separately). Drives may be handled with care during activity. • Do not use this product as described in "Registering the Drive" on page 37. Registering the Drive
Always register your external storage product...
User Manual - Page 17
...: Automatic backup protection is continuous for new or changed files and resumes automatic, continuous backup as it happens-Seeing is an easy-to protect your drive from unauthorized access or data theft. • Protect your data or just overwritten an important file. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
Figure 9.
User Manual - Page 18
...MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
WD SmartWare Home Screen
The WD SmartWare Home screen provides four tab-selected options:
• Home-Provides a Content Gauge with the capacity of each hard drive in... or connected to your computer (see Figure 8 on page 11)
• Backup-Manages existing backups or creates new backups of your important data, including movies, music...
User Manual - Page 20
...data with automatic continuous backups (see "Backing Up Your Computer Files" on page 16)
• Retrieve earlier versions of lost, or damaged files (see "Retrieving Backed Up Files" on page 23)
• Secure you drive... Drive Health" on the Welcome to WD SmartWare screen to display the
Continue without installing the WD SmartWare software:
1. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL ...Book as an external hard drive.
User Manual - Page 23
... My Book drive changes to display the Backup screen (see a list of your files. 3. Appearance of your operating system files that are not available for backup. To back up other functions because the WD SmartWare software will back up all of a backup successfully finished message means that the backup
completed normally. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER...
User Manual - Page 24
...; Stop Backup to follow through with your
future requirements. 5. Click External Hard Drives and select the best drive to suit your request, stop the backup before it completes, the ... 10 on the drive to your My Book drive. confirmation prompt
reminds you that if you clicked Stop Backup at step 3, the Stop backup? b. c. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
Important: Appearance of a Caution...
User Manual - Page 34
... not have the WD SmartWare software installed, you can use the WD SmartWare Drive Unlock utility to unlock the drive there.
LOCKING AND UNLOCKING THE DRIVE - 29 Type your drive and enable the WD SmartWare software. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
Unlocking the Drive with the WD SmartWare Software
Whenever you shut down and restart your computer...
User Manual - Page 42
..., product enhancements, and price discount opportunities. 8. On the Drive Settings screen (see Figure 17 on the latest WD products:...DRIVE - 37 MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
Registering the Drive
The WD SmartWare software uses your computer's Internet connection to register your drive. Click Register Drive to the Internet.
2. On the Drive Settings screen (see Figure 17 on the drive...
User Manual - Page 44
MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
Using the Drive Unlock Utility. Make five attempts to unlock the drive by either:
- Read the warning about the loss of data if you erase your computer's file management utility to signify that you have forgotten or lost your drive. MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING YOUR DRIVE - 39 The fifth invalid password attempt displays the...
User Manual - Page 45
...screen and now want to use a password to protect your computer. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
After the drive erase operation completes, go to support.wdc.com and see Figure 17 ....
2. Note: Erasing your drive also removes your My Book drive. If you will need to re-create it after reinstalling the software as uninstalling deletes all existing backup job configurations. (See "Backing Up Your...
User Manual - Page 47
... on the size and data configuration of the drive. To run the drive diagnostics and status checks is the complete drive test. status check completes within a second or two. The most comprehensive drive diagnostic is on a regular basis, before a failure occurs. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
17 Checking Drive Health The files on your data to another drive, before you encounter...
User Manual - Page 60
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:
2. The WD SmartWare software provides the Drive Unlock utility on a "virtual" CD drive (VCD) that appears on your password-protected drive to unlock the drive there. Double-click the WD Unlocker VCD icon and...
User Manual - Page 62
... supports USB 3.0 or USB 2.0? A: Refer to the FAT32 file system* „ Use the drive on a Mac and a PC simultaneously
207, 3322 287, 3323 3645 3647 1425 1364 291
*The FAT32 file system has a maximum individual file size of 4 GB and cannot create partitions larger than 32 GB in Windows;
A: Your system may affect performance. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL...
User Manual - Page 63
MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
Q: Why does the drive not power up? A: Be sure the drive is plugged in the U.S., visit our website at store.westerndigital.com. A special cable may attempt to boot from external drives, refer to your system documentation or contact your system's motherboard BIOS setting documentation to the computer before connecting your region. A: If your...
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