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User Manual - Page 4

MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 5 Locking and Unlocking the Drive 25 Password Protecting the Drive 25 Unlocking the Drive 26 Unlocking the Drive with the WD SmartWare Software 27 Unlocking the Drive Without the WD SmartWare Software 27 Changing Your Password 28 Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature 29 6 Managing and Customizing Your Drive 30 Using the WD SmartWare Icon ...

User Manual - Page 6

... idle times, and a power-saving feature turns the drive on and off with password protection and 256-bit hardwarebased encryption. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 11 About Your WD Drive Welcome to your My Passport™ Essential™ or Essential SE ultra-portable hard drive, an elegant, high-capacity storage solution for your drive that gives you the power to: •...

User Manual - Page 7

... Kit Contents Optional Accessories You can use the following : • My Passport Essential or Essential SE ultra-portable hard drive • WD SmartWare software (included on the drive) • USB cable • Quick Install Guide USB Cable My Passport Essential or Essential SE Ultra-Portable Hard Drive Quick Install Guide Figure 1. Ready to plug-and-play with Windows computers-NTFS...

User Manual - Page 9

... activity. Drives can easily register your external storage product: • Do not drop or jolt the drive. • Do not move the drive during unpacking and installation. Connection to a USB 2.0 or USB 1.1 port transfers data at the port speed: • USB 2.0-up to 480 Mb/s • USB 1.1-up to 5 Gb/s. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL...

User Manual - Page 12

... the Welcome to WD SmartWare screen provides three options for the software installation to complete. Only the WD SmartWare software drive lock password Install Drive Settings button. This could take several minutes. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL a. THEN click the . . . Continue to WD SmartWare screen (see Figure 4 on page 13 instead. Getting Started with...

User Manual - Page 13

... your initial backup, click Continue on page 10) with the Settings tab for accessing all drive management functions (see Figure 5 on page 37). MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 4. See: • "Password Protecting the Drive" on page 25 • "Registering the Drive" on page 21. Skip to enable the WD SmartWare Backup and Retrieve functions (see...

User Manual - Page 16

...the capacity of each hard drive in or connected to...drive to your My Passport drive • Retrieve tab to any location on that gives you the power to: • Secure your drive-In drive settings, create a password to protect your encrypted drive from your My Passport drive...an easy-to your My Passport drive is believing. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL WD SmartWare Software...

User Manual - Page 17

... button for Answer ID 3644 in the WD Knowledge Base at support.wdc.com. Drive Management Home Screen The drive management Home screen is not available for backup. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL In the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive, all of your files that are available for backup are shown against a blue...

User Manual - Page 18

... to: • Protect your data with a password (see "Checking Drive Health" on the Welcome to do, just click the info/online help , click the X icon in diagnostic features (see "Locking and Unlocking the Drive" on page 25) • Customize your My Passport as an external hard drive. Whenever you through your drive and all of the files on...

User Manual - Page 19

...your computer or copied to your hard drive • Existing file that is created on your computer to your computer. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 13 Backing Up Your... protection is changed files and resumes automatic, continuous backup as your My Passport drive is connected to your My Passport drive-music, movies, photos, documents, email, and other files. Note: ...

User Manual - Page 20

... blue background in the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive identifies the original files that are available for backup • Gray background in the five main categories BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES - 15 This space is not available for your drive properties. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Figure 9. Backup Screen In the Content...

User Manual - Page 21

...8226; The blue background in the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive changes to yellow/amber for all of your open files • Closing all running processes...a different hard drive, click the Home tab and select the drive. Click Start Backup to back up all of a backup successfully finished message means that the backup completed normally. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL...

User Manual - Page 22

...; Changing the backup software settings: - Pausing the backup until your My Passport drive. If you stop request and remove the newly created backup files Advanced Backup...be to relegate the drive to suit your computer files: 1. Click External Hard Drives and select the best drive to longterm archive storage and: a. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Important: ...

User Manual - Page 30

...on page 18). 2. WD SmartWare Drive Settings Screen Figure 16. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 15 Locking and Unlocking the Drive This chapter includes the following topics: Password Protecting the Drive Unlocking the Drive Changing Your Password Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature Password Protecting the Drive You should password protect your drive if you are worried that is...

User Manual - Page 31

... box. 7. Click the I understand check box to help remind yourself of data loss if you continue your password in the Choose a password box. 5. LOCKING AND UNLOCKING THE DRIVE - 26 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 3. On either screen, click Security to display the Set Security dialog: 4. Read the warning about the possibility of your current...

User Manual - Page 32

... My Computer in the Password box. 3. Type your password in your My Passport drive: To unlock the drive using the WD SmartWare software: 1. Unlocking the Drive Without the WD SmartWare Software Whenever you connect your drive and enable the WD SmartWare software. LOCKING AND UNLOCKING THE DRIVE - 27 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Unlocking the Drive with the WD SmartWare...

User Manual - Page 33

MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL To unlock the drive without the WD SmartWare software installed: 1. Type your password: 1. Select the Change password option. 4. LOCKING AND UNLOCKING THE DRIVE - 28 Click Exit at the Your drive is Secure dialog: 2. Changing Your Password To change your computer's file management utility and double-clicking the WD Unlocker virtual ...

User Manual - Page 48

... you that you normally use as an enhanced-performance external storage device. After the computer restarts, the My Passport icon on the WD +TURBO Driver Installer screen: 4. As prompted, when the installation completes, click Yes to continue. 5. USING THE DRIVE WITH A MAC - 43 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 3. Read the license agreement and click...

Product Specifications - Page 1

My Passport® Essential™ SE Portable Hard Drives Next generation high-capacity storage to go Dual USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 compatibility WD SmartWare™ visual backup software Hardware encryption, password protection The world's number one selling portable drive features USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 connectivity for compatibility today and speed for the future. Maximum capacity in a portable ...

Product Specifications - Page 2

My Passport Essential SE Portable Hard Drives Product Features Dual USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 compatibility A single drive with USB 2.0 now and step up to USB 3.0 speed when you're ready. Up to 3x faster transfer rates When connected to a USB 3.0 port this high-capacity, portable drive. Password protection for transfer rate or interface, megabyte per second (MB/s) = one million bytes...