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    Exter nal Deskt op My Book ® Essential ™ User Manual My Book Essential User Manual ...

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    ii WD Service and Support Should you encounter any problem, please give us a n o pp o rt un it y t o a dd re ss it be fo re retu r n in g this product. Most technical sup port questions can be answered thro ugh our know ledge base or e-mail supp ort service a t support. wdc.com . If the answer is no t available or if you prefer , please contact W D ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUALL T A BLE O F CONT ENT S – iii T able of Contents WD Servic e and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii Accessing O nline Su pport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii Con ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUALL T ABLE OF CONTENTS – iv 5 Locking and Unlocking Your Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Password Protecting Yo ur Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Unlocki ng Your Dri ve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUALL TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S – v Unlocki ng the Driv e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Unlocking Yo ur Drive w ith the WD SmartWare Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Unlockin g Your Drive Wi thout the W ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD DRIVE – 1 About Y our WD Dr ive W elcome to y our My Book ® Essential exter nal hard drive, an elegant, high-capaci ty storage solutio n for all the chapters of your di gital life. Our latest edition featur es visual, easy-to-use, automati c, continuous backup s o ftwar e and drive lock security prot ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD DRIVE – 2 Power miser —My Boo k extern al drives are designed to save energy . WD GreenPower T echnology™ lowers i nternal drive power cons umption by up to 30%, a sleep mode reduces power d uring idle times, and a pow er -saving feature tur ns the dr ive on and o f f wit h yo ur c omp uter . Plan ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD DRIVE – 3 Operat ing Syste m Compat ibility Y our My Book Essential drive and the WD Sm artW ar e software are compatible w ith the follow ing operat ing sys tems: Compatibili ty can vary , depending on har dware config uration and operating system. For highest p erformance and reliability , al ways i ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD DRIVE – 4 Illuminated Capacity Gauge. The capac ity gauge has four segments that illuminate from bottom to top to indi cate space used on the drive during the power -on state. Each segment repr esents approximately 25 percent of drive capacity: Note: The ill uminated cap acity gauge on ly works when t ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD DRIVE – 5 Note: If you disconnec t the dr ive after using the power b utton to turn it off, when you re connect it to your runni ng comput er , the drive au tomaticall y powers on. If you le ave the driv e connect ed to your comp uter after using the power bu tton to tur n it off, you must press the p ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL CONNE CTING THE DRIVE AND GETT ING STARTED – 6 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started This ch apter p rovides step- by-step in struction s for conn ecting and installing the dri ve on your computer . It includes the following to pics: Connecting the Drive Getting Started with the WD SmartWar e Software WD Smar tW ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL CONNE CTING THE DRIVE AND GETT ING STARTED – 7 6. If a Found New Hardware screen appears, click Cancel to cl ose it: The WD SmartW are software will i nstall th e proper driver for your My B ook drive. 7. Several di f ferent screens might also ap pear , depending on your comp uter’ s operating system: 8. For Windo ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL CONNE CTING THE DRIVE AND GETT ING STARTED – 8 a. On Windows XP with AutoRun (AutoPlay) enabled, the W elcome to WD Sma rtW a r e screen displays (see Figure 5). b. On Windows XP with AutoRun (AutoPlay) disabled, right-cli ck to open the WD SmartW ar e virtual CD drive listi ng in Windows Explor er: Note: The WD Sma ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL CONNE CTING THE DRIVE AND GETT ING STARTED – 9 a. For Win dows V ista or Windows 7 with AutoRun ( AutoPlay) enabled: Click the Run WDSmar tW are. exe o ption to display the W elcome to WD SmartW are scr een (see Figure 5 on page 8). b. For Win dows V ista or Windows 7 with AutoRun ( AutoPlay) di sabled, op en Comput ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 10 4. After the softwa r e installation completes: Note: The i nitial Backu p and Drive Se ttings scr ee ns only appear on e time—the first time you i nsta ll the W D Sm art W ar e sof twar e o n your compu ter . After that , laun chi ng th e so ftwar e displa ys the Home ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 11 Figure 6. Initial Backup Screen Figure 7. Initial Drive Settings Screens WD SmartWare Initia l Drive Settings Screen Drive Management Initial Drive Settings Screen ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 12 Figure 8. WD SmartW are Home Screen Figure 9. Drive Management Home Screen ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 13 WD SmartW ar e Over view WD SmartW a r e software is an easy-to-use tool that gives you the power to: • Secure your drive—In drive setti ngs, cr eate a password to prot ect your encrypted drive from unauthorized access or data theft. • Protect y our data automatica ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 14 For a complete list of all included file extension s, search for Answer ID 3644 in the WD Knowledge Base a t http:/ /suppor t.wdc. com . Note that: • The Syste m category , shown ag ainst a dark gray background, include s all of your operating system files that are not ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 15 T o forego these p erformance features an d get started without installing th e WD Smar tW ar e so ftwa r e: 1. Click Do Not Install on the W elco me to WD S martW are scr een to display the Contin ue without ins talling WD Sma rtW are? prompt: 2. Click: • Cont inue wi ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 16 Note that when it opens, the WD SmartWar e V irtual CD Manage r utility also co pies a Virtual CD Ma nager folder t o your desk top. Th is is t he fold er you will w ant to copy back to your My Book drive in case yo u later want to show (enable) the VCD. 2. Click Continu ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 17 If you have not installed the WD Sm artW a r e software an d want to show the VCD : 1. Use the Windows Expl orer copy/paste or dr ag/dr op function to copy the Virtual CD Manager folder fr om your My Book drive to the desktop of your computer . (This is the folder tha t ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL BACKING UP Y OUR COMPUTER FILES – 18 Backin g Up Y our Computer Files This chapt er incl udes th e follow ing top ics: About Backing Up Y our Computer Files Backing It All Up Advanced Backup Capabilities Abou t Bac king Up Y our Com puter Files The WD SmartW are software automatically and continuously backs up all o ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL BACKING UP Y OUR COMPUTER FILES – 19 In the Content Gauges for yo ur computer’ s di sk d rives, the categories of fi les that would be i ncluded in the ba ckup if y ou click Start Backu p ar e shown where a: • Light blue backgr ound in the Conten t Gauge for your computer’ s hard drive repr esents the original ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL BACKING UP Y OUR COMPUTER FILES – 20 For a complete list of all included file extension s, search for Answer ID 3644 in the WD Knowledge Base a t http:/ /suppor t.wdc. com . Note that: • The Syste m category , shown ag ainst a dark gray background, include s all of your operating system files that are not availabl ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL BACKING UP Y OUR COMPUTER FILES – 21 5. If you clicked Stop Backu p at step 3, the Stop backup? confirmati on prompt reminds you that if you stop the backup before it completes, the WD SmartW are software r emoves all of the backup files that were just copi ed to your My Book drive. T o continue, click either : • ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL BACKING UP Y OUR COMPUTER FILES – 22 2. In the back up files content box: • Selec t the check boxes for the categorie s of files that you want to include in the backup • Clear the c heck bo xes for the catego ries of files that you w ant to exclude from the backup 3. Click Apply Changes to refr esh the Content G ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL BACKING UP Y OUR COMPUTER FILES – 23 Spec ifying the Numb er of Backup V ersions . The WD SmartWar e software can keep up to 25 older versions of each file. If yo u over writ e or d elet e a fi le by mis take , or w ant to see the file a couple o f versions ago, the WD SmartWar e software has a copy for you. Y ou al ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL BACKING UP Y OUR COMPUTER FILES – 24 Paus ing Ba ckups Until Y o ur Comp uter is Idle . A lar ge backup can take a lot of time, and can consume a lot of your system pr ocessing r esources. The WD SmartW are software works in the backgr ound using minimal computer resour ces while you are working on your computer If ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL RETRIEVING BACKED UP FI LES – 25 Retrieving Backed Up Files This chapt er incl udes th e follow ing top ics: About R etri eving Files Retr ieving a File Retr ieving a Folder Retr ieving an Earl ier V ers ion of a File or Del eted Files Retrieving All of Y our Content About R etri eving Fil es The WD SmartW ar e soft ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL RETRIEVING BACKED UP FI LES – 26 Figure 13. Retrieve Screen Figure 14. Select a Destination for Retrie ved Files Scree n ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL RETRIEVING BACKED UP FI LES – 27 4. On the Selec t content to r etrieve... screen, select Retri eve Some Files to display the retrieve files se lection b ox (see F igure 16 on page 28). 5. Navigate through the fol der structur e to fi nd the files you want. Also, you can use the search box by typing the name (or pa ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL RETRIEVING BACKED UP FI LES – 28 7. During th e r etrie ve: • The Retrieve scr een displays a pro gress bar and a message indicating the amount of da ta that has been cop ied to the speci fied retrieve location. •A Cancel Re trieving button is available for you to stop the r etrieve. 8. A R etrie val acco mpl is ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL LOCKING AND UNLOCKING Y OUR DRIVE – 29 Locking and Unlocking Y our Drive This chapt er incl udes th e follow ing top ics: Passwor d Pr otecting Y our Drive Unlock ing Y o ur Driv e T ur ning Off the Drive Lock Featur e Changing Y our Password Password Pr otecting Y our Drive Y ou should password pr otect your drive ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL LOCKING AND UNLOCKING Y OUR DRIVE – 30 6. T ype a hint to help r emind your self o f your passwor d in the Pas swor d hint bo x. 7. Read the war ning about t he possibility of d ata loss if you fo r get your passwor d.Click the I under stand check box to signify that you accept the risk. 8. Click Sav e Security Sett ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL LOCKING AND UNLOCKING Y OUR DRIVE – 31 Unlocking Y our Drive with the WD SmartW are Softwar e Whenever you shut down and restart your computer , or disconnect and reconnect the drive to your computer , the WD SmartW are softwar e displays a Drive i s lo cked message in place of the content gauge for your My Book dri ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL LOCKING AND UNLOCKING Y OUR DRIVE – 32 T o unlock the drive without the WD SmartW ar e software installed: 1. St art the WD SmartW ar e Drive Unlock ut ility by eith er: • Using your computer’ s file management utility to open the WD SmartWar e virtual CD and do uble-clicking the Unlock.exe f ile •C l i c k i ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL LOCKING AND UNLOCKING Y OUR DRIVE – 33 Chan ging Y our Pas swor d To change your passwor d: 1. On the Y our Drive is S ecure dialog , select the Change password op tion an d: a. T ype your new passwor d in the New password box. b. Retype your new pass word in the V e rify passwor d box. c. T ype a hint to help remin ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OU R DRIVE – 34 Managing and Cus tomizing Y o ur Drive This chapt er incl udes th e follow ing top ics: Using the WD SmartW ar e Icon Opening the WD Smar tW ar e Software Checking Drive Status Monitoring Ico n Alerts Safely Disconnecting the Drive Custo mizing Y ou r Software Settings C ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OU R DRIVE – 35 Monitoring Icon Alerts The WD SmartW are icon in the task ba r flashes to indicate drive status: Safely Disconnecting t he Drive Y ou can safel y disconnect the dr ive from your computer by using either: • The WD SmartW are icon in the taskbar • The drive power butto ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OU R DRIVE – 36 Cus tom izing Y our Softw are Sett ings The WD SmartW ar e softwar e makes it easy for you to quickl y customize its own sof tware se tting s for th e best p ossib le per form ance w ith yo ur driv e by: • Specifying the number of backup versions that you want to keep ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OU R DRIVE – 37 T o enable or disable the Preferences option: 1. On either the So ftware Settings screen (Figur e 12 on pa ge 23) or the drive management Drive Settings s creen ( Figure 17 on page 30 ), click Pr efer ences to display a S et Preferences dialog: 2. On either dialog , sele ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OU R DRIVE – 38 T o customize your drive settings for the b e st po ssible perfor mance, on eithe r the WD SmartW ar e Drive Settings screen or th e drive management Drive Setting s screen (see Figur e 17 on page 30 ): IF y ou wan t to . . . THE N cli ck . . . AND se e . . . Use a passw ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OU R DRIVE – 39 Regi stering Y our Drive The WD SmartW are software uses your comput er’ s Inter net connection to register your drive. T o register your drive to receive fr ee technical support during the warra nty period and be kept up-to -date on the lates t WD products: 1. Mak e s ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OU R DRIVE – 40 2. In t he Tu r n o f f D r i v e box, select the inactivity time interval at whi ch you want to turn off the drive. 3. Clic k Set T imer to save and implement your sleep timer sel ection. Erasing Y o ur Drive The WD SmartW ar e softwar e pr ovi des two ways t o erase yo ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OU R DRIVE – 41 Using the Drive Un lock Util ity . T o erase your My Book when the drive is locked and you have for gotten or lost your passwor d: 1. Either: • Click the My Book image ab ove the Drive is locked pr ompt on the Home screen to display the WD SmartWar e drive unlock scree ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OU R DRIVE – 42 5. Click the I understand check b ox to signify that you acc ept the risk. 6. Click Format to era se your drive. Note: Erasi ng your dr ive als o r emoves your p asswor d. If you still want to use a passwor d to pr otect your drive, you will need to do it again after era ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OU R DRIVE – 43 Enablin g the Back up and Ret rieve Func tions If you selected In stall D rive Sett ing s at t he What w ould you like to do? pr omp t on the W elc ome to WD Sm artW are screen and n ow wa nt to enable the b ackup and retrieve functions: 1. On the disk management Drive S ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL CHECKING DRIVE HE ALTH – 44 Checking Drive Health The dat a fi les on your M y Book dr ive ar e im portant to you. The WD SmartW are software has several buil t-in diagnostic tools to help ma ke sure that your dr ive is perfo rming w ell. Run one of the following tests if you are co ncer ned that your drive is not o ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL CHECKING DRIVE HE ALTH – 45 2. Cli ck the button for the test that you want to run: • Quick SMA R T Status • Quick Drive T est • Complete Drive T est ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 46 Using the Drive with a Mac The My B ook driv e is preformatte d as a single NTFS partitio n for comp atibility wit h all updated Wind ows operati ng systems. T o use the drive on Mac OS X operatin g systems (Tiger/Leopar d/Snow Lepar d), and to use Time Machine, if you want, you must ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 47 The My Book i con also disp lays on your de sktop, where “MY BOO K” is the name you assigned to the volume when you re formatted the drive for use w ith the Mac com put er: Y our My Book drive is now ready to use as an exter nal storage device. Y o u can enhance its per formance ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 48 3. Click Install on the WD +TURBO D river Installer screen: 4. Read the license agreement and click Ac cept to continue. 5. A message informs y ou that inst alling the driver s r equires you to r estar t your computer to mak e them active: Click Ye s to continue. 6. T ype the passw o ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 49 Installing the WD SmartW ar e Sof twar e T o install the WD SmartW are softwar e: 1. D ouble-clic k the WD Smar tW are virtual CD icon and then double -click the WD SmartW ar e icon on the screen that displays: Note: Mac OS X Leopard and Snow Leop ard only: A messag e asks wheth er y ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 50 2. The W elcome to WD Sm artW ar e Software screen displays: 3. Continue to “G etting Started w ith the WD SmartWar e Software” in the nex t section. Getti ng Sta rted with the WD SmartW are Softwar e After you sel ect either Install W D Smar tW are , Install Drive Settin gs , or ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 51 Figure 18. Initial Backup Screen Figure 19. Initial Driv e Settings Scr een ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 52 The WD SmartW ar e Home Sc r een On the Home screen, you can modify the prim a ry drive being categorized with the drop- down selectio n box under the name o f your co mputer . If you select a d iffer ent drive, the system will identify the categories of files on that drive. Then cli ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 53 • The Re trieved category , also shown against a dark gray background, shows the files that you have retrieved from a prio r backup. They , too, are not availa ble for backup. • Hovering the pointer over a category displa ys the number o f files in the category . In the Content G ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 54 Checkin g Drive St atus Use the WD SmartW ar e icon to determine whether the drive is encryp ted (locked), how full the drive i s, the drive’ s seria l number , and the temperature condition of th e drive: 1. Click the WD SmartW are icon to disp lay a list of drives and sel ect the ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 55 Safely Dismount ing the Drive Y ou can safely dismount the driv e from a Mac using either the: • WD Smar tW are i con • My Bo ok icon • Drive po wer b utton Using the WD SmartW ar e Icon T o safely dismou unt the drive using the WD SmartWar e icon: 1. Click the WD S martWar e i ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 56 Using the My Boo k Icon T o safel y dismou unt the drive using the My B ook icon : 1. Rig ht- or cont rol-click the My B ook icon on the desktop and cli ck Eject “MY BO OK ” where “MY BOOK” i s the name you assigned to the volume when you reformatted the driv e for use o n a ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 57 Unlocking the Drive After you have created a password to keep others from accessing the files on your drive, you will have to type your passw ord to unlock the dri ve whenever: • Y ou shut down and re start your computer • Y ou disco nnect and reconnect the drive to your computer ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 58 Manually . If your co mputer goes into sleep mo de, an unlock screen mi ght not di splay when you reactivate it. T o unlock the d rive, you can use ei ther the: • WD Sm artW a r e VCD as described in “Unlocking Y our Drive Without the WD Sm artW ar e S oftw ar e” o n pa ge 5 9 ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 59 Unlocking Y our Drive With out the WD SmartW ar e Software Whenever you connect your p asswor d-protected d riv e t o a com put er th at d oes no t h ave the WD SmartWare software inst alled, you can use the WD SmartWar e Drive Unlock utilit y to un lock t he drive there. The WD Sm a ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 60 Uninstallin g WD SmartWar e Software Y ou can easily uninstall the software . However , you will need to r estart the Run B ackup backup jo b manually after reinstalling the so ftware as uninstalling deletes all existing backup jo b configuratio ns. (See “Backing Up Y our Computer ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL T ROUBLE SHOOTI NG – 61 T r oubleshooting This chapt er incl udes th e follow ing top ics: Installing, Partit ioning, and Formatting the Drive Frequentl y Asked Quest ions If you have pr oblems inst alling or using this pr oduct, r efer to this t roub leshoo ting sect ion or visi t our su pport websi te at support.w ...

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    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL T ROUBLE SHOOTI NG – 62 Q: Why doe s the drive no t power up ? A: Be sure the drive is plug ged in to a powe r source. A special cable may be needed for computers wi th limited bus po wer . For more information i n the U.S., visit our websi te at store.westerndigital.com . Outside the U.S., contact WD T echnical Sup ...

  • Western Digital WDBAAH001HCH-EESN - page 68

    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL INSTALLING AN SES DRIVER – 63 Installing an SES Driver If you decid e to not install the WD Sma rtW are software, you must have an SES dri ver installed o n computers runni ng Windows to keep the hardware popup wizard from displaying every time you connect your My B ook dr ive to your compu ter . Note: The SES D riv ...

  • Western Digital WDBAAH001HCH-EESN - page 69

    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL INSTALLING AN SES DRIVER – 64 4. Select Inst all the s oftwar e automatica lly and click Next : 5. When the installation comp letes, click Finish : ...

  • Western Digital WDBAAH001HCH-EESN - page 70

    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL INSTALLING AN SES DRIVER – 65 Installing t he Driver Manually If your computer is not connected to the Internet, install the driver manuall y: 1. On the Found New Hardwar e Wizard s creen, select No, not this time to inh ibi t a connection attempt to Windows Update: 2. Click Next to continue. 3. Select Inst all fr o ...

  • Western Digital WDBAAH001HCH-EESN - page 71

    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL INSTALLING AN SES DRIVER – 66 d. Click Next : 5. When the installation comp letes, click Finish : ...

  • Western Digital WDBAAH001HCH-EESN - page 72

    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL INSTALLING AN SES DRIVER – 67 Installing on Windows V ista Comput ers After you phy sically connect the drive as sho wn in Fig ure 3 on page 5 or Figur e 4 on page 6, the Found New Har dwar e scr een displays. Note: If Au toplay i s enabled, t wo addition al scr eens might appear at the same time as the Foun d New H ...

  • Western Digital WDBAAH001HCH-EESN - page 73

    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL INSTALLING AN SES DRIVER – 68 Installing t he Driver Manually If your computer is not connected to the Internet, install the driver manuall y: 1. O n th e Fo un d Ne w H a rdw are w i za rd s cre en , cl ic k Locate and in stall d river soft war e : 2. On the F ound New Hardware - WD S ES Device wizard scr een, clic ...

  • Western Digital WDBAAH001HCH-EESN - page 74

    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL INSTALLING AN SES DRIVER – 69 4. Brows e to Computer and: a. Dou ble-clic k the My Boo k driv e. b. Dou ble-clic k the Extras fo lder . c. Se le ct W D SES Devi ce Driver . d. Click Next : 5. When the installation comp letes, click Close : ...

  • Western Digital WDBAAH001HCH-EESN - page 75

    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL INSTALLING AN SES DRIVER – 70 Installing on Windows 7 Computers After you phy sically connect the drive as sho wn in Fig ure 3 on page 5 or Figur e 4 on page 6, use the Windows 7 Computer Management utility to install the SES driver: 1. Open All Pr ograms and click Compu ter > Manage : 2. Under Computer Ma nageme ...

  • Western Digital WDBAAH001HCH-EESN - page 76

    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL INSTALLING AN SES DRIVER – 71 3. Click Browse my com puter for driver softw are . 4. Brows e to Computer , double- click the My Book driv e, doub le-click th e Extras folder , and s elec t WD SES Devic e Drive r : 5. Click Next . 6. When the installation comp letes, click Close : ...

  • Western Digital WDBAAH001HCH-EESN - page 77

    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL COMPLIANCE AND W ARRANTY INFORMATION – 72 Compliance and W arranty Information This a ppendix includ es the foll owing topics: Regulatory Co mpliance Envir onmental Compliance (Chi na) W arranty Informatio n Regulator y Compliance FCC Class B Inform ation This device has been tested and found to co mply with the lim ...

  • Western Digital WDBAAH001HCH-EESN - page 78

    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL COMPLIANCE AND W ARRANTY INFORMATION – 73 KCC Notice (Repu blic of Korea only) Class B D evice 1 Please note that thi s device has been a pproved for non-business purposes and may be used in any envi r onment, in cluding r esidential ar eas. Envir onmental Compli ance (China) Wa r r a n t y I n f o r m a t i o n Obt ...

  • Western Digital WDBAAH001HCH-EESN - page 79

    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL COMPLIANCE AND W ARRANTY INFORMATION – 74 Limited W arranty WD warrants that the Product, in the course of its normal use, will for the term defined below , be fr ee from defects in materia l and workmanship and will conform to WD’ s specific ation therefor . The term of your limi ted warranty depends on the c oun ...

  • Western Digital WDBAAH001HCH-EESN - page 80

    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL INDEX – 7 5 Index A Acces sories , optional 2 Alerts, flashing icon 35 B Backup about ba ckin g up files 18 files content box 21 procedure 20 , 21 Box cont ents 2 C CAUTION about erasing the drive 40 about lost passwor ds 29 about preventing data loss when dis- connecting 35 , 55 about your unlocked driv e 30 China ...

  • Western Digital WDBAAH001HCH-EESN - page 81

    MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL INDEX – 7 6 P Password protecting your drive 29 CAUTION about lost passwords 29 Physical de scription 3 Pictures file category, d efined 13 , 19 Power button 4 , 56 Precautions fo r handling the drive 5 Preferences optio ns, setting 36 Preferences sof tware setting 36 Product features 1 Produc t regis trati on 5 Q Q ...

  • Western Digital WDBAAH001HCH-EESN - page 82

    Information furnished by WD is believed to be accurate and reli able; however , no responsibility is assumed by WD for i ts use nor for any infrin gement of patents or oth er rights of t hird part ies which may r esult fr om its use. No li cense is granted by implication or otherwise under any pate nt or patent rights of WD. WD reserves the right t ...

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