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    External P ortable My Passport ® Essenti al ™ and Esse ntial SE Ultra-P ortable Hard Drives User Manual My Passport Essential and Essential SE User Manual ...

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    ii WD Service and Support Should you encounter any problem, please give us a n o pp o rtu n it y t o a dd res s i t b ef o re re tur ni ng this product. Most technical sup port questions can be answered thr ough our know ledge base or e-mail supp ort service at support.wdc .com . If the answer is no t available or if you prefer , please contact W D ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL T ABL E OF CON TENT S – iii T able of Contents WD Servic e and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii Accessing O nline Su pport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL T ABLE OF CONTENTS – iv 5 Locking and Unlocking the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Password Protecting the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Unlocki ng the Driv e . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S – v Unlocki ng the Driv e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Unlocking the Drive with the WD S martWare Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Unlockin g ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD DRIVE – 1 About Y our WD Dr ive We l c o m e t o y o u r M y P a s s p o r t ™ Essential™ or Essent ial SE ultr a-portable har d drive, an elegant, high- capacity storage solution for al l the ch apters o f your digita l life. Our lates t edition features vis ual, easy-to- ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD DRIVE – 2 Planet frie ndly —W e desig ned a small bo x from recycl ed materials to minimize waste. W e encourage you to r e cycle it. Ready to pl ug-and -play wi th Wi ndows compu ters —NTFS-formatted fo r compatib ility with all Windows operating systems. Support for mult ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD DRIVE – 3 Operat ing Syste m Compatib ility Y our My Passport Essential or Es sential SE drive and the WD SmartW ar e software ar e compa tible wit h the followin g operatin g systems : Compatibili ty can vary , de pendin g on har dwar e configuration and operati ng system. Fo ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD DRIVE – 4 USB 3.0 Interfac e Super -Sp eed USB 3.0 su pports data trans fer rates up to 5 Gb/s. USB 3.0 is backward- compatible with USB 2.0 and USB 1. 1. Con nection 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 t ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL CONNE CTING THE DRIVE AND GETT ING STARTED – 5 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started This cha pter provides step-by-step instruct i ons for connecting the d rive and inst alling the WD SmartWare software on your comp uter . It includes th e follow ing top ics: Connecting the Drive Getting ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL CONNE CTING THE DRIVE AND GETT ING STARTED – 6 6. For Windows XP , one or two scre ens might app ear , depen ding on whet her the AutoRu n (AutoPlay) function is enabled or disabled : a. On Windows XP with AutoRun (AutoPlay) enabled, the W elcome to WD Sma rtW a r e screen displays (see Fi g ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL CONNE CTING THE DRIVE AND GETT ING STARTED – 7 a. For Win dows V ista o r Windows 7 with AutoR un (AutoPlay) enabled: Click Open fo lder to vi ew file s on the AutoPlay scr een and double-cli ck the WD SmartWar e.exe file to display the W elcome to WD SmartW ar e screen (see Figur e 4 on pag ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL CONNE CTING THE DRIVE AND GETT ING STARTED – 8 4. After the softwa r e installation completes: Note: The i nitial Back up and Dri ve Setting s scr eens only ap pear one ti me—the first tim e you i nsta ll th e WD Sma rtW ar e softw ar e o n your compu ter . A fter that , la unch ing the s ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL CONNE CTING THE DRIVE AND GETT ING STARTED – 9 Figure 5. Initial Backup Screen Figure 6. Initial Drive Settings Screens WD SmartWare Init ial Drive Settings Scr een Drive Management Initi al Drive Settings Screen ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 10 Figure 7. WD SmartW are Home Screen Figure 8. Drive Management Home Screen ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 11 WD SmartW are Software Overview WD SmartW are softwar e is an easy-to-use too l that gives you the power to: • Secure your drive—In dri ve settings, cr e ate a passwor d to pr otect your encryp ted drive from unauthorized access or data theft ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 12 In the Content Gauge for your co mputer’ s hard drive, all of your files that are available for backup are shown against a blue background in six categories where: For a complete list of all included file extension s, search for Answer ID 3644 ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 13 As you copy fi les to yo ur drive, the Co ntent Gauge shows them in six categories: • Documents • Mail • Music • Pi ctur es • Other See “ WD SmartW are Home Screen” on pa ge 11 for a description o f the file categor ies. Note: The s ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL BACKING UP Y OUR COMPUTER FILES – 14 Backin g Up Y our Computer Files This chapte r includ es the 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 Co mput er Fi les The WD SmartW are software automatically and c ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL BACKING UP Y OUR COMPUTER FILES – 15 In the Content Gauges for yo ur computer’ s d i sk drives, the categories o f files that would be i ncluded in the ba ckup if y ou click Start Back up are shown where a: • Light blue backgr ound in the Conten t Gauge for your computer’ s har d drive ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL BACKING UP Y OUR COMPUTER FILES – 16 Note that: • The System category , shown against a dark gra y background, includes all of your operating system files that are not available for backup. Files that are not bac ked up in clude syste m files, program files , applicatio ns, and working fil ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL BACKING UP Y OUR COMPUTER FILES – 17 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 SmartWar e softwar e r emoves all of the backup files that were just copied to your My Passp ort dri ve. T ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL BACKING UP Y OUR COMPUTER FILES – 18 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 Change ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL BACKING UP Y OUR COMPUTER FILES – 19 Spec ifying the Numb er of Backup V e rsions . The WD SmartWar e software can keep up to 25 older versions of each file. If yo u over wr ite o r dele te a f ile by mis take, o r wa nt to see the file a couple o f versions ago, the WD SmartWar e softwar e ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL BACKING UP Y OUR COMPUTER FILES – 20 Paus ing Ba ckups Until Y o ur Com puter 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 ar e wo ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL RETRIEVING BACKED UP FI LES – 21 Retrieving Backed Up Files This chapte r includ es the follow ing top ics: About R etri evin g Fi les Retr ieving a File Retr ieving a Folder Retr ieving an Earl ier V ersi on of a File or Delet ed Files Retrieving All Y our Cont ent About R etri eving Files ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL RETRIEVING BACKED UP FI LES – 22 Figure 12. Retrieve Screen Figure 13. Select a Destination fo r Retrieved Files Scr een ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL RETRIEVING BACKED UP FI LES – 23 4. On the Selec t content to r etrieve... scr een, select Ret rieve S ome File s to di splay the retrieve files se lection b ox (see F igure 15 on page 2 4). 5. Navigate through the fol der structur e to fi nd the files you want. Also, you can use the search ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL RETRIEVING BACKED UP FI LES – 24 7. During th e r etri eve: • 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. ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL LOCKING AND UN LOCKING THE DRIVE – 25 Locking and Unlocking the Driv e This chapte r includ es the follow ing top ics: Passwor d Pr otecting the Drive Unlocking the Drive Changing Y our Password T ur ning Off the Drive Lock Featur e Passwor d Prot ecting the D rive Y ou should password prote ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL LOCKING AND UN LOCKING THE DRIVE – 26 3. On either screen, click Securi ty to display the Set Security dialog: 4. T ype your pa ss wor d in the Choose a passwor d box. 5. Retype your passwor d in the V erif y password box. 6. T ype a hint to help remind you r self of yo ur pas sword in the P ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL LOCKING AND UN LOCKING THE DRIVE – 27 Unlocking the Driv e with the WD SmartW are Software Whenever you shut down and restart your computer , or disconnect and reconnect the drive to yo ur computer , the WD SmartWar e software displays a Drive is lo cked message in place of the Conten t Gaug ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL LOCKING AND UN LOCKING THE DRIVE – 28 T o unlock the drive without the WD SmartW are s oftware installed: 1. Start the WD SmartWar e Drive Unlock ut ility by either: • Using your computer’ s file management util ity and double-clickin g the WD Unlo cker virt ual CD driv e listing •C l ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL LOCKING AND UN LOCKING THE DRIVE – 29 T urnin g Off the Drive Loc k Feature To remove pass word protection from your drive: 1. Click Securi ty on either the WD SmartW ar e Drive Settings screen or t he drive management Drive Settings scr e en (Fig ure 16 on page 25) to display t he Yo u r D ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OUR DRIVE – 30 Managing and Cus tomizing Y o ur Drive This chapte r includ es the follow ing top ics: Using the WD SmartW are Icon Opening the WD Smar tW are Software Checking Drive Status Monitoring Ico n Alerts Safely Disconnecting the Drive Custo mizing Y our ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OUR DRIVE – 31 Monitoring Icon Alerts The WD SmartW are icon in the task ba r flashes to indicate drive status: Safely Disconnecting t he Drive 1. Righ t-click the WD SmartWar e icon in the taskbar , and then click Safe ly remove My Passport Esse ntial USB HDD : ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OUR DRIVE – 32 Specifying a Different Retrieve Folder When you start a retrieve, you can choose whether yo u want to store the r etri eved files in eit her : • Their original locat ion s on your comput er • A Retrieved Content fol der By default, the WD Smar ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OUR DRIVE – 33 Customizing Y our Drive Sett ings The WD SmartW a r e softwar e makes it easy for you to quickly cu stomize the settings of your driv e for t he best po ssible per formance: • S ecurity—Create, modify , and d isable passwords that keep o thers ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OUR DRIVE – 34 Registering the D rive The WD Smar tW are softwar e uses your co mputer’ s Inte rnet connect ion to re gister your drive. T o register your drive to receive fr ee technical support during the warranty period and b e kept up-to - date on the late ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OUR DRIVE – 35 2. In the Tu r n o f f D r i v e box, select the inactivity time in terval at whi ch you want to turn off the drive. 3. Click Set Time r to save and implement your s leep timer setti ng. Erasing the Drive Note: Erasi ng your dr ive als o dele tes ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OUR DRIVE – 36 Using the Drive Un lock Ut ility . T o erase your My P assport wh en the drive is lo cked and you have for gotten or lost your passwor d: 1. If you do not see a pr ompt to pr ovide your password, then either: • Click the My Passport image above ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OUR DRIVE – 37 4. Read the warn ing about the lo ss of data if you erase your drive. 5. Click the I understand check b ox to signify that you acc ept the risk. 6. Click Format to era se your drive. After the drive erase operati on completes, go to support.w dc.c ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OUR DRIVE – 38 Unins talling on Windows XP T o uninst all th e WD SmartW are softwar e on Windows XP: 1. Click Start > Contr ol Panel . 2. Dou ble-c lick Add or Remove Programs . 3. Select WD Sma rt W are and click Remove . 4. Click Ye s at the Are you s ure. ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL CHECKING DRIVE HE ALTH – 39 Checking Drive Health The data fi les on your My Passport drive are important to you. The WD SmartW are softwar e has sever al bu ilt-in diagnosti c tool s to help make sure that your drive is performing well. Run one o f the followi ng tests if you are concer ned ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL CHECKING DRIVE HE ALTH – 40 2. Cli ck the button for the test that you want to run: • Quick SMAR T Status • Qui ck Drive T est • Complete Driv e T est ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 41 Using the Drive with a Mac The My P asspor t drive is preformatte d as a single NTFS par tition for com patibility with all updated Windows operati ng systems. T o use the drive with Mac OS X Leopard or Snow Leopard operating systems, and to use Time Machine, ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 42 3. V er ify that the My Pass port icon di splays on your desktop, where “MY P ASSPORT” is the name you assign ed to the volu me wh en you reformatted the drive for use with the Mac computer: Y our My Passport driv e is now r eady to us e as an exter nal s ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 43 3. Click Install on the WD +TURB O Driver Installer scr een: 4. Read the license agreement and click Ac cept to continue. 5. A message informs y ou that inst alling the dri vers r equir es you to r estart y our computer to mak e them active: Click Ye s to con ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 44 Installing the WD SmartW ar e Softwar e 1. Double- click the My Passport icon and then double-click the WD Smar tW ar e icon on the screen that displays: 2. A message asks whether you want to use the My Passport drive to back up w ith Time Machine: WD Sm artW ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 45 3. Click Conti nue to Ins tall and the installer utility detects that the WD SmartWar e software is not inst alled: 4. Click Insta ll WD Smar tW are to begi n the instal lation. 5. Read the license agreement and click Ac cept to continue. 6. T ype the pa sswo ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 46 WD SmartW ar e Home Screen On the Home screen, you can modify the prima ry drive being categorized using the drop-down selection box under the name of your computer . If you select a dif fer ent drive, the system will identify the categories of files on that ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 47 Note that: • The System category , shown against a dark gra y background, includes all of your operating system files that are not available for backup. Files that are not bac ked up in clude sy stem files , program f iles, ap plications , and wo rking file ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 48 • Doub le-clicki ng WD Smar tW are in the Applications list: Checkin g Drive St atus Use the WD SmartW ar e icon to determine wh ether the dri ve is encrypted (lo cked), how full the drive i s, the drive’ s serial numb er , and the temperature condition o ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 49 a. Cl ick Unloc k Drive on the submenu to open the WD S martW are Drive Unlock screen : b. T ype your passwor d in the Password box and click Unlock . c. Cl ick Exit at the Y our drive is now unlocked prompt to close the WD SmartW are Drive Unlo ck screen . d ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 50 Using the My Pass port Icon T o safel y dismount t he dri ve using the My Passp ort icon: 1. Right- or control-click the My P assport icon o n the desktop and select Ejec t “ MY PA S S P O R T ” where “MY P ASSPORT” is the name you assigned to the vol ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 51 T o unlo ck your dri ve: 1. T ype your passw or d in the Password box. 2. Click Unlock to unlock your drive and e nable the WD Smar tW are softw are. Manually . If your computer goes into sleep mo de, an unlock scr een might no t display when you reactivate i ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 52 1. Dou ble-clic k the WD Unlo cker VCD icon and double-c lick the Driv e Unlock icon on the screen that appears: 2. T ype your pa ss wor d in the Password box: 3. Click Unlock to unlock your drive. 4. Click Exit at the Y our drive is now unlock ed prompt to c ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 53 2. Doubl e-click the WD SmartWare Uninstaller icon: 3. Click Uninstall on the WD SmartW ar e Uninstall scr een: ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL T R OUBLE SHOOT ING – 54 T r oubl eshooting This chapte r includ es the 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 th is t roub leshoo ting sec tion or visi t our su ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL T R OUBLE SHOOT ING – 55 Q: How do I determine whether or not my system su pports USB 3.0 o r USB 2.0? A: Refer to yo ur USB card documentation or contact your USB card manufacturer . Note: If your USB 3.0 or USB 2.0 contr oller is b uilt in to the sy stem motherb oar d, be sur e to i nstall ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER – 56 Installing the SES Driver If you decid e to not install the WD SmartWar e software, you must have an SES driver installed o n computers runni ng Windows to keep the hardware popup wizard fr om displaying every time you connect your My Passport drive to your com ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER – 57 4. Select Inst all th e softw ar e automa tica lly and click Next : 5. When the installation comp letes, click Finish : ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER – 58 Installing t he Driver Manually If your computer is not connected to the Internet, install the driver manuall y: 1. On the Found New Hardware Wizar d screen, select No, not this time to inh ibit a connection attempt to Windows Update: 2. Click Next to continue. ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER – 59 d. Click Next : 5. When the installation comp letes, click Finish : ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER – 60 Installing on Windows V ista Computers After you physi cally connect the dri ve as shown in Figur e 3 on page 5, the Found New Hardwar e screen displa ys. Note: If Au toplay i s enabled, two additi onal scr eens might appear at t he same time as the Foun d New ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER – 61 Installing t he Driver Manually If your computer is not connected to the Internet, install the driver manuall y: 1. O n t h e F o un d N e w H ard wa re wi z ard sc ree n, cl i ck Locate a nd ins tall d river soft war e : 2. On the F ound New Hardware - WD S ES ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER – 62 4. Brows e to Computer and: a. Dou ble-clic k the M y Passpo rt driv e. b. Doub le-clic k the Ext ras folde r . c. Se le ct WD SES Dev ice Dri ver . d. Click Next : 5. When the installation comp letes, click Close : ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER – 63 Installing on Windows 7 Computers After you physi cally connect the drive as sho wn in Figur e 3 on page 5, use t he Windows 7 Computer Management utility to install the SES driv er: 1. Open A ll Progra ms and click Com put er > Manage : 2. Under Computer Ma ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER – 64 3. Click Browse my com puter for d river softw are . 4. Brows e to Computer , double-click the M y Passport dr ive, double- click the Extras folder , and select WD SES Devi ce Drive r : 5. Click Next . 6. When the installation comp letes, click Close : ...

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    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL COMPLIANCE AND W ARRANTY INFORMATION – 65 Compliance and W arranty Informatio n This a ppendix includes the foll owing topics: Regulatory Co mpliance Envir onmental Compliance (China) W arranty Informatio n Regulator y Compliance FCC Class B Inform ation This device has been tested and found ...

  • Western Digital My Passport Essential - page 71

    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL COMPLIANCE AND W ARRANTY INFORMATION – 66 KCC Notice (Repu blic of Korea only) Class B D evice 1 Please note that thi s device has been a pprov ed 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 ...

  • Western Digital My Passport Essential - page 72

    MY P ASSPO R T ESSENTIA L AND ESSE NTIAL SE USER MANUAL COMPLIANCE AND W ARRANTY INFORMATION – 67 Limited W arranty WD warrants that the Product, in the course of its normal use, will for the term defined below , be free from defects in material and workmanship and will conform to WD’ s specific ation therefor . The term of your limi ted warran ...

  • Western Digital My Passport Essential - page 73

    MY P A SSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL INDEX – 6 8 Index A Acces sories , optiona l 2 B Backup about ba cki ng up file s 14 files content box 17 procedure 16 , 17 Box cont ents 2 C Cables 2 CAUTION about erasing the drive 35 about lost passwor ds 25 about preventing data loss when dis- connecting 31 , 49 about your unlocked driv e 2 ...

  • Western Digital My Passport Essential - page 74

    MY P A SSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL INDEX – 6 9 Performance enhancement 47 Physical de scriptio n 3 Pictures file category, d efined 12 , 15 Precautions for handling 4 Preferences optio ns, setting 32 Preferences sof tware setting 31 Product features 1 Q Quick Dia gnos tic Se lf-t est 39 R Register Drive scre en 34 Regi stering y ...

  • Western Digital My Passport Essential - page 75

    Information furnished by WD is believed to be accurate and reli able; however , no responsibility is assumed by WD for its use nor for any infrin gement of patents or other rights of thir d parties which may result from it s use. No license is granted by implication or otherwise under any pate nt or patent rights of WD. WD reserves the right to cha ...

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