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    External D esktop My Book ® Studio ™ User Manual My Book Studio User Manu al ...

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    ii WD Service and Support Should you encounter any problem, please give us a n o pp or tu n it y t o a dd res s i t b ef ore ret ur ni ng this product. Most technical sup port questions can be answered thr ough our knowled ge base or e-mail supp ort service at http ://su ppor t.wdc .com . If the answer is not available or if you prefer , please con ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL T ABLE OF C ONTENTS – iii T able of Contents WD Servic e and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii Accessing O nline Su pport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii Contactin ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL T ABLE OF CO NTENTS – iv 6 Managing and Cus tomizing Your Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Using the WD SmartWare Ic on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Opening the W D SmartW are Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S – v B Compli a nce and W arranty Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Regulato ry Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 FCC Class B Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O 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 B o o k ® Studio ™ external hard drive. My Book Studio is the high- perform ance answer to your storage n eeds with WD Sm artW are™ softwa r e for automatic, conti nuous backup, and a blazing-fast F ir eWire 800 interface. Our l atest edi ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD DRIVE – 2 Planet frie ndly —W e d esigned a small box from recycl ed ma terials to mi nimize waste. W e encourage you to recycle it. Ready to plu g-and -pla y with Mac co mputers —Formatte d for compatib ility with Mac OS X Leopard and Snow Leopar d operating systems. Support for multiple de vices ? ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD DRIVE – 3 Operat ing Syste m Compatib ility The My Book Studio drive a nd WD SmartWar e software ar e com patible with the follow ing operat ing syst ems: Compatibili ty can vary , depending on har dware configurati on and operating system. For highest p erformance and reliability , alwa ys install the ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD DRIVE – 4 Power/Activity LE D The power/ activity LED shows the dri ve’ s power state and activity as follows: Figure 2. Front of the My Book Studio Drive Figure 3. B ack of the My Book Studio Drive LED Appe arance Power State/A ctivity On steady Idle Fast fla shing, appr oximately 3 time s per sec on ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD DRIVE – 5 Drive Interfaces As shown in Figure 3 on page 4, the My Bo ok Studio drive has three interface ports: • T wo Fir eWire 800 por ts • One USB 2.0 port Fir eWire 800. T he Fir eWire 800 ports suppo rt data transfer rates of up to 800 Mb/s and are backwar d-compatible with Fir eWire 400 using ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL CONNE C TIN G THE DRIVE AND GE TT ING STARTED – 6 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started This c hapter provides instructions for co nnecting the drive to your computer and installing the WD SmartWare softwar e. It includes the fol lowing topics: Connecting the Drive Enhancing Performance with WD +TURBO Getting Start ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL CONNE C TIN G THE DRIVE AND GE TT ING STARTED – 7 Note: If you have r eforma tted the d rive for use on a Windows computer , skip th e re st of t his pr ocedur e an d see “ C onnec t ing the D rive ” on p age 44 i nstead . 4. V erify that the My Book icon dis plays on your deskto p: 5. The first time you connect y ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL CONNE C TIN G THE DRIVE AND GE TT ING STARTED – 8 T o ins tall WD +T URBO: 1. Double- click the My Book ico n and then doub le-click the Extras folder on the screen that displays : 2. Dou ble-c lick the WD +T URBO I nstalle r icon : 3. Click Install on the WD +TURBO Driver Installer scr een: 4. Read the license agreem ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL CONNE C TIN G THE DRIVE AND GE TT ING STARTED – 9 6. T ype t he pa sswor d that y ou use to access the computer in the Passw or d box and click OK : 7. When the installation comp letes, click Ye s to r estart the computer : 8. When the computer restarts, the M y Book icon looks like th is: Yo u r My Book dr ive is now ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 10 2. The WD SmartW are Software I n staller screen displays: 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 begin the i nstallation. 5. Read the license agreement and cli ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 11 WD SmartW are Softwar e Overview The WD SmartW a r e software is an e asy-to-use tool that gives you the power to: • Secure y our drive—In drive settings, cr eate a password to protect your dr ive from unauthorized access or data theft. • Protect y our data automatic ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 12 WD SmartW are Home Scr een The WD SmartW a r e Home screen has four tab-selected o ptions: • H ome—Provides a Content Ga uge with the capacity of each hard drive i n or connected to your computer (see Figur e 5 on page 11) • Backup—Manage s existing backups or cr e ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 13 Note: The s mall number of files th at ar e shown in the Addi t ional F iles category when you firs t install the WD SmartW are softwar e—befo re per forming your first backu p—r epre sents the syste m and h idden file s that your computer’ s operating system pu t th ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O 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 F iles Backing It All Up Advanced Backup Capabilities Abou t Bac king Up Y our Co mpute r Fi les The WD S martW are software automatically and continuously bac ks up all ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL BACKING UP Y OUR COMPUTER FILES – 15 In the Content Gauges for yo ur computer’ s di sk drives, the categor ies of files that would be i ncluded in the backu p if y ou click Star t Back up are shown wher e a: • Light blue backgr ound in the Conten t Gaug e for your computer’ s hard drive repr e sents the original ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL BACKING UP Y OUR COMPUTER FILES – 16 Note that: • The System catego ry , shown against a dark gray 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 , workin g files, and any files that are s ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL BACKING UP Y OUR COMPUTER FILES – 17 6. If you clicked Stop Backu p at step 4, the Stop backup? confirmati on promp t reminds you that the WD Sm artW are soft ware runs your backup job in the backgro und so you can continue using you computer for other things during the backup. T o continue, clic k either: • Continu ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL BACKING UP Y OUR COMPUTER FILES – 18 2. In the back up files content box: • Select the check boxes for the categori es of fil es that you want to include in the backup • Clear the c heck boxes f or the categories of files that you want to exclude from the backup 3. Click Apply to r efresh the Content Gauge for you ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL BACKING UP Y OUR COMPUTER FILES – 19 Spec ifying the Numb er of Backup V ers ions. The WD S martW are software can keep up to 25 older versions of each file. If yo u over wr ite o r dele te a file by mis take, or wa nt to see the file a couple o f versions ago, the WD SmartWar e software has a copy for you. Y ou alway ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL BACKING UP Y OUR COMPUTER FILES – 20 Paus ing Ba ckups U ntil Y our C ompu ter is Id le. A lar ge backup can take a lot of time, and can consume a lot of your system pr o cessing r e sources. The WD SmartW are software works in the backgr ound using minimal computer resour ces while you ar e working on y our computer ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL RETRIEVING BACKED UP FI LES – 21 Retrieving Backed Up Files This chapte r includ es the follow ing top ics: About R e t rievin g Files Retr ieving F iles or F olders About R etri eving Files The WD SmartW are softwar e makes it easy for you to ret rieve files that have been backed up on your M y Book drive a nd copy t ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL RETRIEVING BACKED UP FI LES – 22 Figure 9. Retrieve Screen Figure 10. Select a Destination for Retrieved Files Scr een ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL RETRIEVING BACKED UP FI LES – 23 4. On the Selec t content to retrieve... screen: Figure 11. Select Content to Retrieve Screen IF you w ant t o retrieve . . . from the select ed backup vol ume, THE N sele ct the . . . All o f the files Retr ieve All Files option and skip to step 6 on page 24. Indivi dual files or fold ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL RETRIEVING BACKED UP FI LES – 24 5. In the retrieve file s selecti on box, nav igate thro ugh the folder structur e to find the files you want. Also, you can use the search box b y typing the name (or partial name) of the file or folder: • Click the folder pointer to open a folder . • T ype a ll or part o f the fi ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O 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 D rive Unlocking the Drive Changing Y our Password T ur ning Off the Drive Lock Feature Passwor d Prot ecting the D rive Y ou should passwor d protect your dri ve if you are ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL LOCKING AND UN LOCKING THE DRIVE – 26 6. T ype a hint to help remind your self of your pa sswor d in the Pa sswor d hint bo x. 7. Read the war ning about the possibility of data loss if you forg et your password. 8. Click the I understand check box to signify that you accept the risk. 9. Click Sav e Secur i ty Se tti ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL LOCKING AND UN LOCKING THE DRIVE – 27 Unlocking the Driv e with the WD S martW are Software Whenever you shut down and restart your computer , or disconnect and r econnect the drive to your computer , the WD SmartW are software displays a Drive i s locke d message i n place of the Content Gauge for your My Book d rive ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL LOCKING AND UN LOCKING THE DRIVE – 28 T o unlock t he drive manually , us ing the WD SmartWar e ic on: 1. Click the WD SmartWar e icon in the bar at the top-right cor ner of the scr een. 2. Select the My Book drive and then cl ick Unlock Drive : 3. T ype yo ur passwo rd in the Password box and cl ick Unlock o n the WD ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL LOCKING AND UN LOCKING THE DRIVE – 29 2. T ype yo ur passwo rd in the Password box and cl ick Unlock on the WD SmartWar e Drive Unlock u tility s creen: 3. At the Y our d rive is no w u nloc ked pr ompt, cli ck Exi t to close the WD SmartWare Drive Unlock u tility s creen. Chan ging Y our Pas swor d To change your pas ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL LOCKING AND UN LOCKING THE DRIVE – 30 T ur ning Off the Drive Lock Featu re To remo ve passw ord pr otecti on from your driv e: 1. Click Securi ty on the Drive Settings screen (see Figur e 13 on pag e 26) to display the Y our Drive is Secure dialog: 2. T ype yo ur passwo rd in the Password box. 3. Select the Remove se ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OUR D RIVE – 31 Managing and Cus tomizing Y o ur Drive This chapte r includ es the follow ing top ics: Using the WD SmartW are Icon Custo mizing Y our So ftware Settings Custo mizing Y our Dr ive Sett ings Uninstalling the WD Sm artW are Software Restoring the W D SmartWar e Software and ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OUR D RIVE – 32 Checking Drive Status Use the WD SmartW are icon to determine whet her the dri ve is locked (encrypted), how full the drive i s, the drive’ s serial number and the temperature condition of the drive: 1. Click the W D SmartWar e i con to disp lay a list of drives and sel ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OUR D RIVE – 33 Using the WD S martW ar e Icon. T o safely dismount the drive using the WD Smart W ar e icon : 1. Click the WD SmartWar e i con to d isplay a list o f drives . 2. Select the My Book drive and on the submenu select Unmount V olumes : If the drive ha s more than one volume, ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OUR D RIVE – 34 Cus tomiz ing Y o ur So ftware Se ttings The WD SmartW are softwar e ma kes it easy for yo u to quickly customize its own sof tware se tting s for th e best po ssib le perf orman ce wit h your d rive b y: • Specifying the number of backup versions that you want to keep f ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OUR D RIVE – 35 Setting the Preferences Option When enable d, the Preferences option ch ec ks for software updates each time you re connect your My Book dri ve to your comp uter . This ensures that you ar e a lways using the most-r ecent software versi on. T o enable or disable the Prefer ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OUR D RIVE – 36 Registering the D rive The WD SmartW a r e software uses your comp ut er’ s Inter net connection to regist er your drive. T o register your drive to receive fr ee te chnical support during the warranty period and be kept up-to-da te on the lates t WD products: 1. Make su ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OUR D RIVE – 37 Setting the Drive Sleep Timer The drive sleep timer tur ns off the power to yo ur dr ive after a certain period of inactivity to conserve power and minim ize long-term wear on the drive. T o specify the i nactivity pe ri od fo r the s leep ti mer: 1. On the Drive S ettings ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OUR D RIVE – 38 Using th e Dri ve Set tings Driv e Er ase F uncti on. T o erase your My Book when the drive is not locked : 1. On the Drive Settings scr een (see Figur e 13 on page 26), click Drive Er ase to display the Erase Drive dialog : 2. Read the warning about the loss of data if yo ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OUR D RIVE – 39 Using the Drive Un lock Ut ility . To e r a s e y o u r My Book when the drive is locked and you have for gotten or lost your passwor d: 1. If you do not see a prompt to pr ovi de your passwor d , then either: • Click the My Book image above the Driv e is loc ked prompt ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OUR D RIVE – 40 5. Click the I understand check b ox to signify that you acc ept the risk. 6. Click Format to erase your drive. After the drive erase operati on completes, go to http://s uppor t.wdc.c om and see Knowledge Base Answer ID #5419 for inform ation about downloading and r estor ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OUR D RIVE – 41 4. T ype t he pa sswor d that y ou use to access the computer in the Passw or d box and click OK : 5. When the uninstall comp letes, click Exit to c lose the WD Sma rtW are Uninstall screen: Restoring the WD SmartW a r e Software and Disk Image In a ddition to de leting a ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL CHECKING DRIVE HE ALTH – 42 Checking Drive Health The files on your My Book drive are important to you. The WD SmartWar e software has sever al built-in diagno stic tools to help make sure that your dr ive is perform ing well . Run the following tests if you are concerned th at your drive is not operating pr operly: T ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL CHECKING DRIVE HE ALTH – 43 T o run drive di agnostics and status checks: 1. On the Drive Se ttings screen (see Figure 13 on page 26), click Diagnostics to displ ay the Diagnostics dialog: 2. Click the button for the test that you want to run: • Quick SMART Status • Quick Dri ve T est • Complete Dr ive T est ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL USING TH E D R IVE WITH WI N D OW S – 44 Using the Drive with W indows The M y Bo ok drive is forma tted as a single HFS+J partition for comp atibility w ith Mac OS X operati ng systems. T o use the drive w ith Win d ows oper ating systems, you must first: • Reformat the drive to a single NTFS partition • Restor e ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL USING TH E D R IVE WITH WI N D OW S – 45 3. If a Found New Hardware screen appears, click Cancel to clos e i t. The WD SmartW are software that is on the drive installs the proper d river for your My Book dri v e . 4. V erify that the My Book dri ve appears under My Computer in Windows Explo rer . 5. Several di f fere ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL USING TH E D R IVE WITH WI N D OW S – 46 9. Continue to “G etting Started w ith the WD SmartWar e Software” in the next sectio n. If you do not want to install the WD Sm artW are softwar e, go to “G etting Started Without the WD SmartW are Softwar e” on page 56 instead. Getti ng Sta rted with th e WD SmartW ar ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL USING TH E D R IVE WITH WI N D OW S – 47 4. After the softwa r e installation compl etes: Note: The i nitial Back up and Dri ve Setting s scr eens only ap pear one ti me—the first time you i nsta ll th e WD Sma rtW ar e softwar e on your compu ter . Aft er that , la unch ing the s oftwar e displ ays th e Ho me sc r ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL USING TH E D R IVE WITH WI N D OW S – 48 6. After p assword protecting or registering your drive, click Co ntinue to close the WD Sm artWar e initia l Drive S ettings scre en and displ ay the WD S martW are Home screen (F igure 17 on page 49). This compl etes the getting started p r ocedure after selecting Inst all WD ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL USING TH E D R IVE WITH WI N D OW S – 49 Figure 16. Initial Drive Settings Scr eens Figure 17. WD SmartWa re Home Scr een WD SmartWare Initial Dr ive Settings Screen Drive Management Initi al Drive Settings Screen ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL USING TH E D R IVE WITH WI N D OW S – 50 Figu re 18. Driv e Man agem ent H ome Sc reen Figure 19. Drive Management Drive Settings Scr een ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL USING TH E D R IVE WITH WI N D OW S – 51 Using the WD Smart W ar e Icon After you have installed the WD SmartW are software, the WD S martW are icon displays in the system tray portion of the Window s taskbar . By clicking the icon, you can: • Open the WD SmartW are softwar e • Check the drive status • Monito r ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL USING TH E D R IVE WITH WI N D OW S – 52 Checking Drive Status Hover the pointer over the WD SmartW are icon in the taskbar to see the drive capacity used and drive temperature condition, an d to fi nd out if the drive is locked: Monitoring Icon Ale rts The WD SmartW are icon in the taskbar flas hes to indicate drive ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL USING TH E D R IVE WITH WI N D OW S – 53 Enablin g the Backup and Ret rieve Func tions If you selected In stall D rive Sett ings at the What would you li ke to do? pr ompt on t he W elcome to WD SmartWar e screen and now wa nt to enable the Backup and Retrieve functions: 1. On the drive mainte nance Drive Settings scr ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL USING TH E D R IVE WITH WI N D OW S – 54 Unlocking the Driv e with the WD S martW are Software Whenever you shut down and restart your computer , or disconnect and r econnect the drive to your computer , the WD SmartW are software displays a Drive i s locke d message i n place of the Content Gauge for your My Book d r ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL USING TH E D R IVE WITH WI N D OW S – 55 Unlocking the Driv e Without the W D SmartW are Software Whenever you connect your p asswor d-protected d rive t o a c ompu te r t hat doe s not ha ve the WD SmartWare so ftware inst a lled, you can use the WD SmartW are Drive Unlock utilit y to un lock th e drive t here. The W ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL USING TH E D R IVE WITH WI N D OW S – 56 Uninstalling on Windows Vista or Windows 7 Computers 1. Click Sta rt > Control Panel . 2. Dou ble-c lick Progra ms and Fe atur es . 3. Click WD Smar tW a re or the WD SmartWar e icon and cli ck Uninstall/Change at the top of the scr een. 4. Click Ye s at the Do you wish to p ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL T ROU BLES HOOTI NG – 57 T r oubleshooting If yo u ha ve pro b le ms in st al l ing o r u si ng yo ur M y Bo o k d riv e , re fe r t o t h is trou b le sh oo t in g section or vi sit our support web site at http:/ /support.w dc.com and sear ch the knowledg e base for more help. This chapte r includ es the follow ing t ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL T ROU BLES HOOTI NG – 58 Q: Why is the data transfer rate slow? A: Y our system may be operating at USB 1.1 speeds due to an incorr ect driver installatio n of the USB 2. 0 adapter card or a system that does no t support USB 2.0. If your system includes a PCI slot, you ca n achieve Hi -Speed USB transfer rates by inst ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER – 59 Installing the SES Driver If you do not install the W D SmartW are softwar e, installing the S ES driver on W indows computers keeps the hardwar e popup wizard from displayin g e very time you connect your My Book drive to the computer . Note: The SE S drive r is in stalle d auto matic a ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER – 60 4. Select Inst all th e softw ar e auto mati cally and c lick Next : 5. When the installation comp letes, click Finish : ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER – 61 Installing the Dr iver Manually If your computer is not connected to the Internet, install the driver manuall y: 1. On the Found New Hardwar e Wizard scr e en, select No, not this time to inh ibit a connection attempt to Windows Update: 2. Click Next to continue. 3. Select Inst all fr om ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER – 62 d. Clic k Next : 5. When the installation comp letes, click Finish : Installing on Windows V ista Computers After connecting t he drive as shown in F igur e 4 o n page 6, the Found New Hardwar e screen d isplays. Note: If Au toplay i s enabled, two additi onal screen s might app ear at t ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER – 63 Installing the Dr iver Automatically T o install the SES driver automati cally , your comp uter must be connected to the Internet: 1. V er ify that your computer is connected to the Inter net. 2. On the Found New Hardwar e screen, click Locate and i nstall driver software : 3. On the F o ...

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    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER – 64 Installing the Dr iver Manually If your computer is not connected to the Internet, install the driver manuall y: 1. On the Found Ne w Hardware screen, click Loca te and in stall dri ver softwar e : 2. On the F ound New Hardware - WD S ES Device screen, click Don’ t searc h online : 3. ...

  • Western Digital WDBHML0040HAL - page 70

    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER – 65 b. D ouble- click the extras fo lder . c. Sel ect WD SES Devic e Driver . d. Clic k Next : 5. When the installation comp letes, click Close : ...

  • Western Digital WDBHML0040HAL - page 71

    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER – 66 Installing on Windows 7 Computers After connecting the dr ive as sh own in Figur e 4 on page 6, use the Windows 7 Computer Management utility to install the SES driv er: 1. Ope n All Pr ograms and clic k Compu ter > Manage : 2. Under Computer Ma nagement (L ocal) , click Device Manage ...

  • Western Digital WDBHML0040HAL - page 72

    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER – 67 3. Click Browse my com puter for d river s oftw are . 4. Brows e to Com put er , doubl e-click the My Bo ok drive, double- click the extras fo lder , and s el ect WD SES Devic e Driver : 5. Click Next . 6. When the installation comp letes, click Close : ...

  • Western Digital WDBHML0040HAL - page 73

    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL COMPLIANCE AND W ARRANTY INFORMATION – 68 Compliance and W arranty Information This a ppendix includes the follow ing t opics: 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 fo und to co mply with the limit ...

  • Western Digital WDBHML0040HAL - page 74

    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL COMPLIANCE AND W ARRANTY INFORMATION – 69 GNU General Publ ic License (“GP L”) Firmware incorporated into thi s pr oduct ma y include third party copyrighted software licensed under the G PL or Lesser General Pub lic Licens e ("LGPL") (co llectively , “GPL Software”) and not W estern Digital’ s End ...

  • Western Digital WDBHML0040HAL - page 75

    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL COMPLIANCE AND W ARRANTY INFORMATION – 70 Wa r r a n t y I n f o r m a t i o n Obtaining Ser vice WD values your business and always attempts to pro vide you the very best of service. If this Pro duct re quir es maintenance, either co n tact the d ealer from whom you originally purch ased the Product or visit our pr o ...

  • Western Digital WDBHML0040HAL - page 76

    MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL COMPLIANCE AND W ARRANTY INFORMATION – 71 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 wa rranty depends on the country ...

  • Western Digital WDBHML0040HAL - page 77

    INDEX – 72 MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL Index A Acces sories , optional 3 B Backup about ba cki ng up file s 14 files content box 17 procedure 16 , 17 Box cont ents 2 C CAUTION about erasing the drive 37 about lost passwor d s 25 about preventing data loss when dis- connecting 33 , 52 about your unlocked driv e 26 Checking 32 China RoHS 69 Compat ...

  • Western Digital WDBHML0040HAL - page 78

    INDEX – 73 MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL Run Diagnost ics screen 43 S Security drive settings 35 Serial number 32 Set preferences scr een 35 retrieve fol der screen 34 sleep timer screen 37 Setting the drive sleep timer 37 SMART Status Check 42 Software S ettings preferences 34 , 35 retrieve fol der 34 system thro ttling 34 Space a vailable 32 Set ...

  • Western Digital WDBHML0040HAL - page 79

    Information furnished by WD is believed to be accurate and reli able; ho wever , no responsibili t y is assumed by WD for i ts 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 ...

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