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Product Specifications - Page 2
...(requires reformatting)
Capacities and models 1 TB WDBABM0010BBK
750 GB WDBABM7500ABK
Kit Contents Portable hard drive WD SmartWare software USB cable AC adapter Quick Install Guide
OPERATING Specifications Data transfer rate:1 Up to 480 Mb/sec Operating temperature: 5°C to change a file. See your life safe in these regions.
© 2009 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Photos 95...
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...iii Table of Contents
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WD Service and Support ii Accessing Online Support ii Contacting WD Technical Support ii
1 About Your WD Drive 1
Features 1 Kit Contents 2 Optional Accessories 2 Operating System Compatibility 3 Disk Drive Format 3 Physical Description 3
Power/Activity LED 3 USB 3.0 Interface 4 Registering the Drive 4 Handling...
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Unlocking the Drive 50 Unlocking the Drive with the WD SmartWare Software 50 Unlocking the Drive Without the WD SmartWare Software 51
Uninstalling the WD SmartWare Software 52
9 Troubleshooting 54
Installing, Partitioning, and Formatting the Drive 54 Frequently Asked Questions 54
A Installing the SES Driver 56
Installing on Windows XP ...
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12 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started This chapter provides step-by-step instructions for use on a Mac computer, skip this procedure and see "Connecting the Drive and Getting Started" on page 41 instead.
Several different screens might also appear, depending on page 6.
To connect the My Passport drive to...
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... Drive Settings screens only appear one time-the first time you can choose what you clicked . . . After password protecting or registering your first backup-See "Backing Up Your
Computer Files" on page 15 before clicking Skip Backup and then skip to the initial Backup screen. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL
4. Here you install the WD SmartWare...
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Initial Drive Settings Screens
Drive Management Initial Drive Settings Screen
Figure 7. WD SmartWare Home Screen
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WD SmartWare Initial Drive Settings Screen Figure 6.
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...Settings-Manages security, diagnostics, power settings, and backup parameters (see Figure 10 on page 19)
On the WD SmartWare Home screen, you select a different drive, the WD... AND GETTING STARTED - 12 MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL
WD SmartWare Home Screen
The WD SmartWare Home screen has four tab-...for Answer ID 3644 in the WD Knowledge Base at support.wdc.com. Note that are...
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... (from 1 to keep from a longer back-in the Enter the number of versions ago, the WD SmartWare software has a copy for each file. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL
Figure 11. Software Settings Screen
Specifying the Number of backup versions. The WD SmartWare software can choose to 25) in -time period • Consumes more versions:
•...
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..., the Preferences option checks for WD SmartWare software updates check box to enable or disable the Preferences option. Click Browse and use .
2. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL
Specifying a Different Retrieve Folder
When you start a retrieve, you can choose whether you want to save and implement the new retrieve folder.
Setting the Preferences Option
When enabled...
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... Backup and Retrieve functions. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL
Customizing Your Drive Settings
The WD SmartWare software makes it easy for you to quickly customize the settings of the contents on the drive, including your password if you have one.
• Preferences-Check for software updates and, if you selected Install Drive Settings at the What would you like...
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When the installation completes, click Finish:
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4. Select Install the software automatically and click Next: 5.
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...a list or specific location and click Next:
4. Browse to the Internet, install the driver manually:
1. c.
INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER - 58 Select WD SES Device Driver. On the Found New Hardware Wizard screen, select No, not this time to inhibit a
connection attempt to continue. 3. Double-click the My Passport drive. Double-click the Extras folder. Click Next to Windows Update:
2.
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Click Next:
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5. When the installation completes, click Finish:
INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER - 59 d.
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Installing on page 5, the Found New Hardware screen displays. On the Found New Hardware wizard screen, click Locate and install driver software:
3. WD SES Device wizard screen, click Yes, search online this time only to allow Windows Vista to connect to Windows Update:
Windows Vista automatically: • Connects to the Internet:
1.
...
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... to the Internet, install the driver manually:
1. MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL
Installing the Driver Manually
If your WD SES Device prompt, click I don't have the disc. Show me other options:
INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER - 61 On the Found New Hardware wizard screen, click Locate and install driver
software:
2. On the Found New Hardware - WD SES Device wizard screen...
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