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Quick Install Guide (pdf) - Page 1
... Digital 20511 Lake Forest Drive Lake Forest, California U.S.A. 92630
4079-705028-800 Jun 2009
My Book®
Essential™ Other marks may be mentioned herein that belong to change without notice.
© 2009 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Technical Support Services
support.wdc.com www.westerndigital.com
If you encounter problems with this product, please contact WD Technical Support...
Product Specifications (pdf) - Page 1
... and drive lock security protection. WORL RIVES
LLING EXTE
My Book® Essential™
External Hard Drives
Smart backup and storage
D'S BEST SE
WD
RNAL HARD D
Automatic, continuous backup Visual backup control center Password protection and hardware-based encryption
Our best-selling My Book external drive is an elegant, high-capacity storage solution for all the chapters of your digital...
Product Specifications (pdf) - Page 2
... 640 GB WDBAAF6400EBK 500 GB WDBAAF5000EBK
Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, My Book and Put Your Life On It are trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. We encourage you add or change without notice. Product Specifications
Interface USB 2.0
Kit Contents External hard drive WD SmartWare software USB cable AC adapter Quick Install Guide
Dimensions Height: 1.9 in (48 mm) Depth...
User Manual - Page 5
...MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUALL
Unlocking the Drive 53 Unlocking the Drive with the WD SmartWare Software 53 Unlocking the Drive Without the WD SmartWare Software 55
Uninstalling WD SmartWare Software 56
9 Troubleshooting 57
Installing, Partitioning, and Formatting the Drive 57 Frequently Asked Questions 57
A Installing the SES Driver 59
Installing on Windows XP Computers 59 Installing the...
User Manual - Page 6
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MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
11 About Your WD Drive Welcome to your My Book® Essential external hard drive, an elegant, high-capacity storage solution for all your data, deleted a file, or just overwritten an important file.
• Take control-Customize your backup, set drive security, run diagnostics, manage the power settings, and more from unauthorized access or theft with password...
User Manual - Page 7
... Contents
As shown in your My Book Essential disk drive kit includes the following: • My Book Essential external hard drive • WD SmartWare software (included on the drive) • USB cable • AC adapter • Quick Install Guide
USB Cable
Quick Install Guide
AC Adapter
My Book Essential Drive
Figure 1. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
Planet friendly-We designed a small box...
User Manual - Page 20
... performance features and get started without installing the WD SmartWare software:
1.
Click Do Not Install on page 8. Click: • Continue without Install if you still do want to install the WD SmartWare software. • Go Back if you have changed your My Book as an external hard drive. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
Getting Started Without the WD SmartWare Software
If you do not...
User Manual - Page 24
.... Click External Hard Drives and select the best drive to suit your My Book drive. Click the WDStore link in the WD Online box to open the
backup files content box:
BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES - 19 MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
Important: Appearance of a Caution message indicating that your drive is full
means that there is idle Selecting Specific Files to...
User Manual - Page 26
Specify the number of file versions that you . MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
Figure 12. Software Settings Screen
Specifying the Number of backup versions. Keeping more disk space To specify the number of backup versions to display the Set
File History dialog:
2. The WD SmartWare software can choose to keep up to 25 older versions of each...
User Manual - Page 39
... want to use the browse function to identify the new retrieve folder. 4. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
Customizing Your Software Settings
The WD SmartWare software makes it easy for you to quickly customize its own software settings for the best possible performance with your drive by:
• Specifying the number of backup versions that checks for the...
User Manual - Page 40
...) or the drive
management Drive Settings screen (Figure 17 on the drive, including your password if you have one.
• Preferences-Check for software updates or enable the Backup and Retrieve functions if you selected Install Drive Settings at the What would you reconnect your My Book drive to enable or disable the Preferences option. Customizing Your Drive Settings
The WD SmartWare software...
User Manual - Page 65
When the installation completes, click Finish:
INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER - 60 Select Install the software automatically and click Next:
MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
5. 4.
User Manual - Page 66
... My Computer and: a. Double-click the My Book drive. Browse to Windows Update:
2. Double-click the Extras folder. Select WD SES Device Driver. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
Installing the Driver Manually
If your computer is not connected to continue. 3. b. Select Install from a list or specific location and click Next:
4. INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER - 61
Click Next to the Internet...
User Manual - Page 67
d. When the installation completes, click Finish:
INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER - 62 Click Next:
MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
5.
User Manual - Page 69
MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
Installing the Driver Manually
If your WD SES Device prompt, click I don't have the disc. On the Found New Hardware - At the Install the disc that came with your computer is not connected to the Internet, install the driver manually:
1. WD SES Device wizard screen, click Don't search online:
3. Show me other options:
INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER - 64 On the...
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