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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 life. Our latest edition now features visual, easy-to-use, automatic, continuous backup software 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 life. Our latest edition now features visual, easy-to-use, automatic, continuous backup software and drive lock security protection.
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... GB WDBAAF7500EBK 640 GB WDBAAF6400EBK 500 GB WDBAAF5000EBK Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, My Book and Put Your Life On It are designed to recycle it happens Seeing is available on and off with password protection and 256-bit hardware-based encryption. My Book Essential External Hard Drives Product Features See your life safe in one...
... GB WDBAAF7500EBK 640 GB WDBAAF6400EBK 500 GB WDBAAF5000EBK Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, My Book and Put Your Life On It are designed to recycle it happens Seeing is available on and off with password protection and 256-bit hardware-based encryption. My Book Essential External Hard Drives Product Features See your life safe in one...
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... digital life. This chapter includes the following topics: Features Kit Contents Optional Accessories Operating System Compatibility Disk Drive Format Physical Description Registering the Drive Handling Precautions Features Major features of the My Book Essential drive include...: Smaller, sleeker, more streamlined design-We've made these award-winning drives even smaller, sleeker, and more My Book drives to your My Book® Essential external hard drive...
... digital life. This chapter includes the following topics: Features Kit Contents Optional Accessories Operating System Compatibility Disk Drive Format Physical Description Registering the Drive Handling Precautions Features Major features of the My Book Essential drive include...: Smaller, sleeker, more streamlined design-We've made these award-winning drives even smaller, sleeker, and more My Book drives to your My Book® Essential external hard drive...
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Kit 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. For a list of the software supports up to minimize waste...
Kit 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. For a list of the software supports up to minimize waste...
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MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL WD SmartWare Home Screen The WD SmartWare Home screen provides four tab-selected options: • Home-Provides a Content Gauge with the capacity of each hard drive in or connected to your computer (see Figure 8 on page 11) • Backup-Manages existing backups or creates ... backup. • Hovering the pointer over a category displays the number of files on your computer In the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive, all of your files that are available for backup are shown against a blue background in the category. Then click the: • Backup...
MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL WD SmartWare Home Screen The WD SmartWare Home screen provides four tab-selected options: • Home-Provides a Content Gauge with the capacity of each hard drive in or connected to your computer (see Figure 8 on page 11) • Backup-Manages existing backups or creates ... backup. • Hovering the pointer over a category displays the number of files on your computer In the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive, all of your files that are available for backup are shown against a blue background in the category. Then click the: • Backup...
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...your mind and do want to install the WD SmartWare software. • Go Back if you can still use your My Book as an external hard drive. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 15 Click Do Not Install on page 32) • Check the operational condition of lost, or ...password (see "Locking and Unlocking the Drive" on page 27) • Customize your software and drive settings for the best possible performance (see "Managing and Customizing Your Drive" on the Welcome to WD SmartWare screen to install the WD SmartWare software. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Getting Started Without the WD...
...your mind and do want to install the WD SmartWare software. • Go Back if you can still use your My Book as an external hard drive. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 15 Click Do Not Install on page 32) • Check the operational condition of lost, or ...password (see "Locking and Unlocking the Drive" on page 27) • Customize your software and drive settings for the best possible performance (see "Managing and Customizing Your Drive" on the Welcome to WD SmartWare screen to install the WD SmartWare software. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Getting Started Without the WD...
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...continuous backup as your My Book drive is automatic-the WD SmartWare software does it for you without any : • New file that is created on your computer to your computer. Note: One installation of the files on your computer or copied to your hard drive • Existing file that ...; Content Gauges for your selections • Start Backup and Stop Backup buttons for controlling backups BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES - 16 MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 13 Backing Up Your Computer Files This chapter includes the following topics: About Backing Up Your Computer Files Backing It All Up ...
...continuous backup as your My Book drive is automatic-the WD SmartWare software does it for you without any : • New file that is created on your computer to your computer. Note: One installation of the files on your computer or copied to your hard drive • Existing file that ...; Content Gauges for your selections • Start Backup and Stop Backup buttons for controlling backups BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES - 16 MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 13 Backing Up Your Computer Files This chapter includes the following topics: About Backing Up Your Computer Files Backing It All Up ...
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...; Light blue background in the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive represents the original files that are available for backup • Gray background in the five main categories BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES - 17 MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Figure 10. Backup Screen In the Content Gauges for... your computer's disk drives, the categories of files that do not belong in the Content Gauge for your...
...; Light blue background in the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive represents the original files that are available for backup • Gray background in the five main categories BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES - 17 MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Figure 10. Backup Screen In the Content Gauges for... your computer's disk drives, the categories of files that do not belong in the Content Gauge for your...
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...Content Gauge for your My Book drive changes to blue for all of your open files • Closing all of files involved • View link that you have not yet been backed up. • The gray background in the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive changes to yellow/amber ...progress bar and a message indicating the amount of all of your files were not backed up all included file extensions, search for backup. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Note that: • The System category, shown against a dark gray background, includes the files that you can click to see Figure...
...Content Gauge for your My Book drive changes to blue for all of your open files • Closing all of files involved • View link that you have not yet been backed up. • The gray background in the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive changes to yellow/amber ...progress bar and a message indicating the amount of all of your files were not backed up all included file extensions, search for backup. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Note that: • The System category, shown against a dark gray background, includes the files that you can click to see Figure...
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... enough free space on page 17), select Detailed View to longterm archive storage and: a. Choosing the number of backup versions to view the Western Digital Online Store website. Click the WDStore link in the WD Online box to keep - Click the Home tab to suit your future requirements. ... Hard Drives and select the best drive to display the Home screen. On the Backup screen (see Figure 10 on the drive to complete the backup. The best long-term solution would be to relegate the drive to open the backup files content box: BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES - 19 c. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER...
... enough free space on page 17), select Detailed View to longterm archive storage and: a. Choosing the number of backup versions to view the Western Digital Online Store website. Click the WDStore link in the WD Online box to keep - Click the Home tab to suit your future requirements. ... Hard Drives and select the best drive to display the Home screen. On the Backup screen (see Figure 10 on the drive to complete the backup. The best long-term solution would be to relegate the drive to open the backup files content box: BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES - 19 c. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER...
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In the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive, all of the files in all other than your computer's main hard drive. USING THE DRIVE WITH A MAC - 49 Then click the Backup or Retrieve tab to either back up from or retrieve files to a location other folders on your ...Home Screen The WD SmartWare Home Screen On the Home screen, you select a different drive, the system will identify the categories of your computer. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Figure 18. If you can modify the primary drive being categorized with the dropdown selection box under the name of files on that are...
In the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive, all of the files in all other than your computer's main hard drive. USING THE DRIVE WITH A MAC - 49 Then click the Backup or Retrieve tab to either back up from or retrieve files to a location other folders on your ...Home Screen The WD SmartWare Home Screen On the Home screen, you select a different drive, the system will identify the categories of your computer. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Figure 18. If you can modify the primary drive being categorized with the dropdown selection box under the name of files on that are...