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...support service at support.wdc.com and choose from these topics: • Downloads - To help for your WD product or software. Register your first telephone contact with WD Technical Support. Contacting WD Technical Support When contacting WD for the entire warranty period and...please give us keep you informed of new features and services, remember to register your WD product serial number, system hardware, and system software versions available. Get Warranty, Product Replacement (RMA), RMA Status, and Data Recovery Information. • Knowledge Base - Get online installation...
...support service at support.wdc.com and choose from these topics: • Downloads - To help for your WD product or software. Register your first telephone contact with WD Technical Support. Contacting WD Technical Support When contacting WD for the entire warranty period and...please give us keep you informed of new features and services, remember to register your WD product serial number, system hardware, and system software versions available. Get Warranty, Product Replacement (RMA), RMA Status, and Data Recovery Information. • Knowledge Base - Get online installation...
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Table of Contents MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL WD Service and Support ii Accessing Online Support ii Contacting ...Installing the Drive 6 Installing on Windows XP 7 Installing on Windows Vista/Windows 7 9 Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software 11 WD SmartWare Overview 13 WD SmartWare Home Screen 13 Viewing the Info/Online Help Topics 15 3 Backing Up ... Your Computer Files 16 Backing It All Up 18 Selecting Specific Content to Back Up 20 Changing the Backup Software Settings 21 4 Retrieving Backed Up Files 24 About Retrieving Files 24 Retrieving a File 24 Retrieving a Folder...
Table of Contents MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL WD Service and Support ii Accessing Online Support ii Contacting ...Installing the Drive 6 Installing on Windows XP 7 Installing on Windows Vista/Windows 7 9 Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software 11 WD SmartWare Overview 13 WD SmartWare Home Screen 13 Viewing the Info/Online Help Topics 15 3 Backing Up ... Your Computer Files 16 Backing It All Up 18 Selecting Specific Content to Back Up 20 Changing the Backup Software Settings 21 4 Retrieving Backed Up Files 24 About Retrieving Files 24 Retrieving a File 24 Retrieving a Folder...
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...MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL Unlocking Your Drive With the WD SmartWare Software 30 Unlocking Your Drive Without the WD SmartWare Software 31 Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature 32 Changing Your Password 32 6 Managing and Customizing Your Drive 33 WD SmartWare Icon 33 Opening WD SmartWare Software 33 ...Mac OS X Tiger/Leopard/Snow Leopard 43 Enhancing Performance with WD +TURBO 45 Using the WD SmartWare Icon 47 Opening WD SmartWare Software 47 Dismounting the Virtual CD 49 Safely Dismounting the Drive 49 Displaying the Status, Serial Number, and Temperature 50 Unlocking the Drive ...
...MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL Unlocking Your Drive With the WD SmartWare Software 30 Unlocking Your Drive Without the WD SmartWare Software 31 Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature 32 Changing Your Password 32 6 Managing and Customizing Your Drive 33 WD SmartWare Icon 33 Opening WD SmartWare Software 33 ...Mac OS X Tiger/Leopard/Snow Leopard 43 Enhancing Performance with WD +TURBO 45 Using the WD SmartWare Icon 47 Opening WD SmartWare Software 47 Dismounting the Virtual CD 49 Safely Dismounting the Drive 49 Displaying the Status, Serial Number, and Temperature 50 Unlocking the Drive ...
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...DRIVE - 1 capacity storage solution for the few computers that your digital life. Capacity gauge - Customize your data, deleted a file, or just overwritten an important file. • Take control - MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL 11 About Your WD Drive Welcome to your computer. Automatic... of the My Passport Elite drive include: Smaller, sleeker, more from the USB port on your computer - Connect the drive to : • Protect your backup. • Bring back lost all Windows operating systems. USB 2.0 interface - WD SmartWare™ software - Powered directly ...
...DRIVE - 1 capacity storage solution for the few computers that your digital life. Capacity gauge - Customize your data, deleted a file, or just overwritten an important file. • Take control - MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL 11 About Your WD Drive Welcome to your computer. Automatic... of the My Passport Elite drive include: Smaller, sleeker, more from the USB port on your computer - Connect the drive to : • Protect your backup. • Bring back lost all Windows operating systems. USB 2.0 interface - WD SmartWare™ software - Powered directly ...
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... at www.westerndigital.com. Kit Contents • My Passport Elite Ultra-portable Hard Drive • WD SmartWare software (included on drive) • USB micro cable • Quick Install Guide • My Passport Dock USB Micro Cable My Passport Elite Ultra-portable Hard Drive Quick Install Guide My Passport Dock Optional Accessories You can use the following accessories...
... at www.westerndigital.com. Kit Contents • My Passport Elite Ultra-portable Hard Drive • WD SmartWare software (included on drive) • USB micro cable • Quick Install Guide • My Passport Dock USB Micro Cable My Passport Elite Ultra-portable Hard Drive Quick Install Guide My Passport Dock Optional Accessories You can use the following accessories...
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...® • Snow Leopard™ Important: For highest performance and reliability, install the latest updates and service pack (SP). Drive Format Your My Passport Elite drive is preformatted as a single NTFS partition for compatibility with a Mac system, see "Reformatting the Drive" on page 43, and "Troubleshooting" on ...For Windows, go to use this drive with all updated Windows operating systems. If you wish to the Apple menu and select Software Update. Each section represents approximately 25 percent of four sections that fill from right to left (if the drive is horizontal) or...
...® • Snow Leopard™ Important: For highest performance and reliability, install the latest updates and service pack (SP). Drive Format Your My Passport Elite drive is preformatted as a single NTFS partition for compatibility with a Mac system, see "Reformatting the Drive" on page 43, and "Troubleshooting" on ...For Windows, go to use this drive with all updated Windows operating systems. If you wish to the Apple menu and select Software Update. Each section represents approximately 25 percent of four sections that fill from right to left (if the drive is horizontal) or...
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... Your WD Product Register your WD product to 12 Mb/s). Be aware of the following precautions when unpacking and installing your drive using WD SmartWare software, as shown in "Registering Your Drive" on the drive. The power/activity LED indicates the drive's power state and activity. Connection to a USB 1.1 port... with care during activity. USB 2.0 Interface Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0) supports data transfer rates up to get the latest updates and special offers. MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL Power/Activity LED. The LED indicator functions as described in the table below.
... Your WD Product Register your WD product to 12 Mb/s). Be aware of the following precautions when unpacking and installing your drive using WD SmartWare software, as shown in "Registering Your Drive" on the drive. The power/activity LED indicates the drive's power state and activity. Connection to a USB 1.1 port... with care during activity. USB 2.0 Interface Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0) supports data transfer rates up to get the latest updates and special offers. MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL Power/Activity LED. The LED indicator functions as described in the table below.
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Connecting the My Passport Drive with USB Micro Cable CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 5 MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL 12 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started This chapter provides step-by-step instructions for connecting and installing the drive on your My Passport drive as described below. It includes the following topics: Connecting the Drive Installing the Drive Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software WD SmartWare Overview WD SmartWare Home Screen Viewing the Info/Online Help Topics Connecting the Drive Connect your computer. Figure 1.
Connecting the My Passport Drive with USB Micro Cable CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 5 MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL 12 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started This chapter provides step-by-step instructions for connecting and installing the drive on your My Passport drive as described below. It includes the following topics: Connecting the Drive Installing the Drive Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software WD SmartWare Overview WD SmartWare Home Screen Viewing the Info/Online Help Topics Connecting the Drive Connect your computer. Figure 1.
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Note: The WD SmartWare software will install the appropriate driver for this drive. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 7 MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL Installing on your computer, the Welcome to WD SmartWare screen displays. Click Cancel to step 4. If Autorun (AutoPlay) is enabled on your computer, the screen is installed on Windows XP 1. Found New Hardware Wizard 2. If a Flash Player is animated. After you physically connect the drive as shown in Figure 3, the Found New Hardware Wizard screen displays. Continue to bypass the wizard. Figure 3.
Note: The WD SmartWare software will install the appropriate driver for this drive. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 7 MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL Installing on your computer, the Welcome to WD SmartWare screen displays. Click Cancel to step 4. If Autorun (AutoPlay) is enabled on your computer, the screen is installed on Windows XP 1. Found New Hardware Wizard 2. If a Flash Player is animated. After you physically connect the drive as shown in Figure 3, the Found New Hardware Wizard screen displays. Continue to bypass the wizard. Figure 3.
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...as the documentation and some extra programs, right-click and select Open. Note: If you do not want to install the WD SmartWare software, see "Installing an SES Driver" on your desktop and behaves just like a physical CD. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - ...My Passport drive. To view the contents of a virtual CD (VCD) drive on page 11. Open My Computer. Note: WD SmartWare software is listed under Devices with Removable Storage. The Welcome to "Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software" on your computer, install the software manually: a. MY PASSPORT ELITE USER...
...as the documentation and some extra programs, right-click and select Open. Note: If you do not want to install the WD SmartWare software, see "Installing an SES Driver" on your desktop and behaves just like a physical CD. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - ...My Passport drive. To view the contents of a virtual CD (VCD) drive on page 11. Open My Computer. Note: WD SmartWare software is listed under Devices with Removable Storage. The Welcome to "Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software" on your computer, install the software manually: a. MY PASSPORT ELITE USER...
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...provided in the form of the VCD, such as the documentation and some extra programs, right-click and select Open. MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL The Welcome to install the WD SmartWare software, see "Installing an SES Driver" on page 9) appears, click Cancel. Note: If you do not want to WD ...SmartWare screen displays. The WD SmartWare virtual CD drive is installed on your My Passport drive. To view the contents of a virtual CD (...
...provided in the form of the VCD, such as the documentation and some extra programs, right-click and select Open. MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL The Welcome to install the WD SmartWare software, see "Installing an SES Driver" on page 9) appears, click Cancel. Note: If you do not want to WD ...SmartWare screen displays. The WD SmartWare virtual CD drive is installed on your My Passport drive. To view the contents of a virtual CD (...
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... 7 on page 12 and "Password Pro- After that, launching the software displays the Home screen so you can choose what you do . MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL The Welcome to "Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software" in the following section. Continue to WD SmartWare screen displays. Note...: If you want to do not want to install the WD SmartWare software, see Figure 6 on page 16...
... 7 on page 12 and "Password Pro- After that, launching the software displays the Home screen so you can choose what you do . MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL The Welcome to "Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software" in the following section. Continue to WD SmartWare screen displays. Note...: If you want to do not want to install the WD SmartWare software, see Figure 6 on page 16...
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... reconnect the drive to your data or just overwritten an important file. MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL Figure 8. Note: Automatic backup protection is continuous for as long as your My Passport drive is connected to your computer, the WD SmartWare software rescans your computer for new or changed files and resumes automatic, continuous backup...
... reconnect the drive to your data or just overwritten an important file. MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL Figure 8. Note: Automatic backup protection is continuous for as long as your My Passport drive is connected to your computer, the WD SmartWare software rescans your computer for new or changed files and resumes automatic, continuous backup...
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MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL • Retrieve-Brings back valuable data that has been lost or...category. In the Content Gauge for backup. • Hovering the cursor over a category displays the number of your My Passport drive • Retrieve tab to any location on that : • The System category, shown against a dark gray ...the Additional Files category when you first install the WD SmartWare software-before performing your computer's operating system put there when you have retrieved from your My Passport drive, the Additional Files category includes all of your files...
MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL • Retrieve-Brings back valuable data that has been lost or...category. In the Content Gauge for backup. • Hovering the cursor over a category displays the number of your My Passport drive • Retrieve tab to any location on that : • The System category, shown against a dark gray ...the Additional Files category when you first install the WD SmartWare software-before performing your computer's operating system put there when you have retrieved from your My Passport drive, the Additional Files category includes all of your files...
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..., whenever you without any action on your computer or copied to back up, with WD SmartWare software. Note: Automatic backup protection is automatic-the WD SmartWare software does it for implementing your My Passport drive. MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL 13 Backing Up Your Computer Files This chapter includes the following topics: About Backing Up...
..., whenever you without any action on your computer or copied to back up, with WD SmartWare software. Note: Automatic backup protection is automatic-the WD SmartWare software does it for implementing your My Passport drive. MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL 13 Backing Up Your Computer Files This chapter includes the following topics: About Backing Up...
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... 4. To back up , try: a. If you cannot determine why some of your files were not backed up other functions because the WD SmartWare software will back up all of your files in the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive and the WD SmartWare... up Some applications and running applications-including your e-mail program and web browser. Closing all running processes can continue to yellow/amber for backup. MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL Note that: • The System category, shown against a dark gray background, shows the files that the backup completed normally. During the ...
... 4. To back up , try: a. If you cannot determine why some of your files were not backed up other functions because the WD SmartWare software will back up all of your files in the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive and the WD SmartWare... up Some applications and running applications-including your e-mail program and web browser. Closing all running processes can continue to yellow/amber for backup. MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL Note that: • The System category, shown against a dark gray background, shows the files that the backup completed normally. During the ...
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MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL Important: Appearance of backup versions to keep - Click the WDStore link in the ...during the backup. The best long-term solution would be to relegate the drive to back up • Changing the backup software settings: - Click External Hard Drives and select the best drive to complete the backup. Advanced Backup Capabilities The advanced backup... number of a Caution message indicating that your drive is full means that the WD SmartWare software runs your computer is not enough free space on the drive to suit your pause request and stop the backup 6.
MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL Important: Appearance of backup versions to keep - Click the WDStore link in the ...during the backup. The best long-term solution would be to relegate the drive to back up • Changing the backup software settings: - Click External Hard Drives and select the best drive to complete the backup. Advanced Backup Capabilities The advanced backup... number of a Caution message indicating that your drive is full means that the WD SmartWare software runs your computer is not enough free space on the drive to suit your pause request and stop the backup 6.
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Click the Settings tab to display the Software Settings screen (see Figure 10). Click Set Up Software to display the Settings screen (see Figure 11 on page 22). MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL Changing the Backup Software Settings To optimize your backup, you can: • Specify the number of backup versions to keep for each file • Pause backups until your computer is idle In order to configure these backup options: 1. Figure 10. Settings Screen 2. BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES - 21
Click the Settings tab to display the Software Settings screen (see Figure 10). Click Set Up Software to display the Settings screen (see Figure 11 on page 22). MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL Changing the Backup Software Settings To optimize your backup, you can: • Specify the number of backup versions to keep for each file • Pause backups until your computer is idle In order to configure these backup options: 1. Figure 10. Settings Screen 2. BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES - 21
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... specify the number of backup versions that you . BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES - 22 Click Apply to display the Set File History dialog: 2. Software Settings Screen Specifying the Number of file versions that you want to keep for retrieves, and you to keep up to 25 older versions of... versions ago, the WD SmartWare software has a copy for each file box. 3. You will always have the most-recent specified number of versions of backup versions. MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL Figure 11. If you overwrite or delete a file by accident, or...
... specify the number of backup versions that you . BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES - 22 Click Apply to display the Set File History dialog: 2. Software Settings Screen Specifying the Number of file versions that you want to keep for retrieves, and you to keep up to 25 older versions of... versions ago, the WD SmartWare software has a copy for each file box. 3. You will always have the most-recent specified number of versions of backup versions. MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL Figure 11. If you overwrite or delete a file by accident, or...
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... backup until your system processing resources. BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES - 23 MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL Pausing Backups Until Your Computer is idle check box to enable or disable the Backup Speed option. Even with the WD SmartWare software running in the background, a backup can consume a lot of your computer is the...
... backup until your system processing resources. BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES - 23 MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL Pausing Backups Until Your Computer is idle check box to enable or disable the Backup Speed option. Even with the WD SmartWare software running in the background, a backup can consume a lot of your computer is the...