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...change without notice. © 2009 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Specifications subject to other countries; Western Digital 20511 Lake Forest Drive Lake Forest, California U.S.A. 92630 4079-705046-800 Dec 2009 My Passport™ Studio™ Technical Support ...Kingdom Europe (non toll free) +31.880062100 Middle East +31.880062100 Africa +31.880062100 Western Digital, WD, and the WD logo are trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. and other companies. and My Passport and My Passport Studio are registered trademarks in the U.S.
...change without notice. © 2009 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Specifications subject to other countries; Western Digital 20511 Lake Forest Drive Lake Forest, California U.S.A. 92630 4079-705046-800 Dec 2009 My Passport™ Studio™ Technical Support ...Kingdom Europe (non toll free) +31.880062100 Middle East +31.880062100 Africa +31.880062100 Western Digital, WD, and the WD logo are trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. and other companies. and My Passport and My Passport Studio are registered trademarks in the U.S.
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Table of Contents MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL WD Service and Support ii Accessing Online Support ii Contacting WD Technical Support ii 1 About Your WD Drive 1 Major Features of the ...
Table of Contents MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL WD Service and Support ii Accessing Online Support ii Contacting WD Technical Support ii 1 About Your WD Drive 1 Major Features of the ...
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MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL 5 Locking and Unlocking Your Drive 28 Password Protecting Your Drive 28 Unlocking Your Drive 29 Unlocking Your Drive With the WD SmartWare ...
MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL 5 Locking and Unlocking Your Drive 28 Password Protecting Your Drive 28 Unlocking Your Drive 29 Unlocking Your Drive With the WD SmartWare ...
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v MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL 9 Troubleshooting 56 Installing, Partitioning, and Formatting the Drive 56 Frequently Asked Questions 56 A Installing an SES Driver 57 Windows XP 57 Installing ...
v MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL 9 Troubleshooting 56 Installing, Partitioning, and Formatting the Drive 56 Frequently Asked Questions 56 A Installing an SES Driver 57 Windows XP 57 Installing ...
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... Compatibility Drive Format Physical Description Registering Your WD Product Handling Precautions Major Features of your backup. • Protect your My Passport™ Studio™ ultra-portable hard drive, an elegant, high- No separate power supply is unplugged. Automatic, continuous ...lost files effortlessly-Retrieve your valuable data to help you of your digital life. Our latest edition features visual, easy-to remind you organize your digital life. WD's best-selling My Passport Studio FireWire external hard drive features WD SmartWare™ software that limit...
... Compatibility Drive Format Physical Description Registering Your WD Product Handling Precautions Major Features of your backup. • Protect your My Passport™ Studio™ ultra-portable hard drive, an elegant, high- No separate power supply is unplugged. Automatic, continuous ...lost files effortlessly-Retrieve your valuable data to help you of your digital life. Our latest edition features visual, easy-to remind you organize your digital life. WD's best-selling My Passport Studio FireWire external hard drive features WD SmartWare™ software that limit...
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... • USB micro cable • Quick Install Guide Quick Install Guide USB Micro Cable FireWire 800 to 400 Adapter My Passport Studio Ultra-portable Hard Drive FireWire 800 Cable Optional Accessories You can use the following accessories with password protection and 256-bit ... software screens are displayed in a maximized configuration. Planet friendly-We designed a small retail box from unauthorized access or theft with the My Passport drive: • Replacement or additional FireWire 800 cables or USB micro cables • A special USB cable that your region. We encourage...
... • USB micro cable • Quick Install Guide Quick Install Guide USB Micro Cable FireWire 800 to 400 Adapter My Passport Studio Ultra-portable Hard Drive FireWire 800 Cable Optional Accessories You can use the following accessories with password protection and 256-bit ... software screens are displayed in a maximized configuration. Planet friendly-We designed a small retail box from unauthorized access or theft with the My Passport drive: • Replacement or additional FireWire 800 cables or USB micro cables • A special USB cable that your region. We encourage...
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...• Tiger® • Leopard® • Snow Leopard™ Windows® • Windows XP • Windows Vista® • Windows 7 MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL Important: For highest performance and reliability, install the latest updates and service pack (SP). For Mac, go to use this drive with... a Windows computer, see "Reformatting the Drive" on page 48 and "Troubleshooting" on the spine of the drive. Drive Format Your My Passport Studio drive is on page 56. ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 3 The capacity gauge has ten sections that fill from left to right to...
...• Tiger® • Leopard® • Snow Leopard™ Windows® • Windows XP • Windows Vista® • Windows 7 MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL Important: For highest performance and reliability, install the latest updates and service pack (SP). For Mac, go to use this drive with... a Windows computer, see "Reformatting the Drive" on page 48 and "Troubleshooting" on the spine of the drive. Drive Format Your My Passport Studio drive is on page 56. ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 3 The capacity gauge has ten sections that fill from left to right to...
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Segment 1 2 3 4 5 % Filled Segment (space used less than 5% does not display) 5 to 9 6 10 to 19 7 20 to 29 8 30 to 39 9 40 to 49 10 MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL % Filled 50 to 59 60 to 69 70 to 79 80 to 89 90 to 100 Note: The capacity gauge is visible ...
Segment 1 2 3 4 5 % Filled Segment (space used less than 5% does not display) 5 to 9 6 10 to 19 7 20 to 29 8 30 to 39 9 40 to 49 10 MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL % Filled 50 to 59 60 to 69 70 to 79 80 to 89 90 to 100 Note: The capacity gauge is visible ...
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... Using a FireWire 800 Cable CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 5 Turn on your My Passport drive using either the USB micro cable or the FireWire 800 cable as shown in Figure 1. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL 2 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started This chapter provides step-by-step instructions for connecting and...
... Using a FireWire 800 Cable CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 5 Turn on your My Passport drive using either the USB micro cable or the FireWire 800 cable as shown in Figure 1. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL 2 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started This chapter provides step-by-step instructions for connecting and...
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... displays on the screen that displays: 2. Mac OS X Leopard and Snow Leopard only: A message asks whether you do want to use the My Passport drive to back up with Apple's Time Machine software. If you want to use the Time Machine backup software, click Use as shown in Figure ...: 1. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 6 b. Note: WD SmartWare software is provided in the form of a virtual CD (VCD) drive on your My Passport drive. Note: If you do not want to use on Windows, see "Using the Drive With Windows" on page 48 or "Troubleshooting" on installing the...
... displays on the screen that displays: 2. Mac OS X Leopard and Snow Leopard only: A message asks whether you do want to use the My Passport drive to back up with Apple's Time Machine software. If you want to use the Time Machine backup software, click Use as shown in Figure ...: 1. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 6 b. Note: WD SmartWare software is provided in the form of a virtual CD (VCD) drive on your My Passport drive. Note: If you do not want to use on Windows, see "Using the Drive With Windows" on page 48 or "Troubleshooting" on installing the...
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Continue to WD SmartWare screen displays: MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL If a Flash Player is installed on page 9. Enhancing Performance With WD +TURBO WD +TURBO is animated. 4. 3. Double-click the WD SmartWare icon ... "Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software" on your computer, the screen is a utility on the WD SmartWare VCD that improves the performance of the My Passport drive on the desktop. 2. Double-click the Extras folder. 3. To install WD +TURBO: 1. Double-click the WD +TURBO Installer icon to display the WD +TURBO...
Continue to WD SmartWare screen displays: MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL If a Flash Player is installed on page 9. Enhancing Performance With WD +TURBO WD +TURBO is animated. 4. 3. Double-click the WD SmartWare icon ... "Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software" on your computer, the screen is a utility on the WD SmartWare VCD that improves the performance of the My Passport drive on the desktop. 2. Double-click the Extras folder. 3. To install WD +TURBO: 1. Double-click the WD +TURBO Installer icon to display the WD +TURBO...
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A message informs you that you to restart your computer to make them active: Click Yes to access your computer: 8. Click OK. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL 4. The My Passport icon on the desktop now looks like this: CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 8 In the Password box, type the password that installing the...
A message informs you that you to restart your computer to make them active: Click Yes to access your computer: 8. Click OK. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL 4. The My Passport icon on the desktop now looks like this: CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 8 In the Password box, type the password that installing the...
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... ID 3777 in a maximized configuration. If your computer. After that, launching the software displays the Home screen so you can choose what you through : - MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software Note: For the best visual presentation, all WD SmartWare software screens are displayed in the WD...
... ID 3777 in a maximized configuration. If your computer. After that, launching the software displays the Home screen so you can choose what you through : - MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software Note: For the best visual presentation, all WD SmartWare software screens are displayed in the WD...
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Home Screen CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 10 Initial Drive Settings Screen Figure 4. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL Figure 3.
Home Screen CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 10 Initial Drive Settings Screen Figure 4. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL Figure 3.
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...been lost all other folders on your computer. Then click the: • Backup tab to back up files from the selected drive to your My Passport drive • Retrieve tab to retrieve backed up files from unauthorized access or data theft. • Protect your data automatically-Automatic, continuous backup ...with the capacity of each hard drive in all your data or just overwritten an important file. Then, whenever you can change a file. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL WD SmartWare Overview WD SmartWare software is an easy-to-use tool that gives you the power to: • Secure your ...
...been lost all other folders on your computer. Then click the: • Backup tab to back up files from the selected drive to your My Passport drive • Retrieve tab to retrieve backed up files from unauthorized access or data theft. • Protect your data automatically-Automatic, continuous backup ...with the capacity of each hard drive in all your data or just overwritten an important file. Then, whenever you can change a file. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL WD SmartWare Overview WD SmartWare software is an easy-to-use tool that gives you the power to: • Secure your ...
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MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL Note that: • The System category, shown against a dark gray background, shows the files that enables and disables the VCD. They, too, ... the online help information to quickly guide you through your first backup-represent the system and hidden files that are not available for your My Passport drive, the Additional Files category includes all of your operating system files that your computer's operating system put there when you installed the drive. Hiding...
MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL Note that: • The System category, shown against a dark gray background, shows the files that enables and disables the VCD. They, too, ... the online help information to quickly guide you through your first backup-represent the system and hidden files that are not available for your My Passport drive, the Additional Files category includes all of your operating system files that your computer's operating system put there when you installed the drive. Hiding...
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... software and want to configure: CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 13 Double-click the Virtual CD Manager file on your computer. 3. Click Continue. 5. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL With those precautions in mind, if you want to hide the VCD: 1.
... software and want to configure: CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 13 Double-click the Virtual CD Manager file on your computer. 3. Click Continue. 5. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL With those precautions in mind, if you want to hide the VCD: 1.
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... (see "Showing or Hiding the Virtual CD Icon" on the other computer. Showing the WD SmartWare Virtual CD If you must power cycle your My Passport drive. Doing this would be a simple two-click operation from your change . 9. Click Configure Drive to continue and, as prompted, for Mac from support.wdc... Manager utility displays its current and target VCD settings: 7. If you have hidden the VCD, it is the file that you copied to your My Passport drive at step 9 of "Hiding the WD SmartWare Virtual CD" in the prior section.) If you did not copy the Virtual CD Manager folder to...
... (see "Showing or Hiding the Virtual CD Icon" on the other computer. Showing the WD SmartWare Virtual CD If you must power cycle your My Passport drive. Doing this would be a simple two-click operation from your change . 9. Click Configure Drive to continue and, as prompted, for Mac from support.wdc... Manager utility displays its current and target VCD settings: 7. If you have hidden the VCD, it is the file that you copied to your My Passport drive at step 9 of "Hiding the WD SmartWare Virtual CD" in the prior section.) If you did not copy the Virtual CD Manager folder to...
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....exe from the Virtual CD Manager folder • Virtual_CD_Manager_vxxxx.exe from the downloaded .zip file 3. The WD SmartWare Virtual CD Manager utility locates your My Passport drive, and the WD SmartWare Virtual CD Manager utility displays its current and target VCD settings: 6. Click Configure Drive to configure: 5. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND...
....exe from the Virtual CD Manager folder • Virtual_CD_Manager_vxxxx.exe from the downloaded .zip file 3. The WD SmartWare Virtual CD Manager utility locates your My Passport drive, and the WD SmartWare Virtual CD Manager utility displays its current and target VCD settings: 6. Click Configure Drive to configure: 5. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND...
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b. Wait ten seconds. Reconnect the USB micro cable or FireWire cable to your drive. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 16 Disconnect the USB micro cable or FireWire cable from your drive. 8. Check your My Passport drive: a. c. Click Exit to confirm the change. As prompted, for your change to take effect, you must power cycle your desktop display to close the WD SmartWare Virtual CD Manager utility. 9. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL 7.
b. Wait ten seconds. Reconnect the USB micro cable or FireWire cable to your drive. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 16 Disconnect the USB micro cable or FireWire cable from your drive. 8. Check your My Passport drive: a. c. Click Exit to confirm the change. As prompted, for your change to take effect, you must power cycle your desktop display to close the WD SmartWare Virtual CD Manager utility. 9. MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL 7.