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Product Specifications (pdf) - Page 2
... data to 35°C Non-op. Pictures shown may vary from the WD SmartWare control center. The term of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. See your backup as it .
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: 6.5 in (165 mm) Width: 5.3 in...
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
... the power settings, and more elegant.
USB 3.0 interface-A simple connection that gives you 've lost files effortlessly. WD's best-selling My Book Essential USB external hard drive features WD SmartWare software that backs up your data automatically and continuously, shows your backup as it happens, and brings back lost all the chapters of mind knowing that your digital life. WD...
User Manual - Page 12
... your computer, THEN . . . MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
Note: If you have reformatted the drive for your My Book drive.
6. Skip to WD SmartWare screen displays (see Figure 5). Enabled Disabled
Proceed to close it. Skip to WD SmartWare screen (see Figure 5). Figure 5.
b. Verify that is animated. a. The WD SmartWare software that the new My Book drive appears under My Computer in...
User Manual - Page 24
... up some of backup versions to keep - 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 Back Up
To back up • Changing the backup software settings:
- c. b. Click the WDStore link in the WD Online box to longterm archive storage and: a. If...
User Manual - Page 26
...Set
File History dialog:
2.
You always have the most-recent specified number of versions of backup versions to keep for retrieves, and you . Keeping more disk space To specify the number of each file box.
3. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL.... BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES - 21 The WD SmartWare software can choose to keep (from a longer back-in the Enter the number 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, on the Software Settings screen (see Figure 12 on page 21):
IF you want to . . . MANAGING AND...
User Manual - Page 40
...:
WD SmartWare Set Preferences Dialog
Drive Management Set Preferences Dialog
2. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
Setting the Preferences Option
When enabled, each time you like to do?
This ensures that keep others from accessing the files on your drive.
• Registration-Register your drive to receive free technical support during periods of extended inactivity to conserve power and...
User Manual - Page 64
... an SES driver installed on page 15). MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
1A Installing the SES Driver If you decide to not install the WD SmartWare software, you must be connected to the Internet:
1. If they appear, close them. Click Next to Windows Update:
3. Note: The SES Driver is connected to the Internet or not
Installing the Driver Automatically
To install the SES driver automatically, your...
User Manual - Page 65
Select Install the software automatically and click Next:
MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
5. When the installation completes, click Finish:
INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER - 60 4.
User Manual - Page 66
... or specific location and click Next:
4. c. On the Found New Hardware Wizard screen, select No, not this time to inhibit a
connection attempt to My Computer and: a. Browse to Windows Update:
2. b. Click Next to the Internet, install the driver manually:
1. INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER - 61 Double-click the My Book drive. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
Installing the Driver Manually
If...
User Manual - Page 67
When the installation completes, click Finish:
INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER - 62 Click Next:
MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
5. d.
User Manual - Page 68
...install driver software:
3. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
Installing on Windows Vista Computers
After you physically connect the drive as the Found New Hardware screen. You can use the Found New Hardware screen to install the SES driver... Update:
Windows Vista automatically: • Connects to Windows Update • Finds, downloads, and installs the SES driver
INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER ...
User Manual - Page 69
...the Internet, install the driver manually:
1. On the Found New Hardware - MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
Installing the Driver Manually
If your WD SES Device prompt, click I don't have the disc. WD SES Device wizard screen, click Don't search online:
3. Show me other options:
INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER - 64 On the Found New Hardware wizard screen, click Locate and install driver
software:
2.
User Manual - Page 71
Open All Programs and click Computer > Manage:
2. Under Computer Management (Local), click Device Manager > Unknown Device and right-click Update driver software:
INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER - 66 MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL
Installing on Windows 7 Computers
After you physically connect the drive as shown in Figure 4 on page 6, use the Windows 7 Computer Management utility to install the SES ...
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