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    External Desktop My Book Essential Edition User Manual ™ ®[...]

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    MY BOOK ESSENT IAL EDITION USER MANUAL GETTING STARTED – 1 Getting Started Thank you for purchasing this WD product. My Book ® Essential Edition ™ is a small, elegant, and easy-to-use USB external hard drive. Just pl ug it in and save your valuable data, music, photos, and movies. My Book Essential Edit ion is the perfect add-on storage for al[...]

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    MY BOOK ESSENT IAL EDITION USER MANUAL GETTING STARTED – 2 Registering Y our WD Product Y our WD product includes 30 days of free techni cal support during the applicable warranty period for your product. The 30-day period commences on the date of your first telephone contact with WD technical support . Register online at register.wdc.com . Handl[...]

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    MY BOOK ESSENT IAL EDITION USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD DRIVE – 3 About Y our WD Drive Drive Format This WD device is preformatte d as a single F A T32 partition for compatibilit y with all updated Windows and Macintosh operatin g systems. The F A T32 file system has a maximum individual fi le size of 4 GB. This WD device cannot create partitions l[...]

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    MY BOOK ESSENT IAL EDITION USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD DRIVE – 4 Software In addition to the drivers and utilities, this WD product is shipped with free trial software which can be installe d from the WD installer scr een that displays at the end of the hardware installation. Memeo ™ AutoBackup ™ (30-day trial) is an easy , one-time setup, bac[...]

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    MY BOOK ESSENT IAL EDITION USER MANUAL CONNECTING THE DEV ICE – 5 Connecting the Device Windows 1. T urn on your computer. 2. Connect the drive’s power co rd and USB cable as shown. 3. Drive utilities are installed automatically . If a security aler t is displayed during this installation, click Accept or Continue . 4. When finished, a menu dis[...]

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    MY BOOK ESSENT IAL EDITION USER MANUAL T URNING OFF /DISCONNECTING THE DEVICE – 6 T urning Off/Disconnecting the Device SmartPower™ My Book automatically powers o ff and on with the computer. Y ou may also follow these steps to safely turn off the drive wi thout powering down the computer: Windows Right-click the Safely Remove Hardware ic on in[...]

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