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    External P ortable My Passport ® Portab le Hard Drive User Manual My Passport User Manual[...]

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    ii WD Service and Support Should you encounter any problem, please give us a n o pp o rtu n it y t o a dd res s i t b ef o re re tur ni ng this product. Most technical sup port questions can be answered thr ough our know ledge base or e-mail supp ort service at support.wdc .com . If the answer is no t available or if you prefer , please contact W D[...]

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    MY P ASSPO RT USER MANUAL T A BLE O F CONT ENT S – iii T able of Contents WD Servic e and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii Accessing O nline Su pport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii Contactin[...]

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    MY P ASSPO RT USER MANUAL T ABLE OF CONTENTS – iv 6 Locking and Unlocking the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Password Protecting the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Unlocki ng the Driv e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S – v A Installing an SES Drive r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Installin g on Windows XP Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Installin g the Driv er Automat ically . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD DRIVE – 1 About Y our WD Dr ive W elcome to your My Passpor t ® port able hard drive, an elegant, high-c apacity storage solution for all the chapters of y our digital l i fe. Our latest edition featur es visual, easy-to- use, automatic, continuous backup software, and dri ve lock security protection. My [...]

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    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD DRIVE – 2 WD quality inside and out —W e k now yo ur data is important to you. So w e build the dri ve ins ide t o our de mand ing r e quir e men ts for durabil ity , shock tol erance, and lon g- term reliability . Then, we protect the drive with a durable enclosure designed for beauty and protection. Ki[...]

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    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD DRIVE – 3 Operat ing Syste m Compatib ility Y our My Passport driv e and the WD Security and WD Drive Util ities softwar e ar e compa tible wit h the followin g operatin g systems : The WD SmartW are software is compatible with the follo wing operating system s: Compatibili ty can vary , de pendin g on har[...]

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    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD DRIVE – 4 Power/Activity LE D The power/activity LED sho ws the drive’ s power state as follows: USB 3.0 Interfac e USB 3.0 supports data transfer r ates up to 5 Gb/s. USB 3.0 is backward compatible with USB 2.0 and U SB 1.1. Connecti on to a USB 2. 0 or US B 1.1 port transfers data at the port speed : ?[...]

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    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL CONNE CTING THE DRIVE AND GETT ING STARTED – 5 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started This cha pter provides instructions for connecting the drive and installing the WD Drive Utilities, W D Security , and WD Smar tW ar e so ftware on your computer . It includes the follow ing topics : Connecting the Drive Getting Start[...]

  • Page 11

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL CONNE CTING THE DRIVE AND GETT ING STARTED – 6 Getti ng Sta rted with th e WD So ftware After you have connected the drive to your computer , a n installatio n wizard quickly gets you started with the WD software that is on the drive: • WD Se curity • WD Drive U tilities • WD S martW ar e T o get st arted with the [...]

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    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL CONNE CTING THE DRIVE AND GETT ING STARTED – 7 c. Clear the check bo x for any installatio n option that you do not want to implement: • Cr eate Desktop Shortcut • Launch A pplication d. C lick Next to install the selected applications and options. 6. Depending on your s elections: • Installing WD Drive Utilities w[...]

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    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL CONNE CTING THE DRIVE AND GETT ING STARTED – 8 • Ins talling W D Sma rtW are displays the Backu p Pla n Selection screen for s electin g the type of backup that you want to perform: On the Bac kup Plan Selectio n screen: a. Select the opti on for th e type of backup t hat you want to ru n: • Category Backup —Finds [...]

  • Page 14

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL CONNE CTING THE DRIVE AND GETT ING STARTED – 9 Figure 6. Initial Backup Screens Initial File Backup Screen Initial Category Backup Screen Note : Th e initi al Backup s cr eens onl y app ear one tim e—whe n y ou instal l the WD SmartW are softwar e on you r comput er . After that , launchin g the softw are disp lays t h[...]

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    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 10 Figure 7. WD SmartW ar e Home Scr eens Before first backup After first backup[...]

  • Page 16

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL WD SMARTWARE SOFTWAR E FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW – 11 WD SmartW ar e Software Functional Ov erv iew This chapter provides a brief functional overview of the WD SmartW ar e software. It includes the follo wing topics: Home T ab Display Backup T ab Displays Retr ieve T ab Di splays Settings T ab Dis play Help T ab Display All op[...]

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    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL WD SMARTWARE SOFTWAR E FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW – 12 Note: In a ddition to t he deta iled Help tab info rmation, eac h WD SmartW are displa y pr ovid es easy a ccess to ab br eviated online help to q uickl y guide you t hrough your back up, retrieve, a nd setting s tasks. Whenev er you are uncertain about what to do, just cli[...]

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    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL WD SMARTWARE SOFTWAR E FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW – 13 Fig ure 8. Home T ab Display My Pa ss po rt Dri ve Ic on Your Computer Icon Your Computer Content Gauge My Passpor t Drive Content Gauge[...]

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    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL WD SMARTWARE SOFTWAR E FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW – 14 T able 1. Home T ab Functional Description Display Component Description Y our comp uter icon Provides a g raphic r ep resen tation and name of the in ternal hard drive or drive parti tion on your comp uter that t he WD SmartW ar e softwar e wil l access for backup and r et[...]

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    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL WD SMARTWARE SOFTWAR E FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW – 15 Drive d ispl ay scr oll pointe rs (Not shown i n Figur e 8 on page 13.) One inst allati on of the WD Smart W ar e so ftwar e support s as many My Passpo rt driv es as you system can handle . When the nu mber of conn ected dri ves excee ds the d isplay ca pacit y , the WD Sm[...]

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    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL WD SMARTWARE SOFTWAR E FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW – 16 Backup T ab D isplays The WD SmartW are software pr ovides one of two differ ent Backup tab displays, depending on how you want to select files to back up: • By category—As shown in the content gauges • By file—As shown in the folder structure of your computer’ s [...]

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    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL WD SMARTWARE SOFTWAR E FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW – 17 Figur e 9. Backup T ab Displa ys T able 2. Backup T ab Functional Descript ion Display Component Description Y our comp uter’ s content gau ge Same as the con tent gaug e for your comp uter’ s hard driv e on the Home tab disp lay . (See “Y our computer ’ s content g[...]

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    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL WD SMARTWARE SOFTWAR E FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW – 18 Advanc ed backup are a In cat egory mode, the initi al/defau lt conf igurati on of the WD SmartW are softwar e is to b ack up all of your files . In this configu rati on, the ad vanc ed backup are a is bl ank. Clicking Advanced V iew di splays a backu p files select ion box[...]

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    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL WD SMARTWARE SOFTWAR E FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW – 19 Ret rie ve T ab Disp lays Three WD SmartW are softwar e Retrieve tab displays gui de you throug h the tasks for finding ba ckup files and co pying them to your c omputer’ s inter nal hard drive: • Sel ecting the back up volume to retrieve from • Selecting the destin a[...]

  • Page 25

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL WD SMARTWARE SOFTWAR E FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW – 20 Fig ure 10 . Ret rieve T ab Displays T able 3. Retrieve T ab Functional Descrip tion Display Component Description Backed Up V olumes sele ction box Lists th e backed up volumes tha t are ava ilab le to ret riev e files fr om on the sel ected My Pa ssport d rive. Yo u must [...]

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    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL WD SMARTWARE SOFTWAR E FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW – 21 Retr ieve destin ati on option bu ttons Specify the locati on on your computer’ s internal har d drive wher e you want to cop y the files retrieved from the se lected My Passport drive : • T o the Original Place s copies th e retrieve d files to the sa me locatio n th a[...]

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    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL WD SMARTWARE SOFTWAR E FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW – 22 Setting s T ab Display See Figu re 11 and T able 4 for a bri ef functional de scription of the Settings tab display . Figur e 11. Settings T ab Display T able 4. Settings T ab Functional Description Display Component Description File Hist ory but ton Displ ays the Set File [...]

  • Page 28

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL WD SMARTWARE SOFTWAR E FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW – 23 Help T ab Display The WD SmartW are Help tab display pr ovides quick access to Lear ning Center topics and li nks to online support services. See Figu re 12 and T able 5 for a bri ef functional de scription of the Help tab d isplay . Figur e 12. Help T ab Display T able 5. [...]

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    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL WD SMARTWARE SOFTWAR E FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW – 24 Support l ink Uses your W eb br owser t o connect to the WD Service & Su pport Home page at http://suppo rt.wdc.c om . Update Softwar e button Uses yo ur W eb browser t o compar e the vers ions of you r WD SmartW are softwar e and the fir mware of t he selected My Passp[...]

  • Page 30

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL BACKING UP Y OUR COMPUTER FILES – 25 Backin g Up Y our Computer Files This chapte r includ es the follow ing top ics: How the B ackup Function W orks Backing Up F iles How th e Backup F unction W orks The WD SmartW ar e software automatically and continuousl y backs up all of your important data files to your My Passport[...]

  • Page 31

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL BACKING UP Y OUR COMPUTER FILES – 26 3. On the B ackup screen: 4. T o back u p all of th e cat egori es of fil es on t he in ter nal hard dri ve: a. V er ify that the backup mode is categor y and that Ready to perform category backup appears at the upper -lef t corner of the Backup screen. If the backup mo de is file and[...]

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    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL BACKING UP Y OUR COMPUTER FILES – 27 b. C lick Advanced View to open the backup by categories selection box: c. In the backup by categories selection box: • C lear the check boxes for the c ategories o f files that you want to exclude from the backup. • A s r equired, select the check boxes for the categories of file[...]

  • Page 33

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL BACKING UP Y OUR COMPUTER FILES – 28 7. T o backup selected file s or fold ers: a. V er ify that the backup mode is fil e and that Ready to per form fil e backup appears at the upper -left corner of the Backup screen. If the backup mode is category and Ready to perform category backup appears there, then click the Switc [...]

  • Page 34

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL BACKING UP Y OUR COMPUTER FILES – 29 9. Appear ance of a backup successfully fini shed message means that the b ackup comple ted no rmally . If any files could not be backed up, the WD SmartW are software displays a: • Cautio n message indicating the number o f files involved • View link that you can click to see a l[...]

  • Page 35

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL RETRIEVING BACKUP FILES – 30 Retrieving Backup Files This chapte r includ es the follow ing top ics: How the Retrieve Function W orks Retr ieving F iles How the Retri eve Fu nction W orks The WD SmartW ar e software makes it easy for you to retrieve backed up files fr om your My Passp ort drive and co py them to either: [...]

  • Page 36

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL RETRIEVING BACKUP FILES – 31 IF y ou have . . . THE N the W D Smar tW ar e s oftware disp lays t he . . . Create d a single back up o n the sele cted My Passpor t dri ve from your computer , Select a de stinat ion fo r r etrieved files dialo g: Pro ceed to step 3 on page 32. Created multip le back up volumes on the selec[...]

  • Page 37

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL RETRIEVING BACKUP FILES – 32 3. On the S elect a d estinatio n for retrieved files dialo g: 4. Click Next to display th e Select cont ent to retrieve... d ialog. IF y ou want to co py yo ur retriev ed fi les to . . . THEN selec t the . . . option . Their o rigin al loca tions on your comp uter’ s inte rnal hard drive ,[...]

  • Page 38

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL RETRIEVING BACKUP FILES – 33 5. In the Retrieve Some Files sel ection box, na vigate thro ugh the fol der structure to find the files you want. Y o u can also use the sear ch box by typing the name (or partial nam e) of the file or folde r: • Select the Show older files check box to display the differ ent backed up ver[...]

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    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL LOCKING AND UN LOCKING THE DRIVE – 34 Locking and Unlocking the Driv e This chapte r includ es the follow ing top ics: Passwor d Pr otecting the Drive Unlocking the Drive Changing Y o ur Password T ur ning Off the Drive Lock Featur e Passwor d Pr otecting th e Drive Y ou should password protect your dri ve if you are wor[...]

  • Page 40

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL LOCKING AND UN LOCKING THE DRIVE – 35 2. If you have m ore than one supported M y Passport drive co nnected to your computer , sel ect the one that you want to create a password for . 3. T ype you r pass wo r d in t he Choose a passwor d box, usi ng up to 25 characters. 4. Retype your passwor d in the V e rify passwor d [...]

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    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL LOCKING AND UN LOCKING THE DRIVE – 36 Unlocking the Driv e with WD Secu rity or WD Drive Utilitie s Whenever you shut down and restart your computer or disconnect and reconnect the drive to your computer , starting either the WD Security or WD Drive Utilities appli cation displays the Unlo ck Drive dialog: This happens e[...]

  • Page 42

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL LOCKING AND UN LOCKING THE DRIVE – 37 Unlocking the Driv e with the WD SmartW ar e Software Whenever you shut down and restart your computer , or disconnect and reconnect the drive to your computer , unle ss you select ed the Enable auto unlock for user: check box when you cr eated you r passwor d, the WD S martW are sof[...]

  • Page 43

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL LOCKING AND UN LOCKING THE DRIVE – 38 Unlocking the Driv e with the WD Drive Unlock Util ity Whenever you connect your p asswor d-protected d riv e to a c omp ute r t hat d oes no t have the WD Sm artW ar e, WD Security, or WD Driv e Util ities software installed, you can use the WD D rive Unlo ck utility to u nlock the [...]

  • Page 44

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL LOCKING AND UN LOCKING THE DRIVE – 39 Chan ging Y o ur Pas swor d To change your passwor d: 1. Open the Change Securi ty dialog b y clicking either: • The WD Sec urity desktop shortcut icon if you created one whe n you installed the applicatio n • Start > All Progr ams > Wes t e r n D i g i t a l > WD Apps &[...]

  • Page 45

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL LOCKING AND UN LOCKING THE DRIVE – 40 T urnin g Off the Drive Loc k Feature To remove pass word protection from your drive: 1. Open the Change Securi ty dialog b y clicking either: • The WD Sec urity desktop shortcut icon if you created one whe n you installed the applicatio n • Start > All Progr ams > Wes t e [...]

  • Page 46

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL MAN AGING AN D CUSTO MIZING TH E D RIVE – 41 Managing a nd Custom izing the Drive This chapte r includ es the follow ing top ics: Using the WD SmartW ar e Icon Opening the WD SmartWar e Software Checking D rive Status Safely Disco nnecting the Drive Monitoring Icon Alerts Setting the Drive Sleep Ti mer Register ing t he [...]

  • Page 47

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL MAN AGING AN D CUSTO MIZING TH E D RIVE – 42 Checkin g Drive St atus Y ou can see the drive capacity used an d drive temperature status, and fi nd out if the drive is locked by h over ing the p ointer over the WD Sm artWare icon in the tas kbar: Safely Disconnecting t he Drive Y ou can safely disconnect the drive by eith[...]

  • Page 48

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL MAN AGING AN D CUSTO MIZING TH E D RIVE – 43 Setting the Drive Sleep Time r The drive sleep timer tur ns off the power to your drive after a certain period of inactivity to conserve power and minim ize long-term wear on the drive. T o set the inactivity peri od for the drive: 1. Open the WD Drive Utiliti es application b[...]

  • Page 49

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL MAN AGING AN D CUSTO MIZING TH E D RIVE – 44 4. Click Registration to display the Registrati on dialog: 5. On the Registration dialog: a. T ype your firs t name in the Firs t n ame box. b. T ype your last name in the Last name box. c. T ype your e-mail address in the E-mail addr ess box. d. Select your la nguage in the P[...]

  • Page 50

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL MAN AGING AN D CUSTO MIZING TH E D RIVE – 45 • Quick Drive T e s t Y our My Passport dri ve has a built-in D ata Lifeguar d TM diagnosti c utility that tests the drive for error conditio ns. The quic k drive test checks the drive for major per for manc e pr o blem s. The result of a quick driv e test is a pass or fail [...]

  • Page 51

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL MAN AGING AN D CUSTO MIZING TH E D RIVE – 46 Erasing the Drive Note: Erasi ng your dr ive als o dele tes the WD softwar e and all of th e support files, u tilit ies, an d user man ual file s. Y ou can downl oad thes e to r estor e your My Passport to i ts orig inal con figurat ion afte r erasing t he drive . WD D rive U [...]

  • Page 52

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL MAN AGING AN D CUSTO MIZING TH E D RIVE – 47 After the drive erase operati on completes, go to support.w dc.com and see Knowledge Base answer ID 6 743 for i nformation about downl oading and r estori ng the WD softwar e and disk image on your My Pass port drive. Note: Erasing your dri ve also re moves your passwor d. If [...]

  • Page 53

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL MAN AGING AN D CUSTO MIZING TH E D RIVE – 48 3. The fifth invalid passwor d attempt displays the too many passwor d attempts dialog: 4. Click Eras e Drive to display a w arning about erasing all of the data on the dr ive: 5. Read the war ning and select the I understand check box to signify that you accept the risk. 6. C[...]

  • Page 54

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL MAN AGING AN D CUSTO MIZING TH E D RIVE – 49 Restoring the WD Sof tware and Disk Image In a ddition to d eleting all of the da ta o n your My Pa sspor t drive, erasin g or reform atti ng the drive al so removes the WD software and a ll of the suppo rt files , utilities, online help and user manual files. If you ever need[...]

  • Page 55

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL MANAGIN G AND CUSTOM IZING THE SOFTWARE – 50 Managing a nd Custom izing the Sof twar e This chapte r includ es the follow ing top ics: Specifying the Number of Ba ckup V ersions Pau sing Ba ckups Un til Y our Comp uter is Id le Specifying a Differ ent Retrieve Folder Checking for Software Updates Uninstalling the WD Soft[...]

  • Page 56

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL MANAGIN G AND CUSTOM IZING THE SOFTWARE – 51 2. On the Software Settings scr een, click Backup S peed to display the Reduce Backup Speed di alog: 3. On the R educe Back up Speed di alog, select or clear the Run backu p wh en computer is idl e check box to enable or d isable the Back up Speed o ption. Specif ying a Dif f [...]

  • Page 57

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL MANAGIN G AND CUSTOM IZING THE SOFTWARE – 52 2. On the So ftwa r e Set tin gs s cr een , cli ck Pr ef er enc es to display the Set Pr efer ences dial og: 3. On the S et Preferences dialog, select or clea r the Automa ticall y check fo r WD SmartW ar e softwa r e upd ates check box to ena ble or d isable the Preferences o[...]

  • Page 58

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL MANAGIN G AND CUSTOM IZING THE SOFTWARE – 53 5. On the Cus tom Setup dialog: a. Clear the c heck box for the applicatio ns that you want to uninstall: • W D Drive Util itie s •W D S e c u r i t y •W D S m a r t W a r e b. C lick Next to uninstall the selected applications. 6. When the uninstall comp letes, click Fi[...]

  • Page 59

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 54 Using the Drive with a Mac The My Pas sport dr ive is fo rmatted as a sing le NTFS partition for comp atibility with al l updated Windows o perating s ystems. T o use the drive on Mac OS X o perating systems, and to use Time Machine, if you want, you must reformat the drive to a single HF[...]

  • Page 60

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL T R OUBLE SHOOTI NG – 55 T r oubleshooting This chapte r includ es the follow ing top ics: Installing, Partit ioning, and Formatting the Drive Frequentl y Asked Quest ions If you have pr oblems inst alling or using this pr od uct, r efer to this t r ouble shooti ng secti on or visi t our su pport website at support.wdc.c[...]

  • Page 61

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL T R OUBLE SHOOTI NG – 56 Q: Why is the data transfer rate slow? A: Y our system may be operating at USB 1.1 speeds due to an incorr ect driver installation of the USB 3.0 or USB 2.0 adapter card or a sy stem that does not support USB 3,0 or USB 2.0. Q: How do I determine whether or not my system supports USB 3.0 o r USB [...]

  • Page 62

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL INSTALLING AN SES DRIVER – 57 Installing an SES Driver If you decid e to not install the WD software, you must have an SES d river installed o n computers running Windows to keep the hard ware popup wi zard fr om display ing eve ry time you connect your My Pass port d rive to y our c omp uter . Note: The SES Driver is in[...]

  • Page 63

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL INSTALLING AN SES DRIVER – 58 4. Select Inst all th e softw ar e automa tica lly and click Next : 5. When the installation comp letes, click Finish :[...]

  • Page 64

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL INSTALLING AN SES DRIVER – 59 Installing t he Driver Manually If your computer is not connected to the Internet, install the driver manuall y: 1. On the Found New Hardware Wizar d screen, select No, not this time to inh ibit a connection attempt to Windows Update: 2. Click Next to continue. 3. Select Inst all fr om a li [...]

  • Page 65

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL INSTALLING AN SES DRIVER – 60 d. C lick Next : 5. When the installation comp letes, click Finish :[...]

  • Page 66

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL INSTALLING AN SES DRIVER – 61 Installing on Windows V ista Comput ers After you physi cally connect the dri ve as shown in Figur e 3 on page 5, the Found New Hardwar e scr een displays. Note: If Au toplay i s enabled, two additi onal scr een s might app ear at the same time as the Foun d New Hard war e scree n. If they a[...]

  • Page 67

    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL INSTALLING AN SES DRIVER – 62 Installing t he Driver Manually If your computer is not connected to the Internet, install the driver manuall y: 1. O n t h e F o un d N e w H ard wa re wi z ard sc ree n, cl i ck Locate a nd ins tall d river soft war e : 2. On the F ound New Hardware - WD S ES Device wi zard scr een, click [...]

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    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL INSTALLING AN SES DRIVER – 63 4. Brows e to Computer and: a. Doub le-clic k the M y Passpo rt driv e. b. Doub le-clic k the Ext ras folde r . c. Se le ct WD SES Dev ice Dri ver . d. C lick Next : 5. When the installation comp letes, click Close :[...]

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    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL INSTALLING AN SES DRIVER – 64 Installing on Windows 7 Computers After you phy sically connect the drive as sho wn in Fig ure 3 on page 5 o r , use the Windows 7 Computer Management utility to install the SES driv er: 1. Open A ll Progra ms and click Com put er > Manage : 2. Under Computer Ma nagement (L ocal) , click [...]

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    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL INSTALLING AN SES DRIVER – 65 3. Click Browse my com puter for d river softw are . 4. Brows e to Computer , double-click the M y Passport dr ive, double- click the Extras folder , and select WD SES Device Dr iver : 5. Click Next . 6. When the installation comp letes, click Close :[...]

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    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL COMPLIANCE AND W ARRANTY INFORMATION – 66 Compliance and W arranty Information This a ppendix includes the foll owing topics: Regulatory Co mpliance Envir onmental Compliance (China) W arranty Informatio n Regulator y Compliance FCC Class B Inform ation This device has been tested and found to co mply with the limits of [...]

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    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL COMPLIANCE AND W ARRANTY INFORMATION – 67 KC Notice (Repub lic of Korea only) Envir onmental Compli ance (China) Wa r r a n t y I n f o r m a t i o n Obtaining Ser vice WD values your business and always attempts to pro vide you the very best of service. If this Pro duct re quires mai ntenance, either co ntact the dealer[...]

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    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL COMPLIANCE AND W ARRANTY INFORMATION – 68 Limited W arranty WD warrants that the Product, in the course of its normal use, will for the term defined below , be fr ee fr om defects in material and workmanship and will conform to WD’ s specific ation therefor . The term of your limi ted warranty depe nds on the country i[...]

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    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL INDEX – 6 9 Index A Acces sories , optiona l 2 Advanced backup area, Backup tab dis- plays 18 Alerts, flashing icon 42 B Backed Up Volumes selection box 20 Backup about ba cki ng up file s 25 files content box 26 , 27 , 28 procedure 25 Backup Sp eed button 22 Backup tab displays advanced backup area 18 description 16 dri[...]

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    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL INDEX – 7 0 Internal drive sel ector box 14 your computer icon 14 your computer’s co ntent gauge 15 I ICES-003/NMB-003 compliance 66 Indicator light 4 Internal dri ve selector box, Home tab dis- plays 14 K Kit contents 2 L Launching WD SmartW are software 41 Learning Center topic buttons 23 LED indicator 4 Limited warr[...]

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    MY P ASSP ORT USER MANUAL INDEX – 7 1 cable 2 drive interface 4 W Warranty 67 WD service 67 SmartWare icon 41 Store link 24 Y Your computer content gauge, Backup tab displays 17 content gauge, Home tab displays 15 icon, Home tab display 14[...]

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