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ii WD Service and Support Should you encounter any problem, please give us a n o pp o rt un it y t o a dd re ss it be fo re retu r n in g this product. Most technical sup port questions can be answered thro ugh our know ledge base or e-mail supp ort service a t support. wdc.com . If the answer is no t available or if you prefer , please contact W D[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUALL 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 Con[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUALL T ABLE OF CONTENTS – iv 5 Locking and Unlocking the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Password Protecting the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Unlocki ng the Driv e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUALL TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S – v Unlocki ng the Driv e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Unlocking the Drive with the WD Sma rtWare Softw are . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Unlockin g the Drive Wi thout the [...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD DRIVE – 1 About Y our WD Dr ive We l c o m e t o y o u r M y B o o k ® Essential exter nal hard drive, an elegant, high-capaci ty storage solutio n for all the chapters of your di gital life. Our latest edition featur es visual, easy-to-use, automati c, continuous backup s o ftwar e and drive lock se[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD DRIVE – 2 Planet frie ndly —W e d esigned a small box from recycl ed materials to minimize waste. W e encour age you to r ecycle it. Ready to pl ug-and-play with W indows Comp uters —NT FS-forma tted fo r compat ibility with all updated Window s operating syst ems. Support for multiple devices —[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD DRIVE – 3 Operat ing Syste m Compat ibility Y our My Book Essential drive and the WD Sm artW ar e software are compatible w ith the follow ing operat ing sys tems: Compatibili ty can vary , depending on har dware config uration and operating system. For highest p erformance and reliability , al ways i[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD DRIVE – 4 Power/Activity LE D The power/ activity LED shows the d rive’ s power state and activity as follows: Power Button Use the power button to safely power down the drive and avoid data lo ss or damage to the drive. The pow er button only work s when the WD SmartW are softwar e is installed on [...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD DRIVE – 5 Kensington ® Security Slot For drive security , the Kensingt on security slo t accepts a st andard Kensington security cable ( sold separat ely). For m ore informati o n about the Kensington security slot and available products, visit www .kensington. com . Regi stering t he Dri ve Always r[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL CONNE CTING THE DRIVE AND GETT ING STARTED – 6 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started This c hapter provides instructions for co nnecting the drive to your computer and installing WD SmartWar e software. It includes the follow ing topics: Connecting the Drive Getting Started with the WD SmartWar e Software Getting[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL CONNE CTING THE DRIVE AND GETT ING STARTED – 7 Note: If you have r eformatt ed the dri ve for use on a Mac compu ter , skip the r est of this pr ocedu re and se e “Connect ing the Dri ve and Gettin g Started” on page 44 i nste ad. 4. V erify that the new My Book drive appear s under My Computer in Windows Explor[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL CONNE CTING THE DRIVE AND GETT ING STARTED – 8 8. Continue to “G etting Started w ith the WD SmartWar e Software” in the nex t section. If you do not want to install the WD Sm artW a r e software, go to “Getting Started Without the WD SmartW ar e Softwar e” on page 15 inst ead. 9. For Windows V ista or Windo[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL CONNE CTING THE DRIVE AND GETT ING STARTED – 9 4. After the softwa r e installation completes: Note: The i nitial Backu p and Drive Se ttings scr ee ns only appear on e time—the first time you i nsta ll the W D Sm art W ar e sof twar e o n your compu ter . After that , laun chi ng th e so ftwar e displa ys the Hom[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 10 Figure 6. Initial Backup Screen Figure 7. Initial Drive Settings Screens WD SmartWare Initia l Drive Settings Screen Drive Management Initial Drive Settings Screen[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 11 6. After p assword protecting or registering your drive, clic k C ontinue to cl ose the WD Sm artWar e ini tial Driv e Setti ngs scre en and display the WD SmartWar e Home screen (Figur e 8). This compl etes the getting started p r ocedure after selecting Install W D Sma[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 12 WD SmartW ar e Over view The WD SmartW are software is an easy-to-use tool that gives you the pow er to: • Secure your drive—In drive settings, cr eate a passwo rd to protect your drive from unauthorized access or data theft. • Protect y our data automatically— A[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 13 WD SmartW ar e Home S creen The WD SmartW are Home screen provides four tab-selected options: • H ome—Provides a Content Gauge with the capacity of e ach hard drive in or connected to your computer (see Figur e 8 on page 11) • Backup—Manage s existing backups or [...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 14 In the Content Gauge for your My Book drive, the Additional Files category includes all of the files shown in the used space portion of your d rive properties. This space is not available for backups. Note: The s mall number of files that are sh own in the Addition al Fi[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 15 Getti ng Started Withou t the WD Sm artW ar e So ftware If you do not install the WD SmartW are software, you can still use your My Book as an exter nal hard drive. In t his case, however , you will not be able to: • Pro tect your data with auto matic continuous backup[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL BACKING UP Y OUR COMPUTER FILES – 16 Backin g Up Y our Computer Files This chapt er incl udes th e follow ing top ics: About Backing Up Y our Computer File s Backing It All Up Advanced Backup Capabilities Abou t Bac king Up Y our Comput er Fi les The WD SmartW are softwar e automatically and continuously backs up al[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL BACKING UP Y OUR COMPUTER FILES – 17 In the Content Gauges for yo ur computer’ s di sk d rives, the categories of fi les that would be i ncluded in the ba ckup if y ou click Start Backu p ar e shown where a: • Light blue backgr ound in the Conten t Gauge for your computer’ s hard drive repr esents the original[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL BACKING UP Y OUR COMPUTER FILES – 18 Note that: • The Syste m category , shown ag ainst a dark gray background, include s all of your operating system files that are not available for back up. Files that ar e not bac ked up in clude sy stem file s, program files , applicat ions, and workin g files like .tmp and .l[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL BACKING UP Y OUR COMPUTER FILES – 19 5. If you clicked Stop Backu p at step 3, the Stop backup? confirmati on prompt reminds you that if you stop the backup before it completes, the WD SmartW are software r emoves all of the backup files that were just copi ed to your My Book drive. T o continue, click either : • [...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL BACKING UP Y OUR COMPUTER FILES – 20 2. In the back up files content box: • Selec t the check box es for the categories of files that you want to include in the backup • Clear the c heck bo xes for the catego ries of files that you want to exclude from the backup 3. Click Apply Changes to refr esh the Content Ga[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL BACKING UP Y OUR COMPUTER FILES – 21 Spec ifying the Numb er of Backup V ersions . The WD SmartWar e software can keep up to 25 older versions of each file. If yo u over writ e or d elet e a fi le by mis take , or w ant to see the file a couple o f versions ago, the WD SmartWar e software has a copy for you. Y ou al[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL BACKING UP Y OUR COMPUTER FILES – 22 Paus ing Ba ckups Until Y o ur Comp uter is Idle . A lar ge backup can take a lot of time, and can consume a lot of your system pr ocessing r esources. The WD SmartW are software works in the backgr ound using minimal computer resour ces while you are working on y our computer . [...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL RETRIEVING BACKED UP FI LES – 23 Retrieving Backed Up Files This chapt er incl udes th e follow ing top ics: About R etri eving Files Retr ieving a File Retr ieving a Folder Retr ieving an Earl ier V ers ion of a File or Del eted Files Retr ieving Al l Y our Files About R etri eving Fil es The WD SmartW ar e softwar[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL RETRIEVING BACKED UP FI LES – 24 Figure 13. Retrieve Screen Figure 14. Select a Destination for Retrie ved Files Scree n[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL RETRIEVING BACKED UP FI LES – 25 4. On the Selec t content to r etrieve... screen, select Retri eve Some Files to display the retrieve files se lection b ox (see F igure 16 on page 26). 5. Navigate through the fol der structur e to fi nd the files you want. Also, you can use the search box by typing the name (or pa [...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL RETRIEVING BACKED UP FI LES – 26 7. During th e r etrie ve: • The Retrieve scr een displays a pro gress bar and a message indicating the amount of da ta that has been cop ied to the speci fied retrieve location. •A Cancel Re trieving button is avail able for stopping the retrieve. 8. A R etrie val acco mpl ished[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL LOCKING AND UN LOCKING THE DRIVE – 27 Locking and Unlocking the Driv e This chapt er incl udes th e follow ing top ics: Passwor d Prot ecting the Drive Unlocking the Drive Changing Y our Password T ur ning Off the Drive Lock Featur e Passwor d Pr otecting th e Drive Y ou should password pr otect your drive if you ar[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL LOCKING AND UN LOCKING THE DRIVE – 28 3. On the D rive Settings screen, click Securi ty to display the Set Security dialog: 4. T ype yo ur pas swo r d in th e Choose a password box. 5. Retype your passwor d in the V erify passwor d box. 6. T ype a hint to help r emind your self o f your passwor d in the Pas swor d h[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL LOCKING AND UN LOCKING THE DRIVE – 29 Unlocking the Driv e with the WD SmartW are Softwar e Whenever you shut down and restart your computer , or disconnect and reconnect the drive to your computer , the WD SmartW are softwar e displays a Drive i s lo cked message i n place of the Content Gauge for your My B ook dri[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL LOCKING AND UN LOCKING THE DRIVE – 30 T o unlock the drive without the WD SmartW ar e software installed: 1. St art the WD SmartW ar e Drive Unlock ut ility by eith er: • Using your computer’ s file management utili ty to open the WD Unlock vi rtual CD and double-click ing the Unlock.exe file •C l i c k i n g [...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL LOCKING AND UN LOCKING THE DRIVE – 31 5. T ype a hint to help r emind your self of your new password in th e New password hint box. 6. Click Update Security Settings to chang e your p asswor d. T ur ning Off the D rive Lock Fe ature To remove pa ssword protection from your driv e: 1. Click Securi ty on either the WD[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OU R DRIVE – 32 Managing and Cus tomizing Y o ur Drive This chapt er incl udes th e follow ing top ics: Using the WD SmartW ar e Icon Opening the WD Smar tW ar e Software Checking Drive Status Monitoring Ico n Alerts Safely Disconnecting the Drive Custo mizing Y ou r Software Settings C[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OU R DRIVE – 33 Monitoring Icon Alerts The WD SmartW are icon in the task ba r flashes to indicate drive status: Safely Disconnecting t he Drive Y ou can safel y disconnect the dr ive from your computer by using either: • The WD SmartW are icon in the taskbar • The drive power butto[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OU R DRIVE – 34 Cus tom izing Y our Softw are Sett ings The WD SmartW ar e softwar e makes it easy for you to quickl y customize its own sof tware se tting s for th e best p ossib le per form ance w ith yo ur driv e by: • Specifying the number of backup versions that you want to keep [...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OU R DRIVE – 35 Setti ng the Pr efer ence s Option When enabled, each time you reconnect your My Book drive to your computer , the Preferences option checks for software update s. This ensur es that you ar e always using the most-r ecent software versi on. T o enable or disable the Pref[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OU R DRIVE – 36 T o customize your drive settings for the b e st po ssible perfor mance, on eithe r the WD SmartW ar e Drive Settings screen or th e drive management Drive Setting s screen (see Figur e 17 on page 27 ): IF y ou wan t to . . . THE N cli ck . . . AND se e . . . Use a passw[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OU R DRIVE – 37 Regi stering t he Dri ve The WD SmartW are software uses your comput er’ s Inter net connection to register your drive. T o register your drive to receive fr ee technical support during the warra nty period and be kept up-to -date on the lates t WD products: 1. Mak e s[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OU R DRIVE – 38 2. In t he Tu r n o f f D r i v e box, select the inactivity time interval at whi ch you want to turn off the drive. 3. Clic k Set T imer to save and implement your sleep timer sel ection. Erasing the Drive Note: Erasi ng your dr ive als o delete s the WD SmartW are sof [...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OU R DRIVE – 39 Using the Drive Un lock Util ity . T o erase your My Book when the dri ve is locked and you have for gotten or lost your passwor d: 1. Either: • Click the My Book image ab ove the Drive is locked prompt on the Home scr een to display the WD SmartWar e drive unlock scre[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OU R DRIVE – 40 After the drive erase operati on completes, go to support.w dc.com and see Knowledge Base Answer ID #5419 for infor mation about d ownloading and restoring the WD Sma rtW ar e software and di sk image o n your My B ook drive. Note: Erasi ng your dr ive als o r emoves you[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OU R DRIVE – 41 Uninstallin g on Windows Vist a or Windows 7 1. Click Start > Control Panel . 2. Dou ble-c lick Progra ms and Feat ur es . 3. Click WD Smar tW are or the WD Smar tW ar e icon and click Uninstall/Ch ange at the top of the scr een. 4. Click Ye s at the Do you wish to pr[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL CHECKING DRIVE HE ALTH – 42 Checking Drive Health The files on your My Book drive are important to you. The WD SmartWar e softwar e has sever al built- in diagno stic tools to help ma ke sure that you r drive is perfor ming we ll. Run the following tests if you are concerned th at your dri ve is not operating proper[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL CHECKING DRIVE HE ALTH – 43 2. Cli ck the button for the test that you want to run: • Quick SMA R T Status • Quick Drive T est • Complete Drive T est[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 44 Using the Drive with a Mac The My B ook driv e is preformatte d as a single NTFS partitio n for comp atibility wit h all updated Windows o perating systems. T o use the drive with Mac O S X Leopard or Snow Leopard operating systems, and to use Time Machine, if you want, you must firs[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 45 3. V erify that the My Book ic on displays on your desktop, where “MY BOOK” is the name you assigned to the volume when yo u reformatted the drive for use with the Mac computer: 4. The first time you connect your My Book dr ive to your computer , a message ask s if you want to us[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 46 T o in stall WD +T URB O: 1. D ouble-clic k the My Book icon and then double- click the Extras folder on the screen that displays : 2. Dou ble-c lick the WD +T URBO Installe r ico n: 3. Click Install on the WD +TURB O Driver Installer scr een: 4. Read the license agreement and click [...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 47 6. T ype the passw or d th at you norm ally use to access the computer in the Password box and click OK : 7. As prompted, when the inst all ation comple tes, click Ye s to r estart the computer: 8. When the co mputer rest arts, the My Book icon now lo oks like this, wh ere “ MY BOO[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 48 2. The WD SmartW are Software Installer screen displays: 3. Click Conti nue to Ins tall and the installer utility will detect that the WD SmartW are software is not inst alled: 4. Click Insta ll WD S mart W ar e to begin the installati on. 5. Read the license agreement and click Ac c[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 49 The WD SmartW ar e Home Sc r een On the Home screen, you can modify the prim a ry drive being categorized with the drop- down selectio n box under the name o f your co mputer . If you select a d iffer ent drive, the system will identify the categories of files on that drive. Then cli[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 50 Note that: • The Syste m category , shown ag ainst a dark gray background, include s all of your operating system files that are not available for back up. Files that ar e not bac ked up in clude sy stem f iles, program f iles, ap plicatio ns, and working files. • The Re trieved [...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 51 • D ouble-cli cking WD S martW are in the Applications list: Checkin g Drive St atus Use the WD SmartW ar e icon to determine whet her the drive is lo cked (encrypted), how full the drive i s, the drive’ s seria l number , and the temperature condition of th e drive: 1. Click the[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 52 c. At the Y our dr ive is n ow unlocked prompt, click Exi t to close the WD Sma rtW ar e Drive Unlock screen. d. Repeat step 1 to see the dr ive status. Safely Dismount ing the Drive Y ou can safel y dismount the drive using either the: • WD Smar tW are i con • My Bo ok icon • [...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 53 Using the My Boo k Icon T o safel y dismou nt t he dri ve usin g the My B ook icon: 1. Rig ht- or cont rol-click the My B ook icon on the desktop and cli ck Eject “MY BO OK ” where “MY BOOK” i s the name you assigned to the volume when you reformatted the driv e for use o n a[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 54 Automat ically . Whenever yo u shut down and restart your co mputer , o r disconnect and reconnect the drive to your c omputer , the WD Smar tW ar e software displays the WD Sma rtW a r e drive unlock screen: T o unlock your drive: 1. T ype your passwor d in the Password box. 2. Clic[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 55 Unlocking the Driv e Without the WD SmartW ar e Software Whenever you connect your p asswor d-protected d riv e t o a com put er th at d oes no t h ave the WD SmartWare softwar e installed, you can use the WD SmartW are Drive Unlock utilit y to un lock t he drive there. The WD Sm art[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WI TH A MAC – 56 Uninstallin g WD SmartWar e Software T o uninstall the WD SmartW are s oftware: 1. D ouble-clic k the My Boo k icon on t he deskt op or WD Smart W ar e in the A pplicatio ns list and double- click the Extras f older on the screen that displ ays: 2. Doubl e-click the WD SmartWare Unin[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL T ROUBLE SHOOTI NG – 57 T r oubleshooting This chapt er incl udes th e 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 oduct, r efer to this t roub leshoo ting sect ion or visi t our su pport websi te at support.w[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL T ROUBLE SHOOTI NG – 58 Q: Why doe s the drive no t power up ? A: Be sure the drive is plug ged in to a powe r source. A special cable may be needed for computers wi th limited bus po wer . For more information i n the U.S., visit our websi te at store.westerndigital.com . Outside the U.S., contact WD T echnical Sup[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER – 59 Installing the SES Driver If you decid e to not install the WD Sma rtW are software, you must have an SES dri ver installed o n computers runni ng Windows to keep the hardware popup wizard from displaying every time you connect your My B ook dr ive to your compu ter . Note: The SES D r[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER – 60 4. Select Inst all the s oftwar e automatica lly and click Next : 5. When the installation comp letes, click Finish :[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER – 61 Installing t he Driver Manually If your computer is not connected to the Internet, install the driver manuall y: 1. On the Found New Hardwar e Wizard s creen, select No, not this time to inh ibi t a connection attempt to Windows Update: 2. Click Next to continue. 3. Select Inst all fr [...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER – 62 d. Click Next : 5. When the installation comp letes, click Finish :[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER – 63 Installing on Windows V ista Comput ers After you physi cally connect the dri ve as shown i n Figure 4 on page 6, the Found New Hardwar e scr een displ ays. Note: If Au toplay i s enabled, t wo addition al scr eens might appear at the same time as the Foun d New Hardwa re scr een. If t[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER – 64 Installing t he Driver Manually If your computer is not connected to the Internet, install the driver manuall y: 1. O n th e Fo un d Ne w H a rdw are w i za rd s cre en , cl ic k Locate and in stall d river soft war e : 2. On the F ound New Hardware - WD S ES Device wizard scr een, cli[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER – 65 4. Brows e to Computer and: a. Dou ble-clic k the My Boo k driv e. b. Dou ble-clic k the Extras fo lder . c. Se le ct W D SES Devi ce Driver . d. Click Next : 5. When the installation comp letes, click Close :[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER – 66 Installing on Windows 7 Computers After you physi cally connect the drive as shown in Figur e 4 on page 6, use t he Windows 7 Computer Management utility to install the SES driv er: 1. Open All Pr ograms and click Compu ter > Manage : 2. Under Computer Ma nagement (L ocal) , click D[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER – 67 3. Click Browse my com puter for driver softw are . 4. Brows e to Computer , double- click the My Book driv e, doub le-click th e Extras folder , and s elec t WD SES Devic e Drive r : 5. Click Next . 6. When the installation comp letes, click Close :[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL COMPLIANCE AND W ARRANTY INFORMATION – 68 Compliance and W arranty Information This a ppendix includ es the foll owing topics: Regulatory Co mpliance Envir onmental Compliance (Chi na) W arranty Informatio n Regulator y Compliance FCC Class B Inform ation This device has been tested and found to co mply with the lim[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL COMPLIANCE AND W ARRANTY INFORMATION – 69 KCC Notice (Repu blic of Korea only) Class B D evice 1 Please note that thi s device has been a pproved for non-business purposes and may be used in any envi r onment, in cluding r esidential ar eas. Envir onmental Compli ance (China) Wa r r a n t y I n f o r m a t i o n Obt[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL COMPLIANCE AND W ARRANTY INFORMATION – 70 Limited W arranty WD warrants that the Product, in the course of its normal use, will for the term defined below , be fr ee from defects in materia l and workmanship and will conform to WD’ s specific ation therefor . The term of your limi ted warranty depends on the c oun[...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL INDEX – 7 1 Index A Acces sories , optional 2 Alerts, flashing icon 33 B Backup about ba ckin g up files 16 files content box 19 procedure 18 , 19 Box cont ents 2 C CAUTION about erasing the drive 38 about lost passwor ds 27 about preventing data loss when dis- connecting 33 , 52 about your unlocked driv e 28 China [...]

MY BOOK ESSE NTIAL USER MANUAL INDEX – 7 2 P Password protecting your drive 27 CAUTION about lost passwords 27 Physical de scription 3 Pictures file category, d efined 13 , 17 Power button 4 , 53 Precautions fo r handling the drive 5 Preferences optio ns, setting 35 Preferences sof tware setting 34 Product features 1 Produc t regis trati on 5 Q Q[...]

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