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MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 5 Locking and Unlocking the Drive 26 Password Protecting the Drive 26 Unlocking the Drive 27 Unlocking the Drive with the WD SmartWare Software 28 Unlocking the Drive Without the WD SmartWare Software 28 Changing Your Password 29 Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature 30 6 Managing and Customizing Your Drive 31 Using the WD SmartWare Icon 31 Opening the WD SmartWare Software 31 Checking Drive Status 31 Monitoring Icon Alerts 32 Safely Disconnecting the Drive 32 Customizing Your Software Settings 32 Specifying a Different Retrieve Folder 33 Setting the Preferences Option 33 Customizing Your Drive Settings 34 Registering the Drive 35 Setting the Drive Sleep Timer 35 Erasing the Drive 36 Enabling the Backup and Retrieve Functions 38 Uninstalling the WD SmartWare Software 38 Uninstalling on Windows XP 39 Uninstalling on Windows Vista or Windows 7 39 Restoring the WD SmartWare Software and Disk Image 39 7 Checking Drive Health 40 8 Using the Drive with a Mac 41 Reformatting the Drive 41 Restoring the WD SmartWare Software and Disk Image 41 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started 41 Enhancing Performance with WD +TURBO 42 Installing the WD SmartWare Software 44 The WD SmartWare Home Screen 46 Using the WD SmartWare Icon 47 Opening the WD SmartWare Software 47 Checking Drive Status 48 Safely Dismounting the Drive 49 Using the WD SmartWare Icon 49 Using the My Passport Icon 50 TABLE OF CONTENTS - iv

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MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE
USER MANUAL
TABLE OF CONTENTS
– iv
5
Locking and Unlocking the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
26
Password Protecting the Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Unlocking the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Unlocking the Drive with the WD SmartWare Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Unlocking the Drive Without the
WD SmartWare Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Changing Your Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
6
Managing and Customizing Your Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
31
Using the WD SmartWare Icon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Opening the WD SmartWare Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Checking Drive Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Monitoring Icon Alerts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Safely Disconnecting the Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Customizing Your Software Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Specifying a Different Retrieve Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Setting the Preferences Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Customizing Your Drive Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Registering the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Setting the Drive Sleep Timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Erasing the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Enabling the Backup and Retrieve Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Uninstalling the WD SmartWare Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Uninstalling on Windows XP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Uninstalling on Windows Vista or Windows 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Restoring the WD SmartWare Software and Disk Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
7
Checking Drive Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
40
8
Using the Drive with a Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
41
Reformatting the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Restoring the WD SmartWare Software and Disk Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Connecting the Drive and Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Enhancing Performance with WD +TURBO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Installing the WD SmartWare Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
The WD SmartWare Home Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Using the WD SmartWare Icon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Opening the WD SmartWare Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Checking Drive Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Safely Dismounting the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Using the WD SmartWare Icon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Using the My Passport Icon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50