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    External Desktop My Book® Essential™ User Manual My Book Essential User Manual
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    services, remember to register your product online at http://register.wdc.com. Accessing Online Support Visit our product support website at support.wdc.com and choose from these topics: • Downloads-Download drivers +31 880062100 Indonesia Japan Korea Malaysia Philippines Singapore Taiwan 1 800 42
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    Table of Contents MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUALL WD Service and Support ii Accessing Online Support ii Contacting WD Technical Support ii 1 About Your WD Drive 1 Features 1 Kit Contents 2 Optional Accessories 2 Operating System Compatibility 3 Disk Drive Format 3 Physical Description 3
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUALL 5 Locking and Unlocking the Drive 27 Password Protecting the Drive 27 Unlocking the Drive 28 Unlocking the Drive with the WD SmartWare Software 29 Unlocking the Drive Without the WD SmartWare Software 29 Changing Your Password 30 Turning Off the Drive Lock
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    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 Driver Automatically 59 Installing the Driver Manually 61 Installing on Windows
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 11 About Your WD Drive Welcome to your My Book® Essential external hard drive, an elegant, high-capacity storage solution for all the chapters of your digital life. Our latest edition features visual, easy-to-use, automatic, continuous backup software and drive lock
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    kit includes the following: • My Book Essential external hard drive • WD SmartWare software (included on the drive) • USB cable • AC adapter • Quick Install Guide USB Cable Quick Install Guide AC Adapter My Book Essential Drive Figure 1. My Book Drive Kit Components Optional Accessories For
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    BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Operating System Compatibility Your My Book Essential drive and service pack drive with a Mac computer, see "Reformatting the Drive" on page 44 and "Troubleshooting" on page 57. Physical Description As shown in Figure 2 and Figure 3 on page 4, the My Book Essential drive
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Power Button USB 3.0 Kensington® Security Slot Power Connector Figure 3. Back of the My Book Essential Drive Power/Activity LED The power/activity LED shows the drive's power state and activity as follows: LED Appearance On steady Fast flashing, approximately 3
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Kensington® Security Slot For drive security, the Kensington security slot accepts a standard Kensington security cable (sold separately). For more information about the Kensington security slot and available products, visit www.kensington.com. Registering the Drive
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 12 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started This chapter provides instructions for connecting the drive to your computer and installing WD SmartWare software. It includes the following topics: Connecting the Drive Getting Started with the WD SmartWare Software Getting
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    BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Note: If you have reformatted the drive for use on a Mac computer, skip the rest of this procedure and see "Connecting the Drive and Getting Started" on page 44 instead. 4. Verify that the new My Book drive the drive installs the proper driver for your My Book drive. 6.
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 8. Continue to "Getting Started with the WD SmartWare Windows Vista or Windows 7 with AutoRun (AutoPlay) disabled, open Computer, click to open the My Book drive listing in Windows Explorer and double-click the WD SmartWare application file to display the Welcome to
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 4. After the software installation completes: IF you clicked . . . at step the getting started procedure after selecting Retrieve a backup. Note: The initial Backup and Drive Settings screens only appear one time-the first time you install the WD SmartWare software
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Figure 6. Initial Backup Screen WD SmartWare Initial Drive Settings Screen Figure 7. Initial Drive Settings Screens Drive Management Initial Drive Settings Screen CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED - 10
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 6. After password protecting or registering your drive, click Continue to close the WD SmartWare initial Drive Settings screen and display the WD SmartWare Home screen (Figure 8). This completes the getting started procedure after selecting Install WD SmartWare and
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Figure 9. Drive Management Home Screen WD SmartWare Overview The WD SmartWare software is an easy-to-use tool that gives you the power to: • Secure your drive-In drive settings, create a password to protect your drive from unauthorized access or data theft. • Protect
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    BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL WD SmartWare Home Screen The WD SmartWare Home screen provides four tab-selected options: • Home-Provides a Content Gauge with the capacity of each hard drive for Answer ID 3644 in the WD Knowledge Base at http://support.wdc.com. Note that: • The System category, shown
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 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 drive properties. This space is not available for backups. Note: The small number of files that are shown in the Additional Files
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Getting Started Without the WD SmartWare Software If you do not install the WD SmartWare software, you can still use your My Book as an external hard drive. In this case, however, you will not be able to: • Protect your data with automatic continuous backups (see "
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    BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Book drive-music, movies, photos, documents, e-mail, and other files. Note: One installation of the WD SmartWare software supports up to three backup drives file that is created on your computer or copied to your hard drive • Existing file that is changed in any way This
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Figure 10. Backup Screen In the Content Gauges for your computer's disk drives, the categories of files that would be included in the backup if you click Start Backup are shown where a: • Light blue background in the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Note that: • The System category, shown against a dark gray background for Answer ID 3644 in the WD Knowledge Base at http://support.wdc.com. To back up other internal hard drives, click the Home tab and select the drive. Backing It All Up To back up all of your computer
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    tab to display the Home screen. b. Click the WDStore link in the WD Online box to view the Western Digital Online Store website. c. Click External Hard Drives and select the best drive to suit your future requirements. 5. If you clicked Stop Backup at step 3, the Stop backup? confirmation prompt
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 2. In the backup files content box: • Select the check want to exclude from the backup 3. Click Apply Changes to refresh the Content Gauge for your My Book drive. 4. Click Start Backup to back up the selected categories of files. Changing the Backup Software Settings
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Figure 12. Software Settings Screen Specifying the Number of Backup Versions. The WD SmartWare software can keep up to 25 older versions of each file.
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Pausing Backups Until Your Computer is Idle. A large backup can take a lot of time, and can consume a lot of your system processing resources. The WD
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 14 Retrieving Backed Up Files This chapter includes the following topics: software makes it easy for you to retrieve files that have been backed up on your My Book drive and copy them to either: • Their original locations on your computer • A special retrieve folder
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Figure 13. Retrieve Screen Figure 14. Select a Destination for Retrieved Files Screen RETRIEVING BACKED UP FILES - 24
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Figure 15. Select Content to Retrieve Screen 4. On the Select content to retrieve... screen, select Retrieve Some Files to display the retrieve files selection box (
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Figure 16. Retrieve Files Selection Box 7. During the retrieve: • The have sufficient disk space to complete the retrieve. Retrieving a Folder To retrieve a folder from your drive, and all of the files within a folder, which may be across multiple categories, in the
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 15 Locking and Unlocking the Drive This chapter includes the following topics: Password Protecting the Drive Unlocking the Drive Changing Your Password Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature Password Protecting the Drive You should password protect your drive if you are
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 3. On the Drive Settings screen, click Security to display the Set Security Settings to save your password and enable password protection for your drive. CAUTION! After creating a password, the drive remains unlocked for as long as you continue your current work session
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Unlocking the Drive with the WD SmartWare Software Whenever you shut down and restart your computer, or disconnect and reconnect the drive to your computer, the WD SmartWare software displays a Drive is locked message in place of the Content Gauge for your My Book drive
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL To unlock the drive without the WD SmartWare software installed: 1. Start the WD SmartWare Drive Unlock utility by either: • Using your computer's file management utility to open the WD Unlock virtual CD and double-clicking the Unlock.exe file • Clicking
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 5. Type a hint to help remind yourself of your new password in the New password hint box. 6. Click Update Security Settings to change your password. Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature To remove password protection from your drive: 1. Click Security on either the WD
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 16 Managing and Customizing Your Drive This chapter includes the following topics: Using the WD SmartWare Icon Opening the WD SmartWare Software Checking Drive Status Monitoring Icon Alerts Safely Disconnecting the Drive Customizing Your Software Settings Customizing
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    not understand (non-Windows format in a Windows environment). Overheated. Power down the drive and let it cool for 60 minutes. Power it back on, and if the problem persists, contact WD Support. Safely Disconnecting the Drive CAUTION! To prevent data loss, close all active windows and applications
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    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 by: • Specifying the number of backup versions that you want to keep for each file •
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Setting the Preferences Option When enabled, each time you reconnect your My Book drive to your computer, the Preferences from accessing the files on your drive. • Registration-Register your drive to receive free technical support during the warranty period and find out
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    BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL To customize your drive settings for the best possible performance, on either the WD SmartWare Drive Settings screen or the drive management Drive drive, Change your password, Remove password protection from your drive, Register your drive to receive free technical support
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Registering the Drive The WD SmartWare software uses your computer's Internet connection to register your drive. To register your drive to receive free technical support during the warranty period and be kept up-to-date on the latest WD products: 1. Make sure that your
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    need any of the data on your drive before erasing the drive. Note: Erasing your drive also deletes the WD SmartWare software and all of the support files, utilities, online help and user manual files. You can download these to restore your My Book to its original configuration after erasing the
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Using the Drive Unlock Utility. To erase your My Book when the drive is locked and you have forgotten or lost your password: 1. Either: • Click the My Book image above the Drive is locked prompt on the Home screen to display the WD SmartWare drive unlock screen: • Start
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL After the drive erase operation completes, go to support.wdc.com and see Knowledge Base Answer ID #5419 for information about downloading and restoring the WD SmartWare software and disk image on your My Book drive. Note: Erasing your drive also removes your password.
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    and Disk Image In addition to deleting all of the data on your My Book drive, erasing or reformatting the drive also removes the WD SmartWare software and all of the support files, utilities, online help and user manual files. If you ever need to remove and reinstall the WD SmartWare software on
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    status check completes within a second or two. Your My Book drive has a built-in Data Lifeguard diagnostic utility that tests the drive for error conditions. The quick drive test checks the drive for major performance problems. The result of a quick drive test is a pass or fail evaluation of the
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    2. Click the button for the test that you want to run: • Quick SMART Status • Quick Drive Test • Complete Drive Test MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL CHECKING DRIVE HEALTH - 43
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    3323 for Mac OS X • 1364 for FAT32 See "Troubleshooting" on page 57 for more information about reformatting a drive. Restoring the WD SmartWare Software and Disk Image After you have reformatted your My Book drive for use on Mac computers, go to support.wdc.com and see Knowledge Base Answer ID #5419
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    software, click Cancel. b. If you do want to use the Time Machine backup software, click Use as Backup Disk. The My Book icon now displays as: Your My Book drive is now ready to use as an external storage device. You can enhance its performance by installing the following software that is on the
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL To install WD +TURBO: 1. Double-click the My Book icon and then double-click the Extras folder on the screen that displays: 2. Double-click the WD +TURBO Installer icon: 3. Click Install on the WD +TURBO Driver Installer screen: 4. Read the license agreement and click
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    the computer restarts, the My Book icon now looks like this, where "MY BOOK" is the name you assigned to the volume when you reformatted the drive for use with the Mac computer: Your My Book drive is now ready to use as an enhanced-performance external storage device. Installing the WD SmartWare
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    2. The WD SmartWare Software Installer screen displays: MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 3. Click Continue to Install and the installer utility will detect that the WD SmartWare software is completes, the WD SmartWare Home screen displays (see Figure 18 on page 49). USING THE DRIVE WITH A MAC - 48
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Figure 18. WD SmartWare Home Screen The WD SmartWare Home Screen On the Home screen, you can modify the primary drive being categorized with the dropdown selection box under the name of your computer. If you select a different drive, the system will identify the
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Note that: • The System category, shown against a dark gray category. 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 drive properties. This space is not available for backups.
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    WD SmartWare in the Applications list: MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Checking Drive Status Use the WD SmartWare icon to determine whether the drive is locked (encrypted), how full the drive is, the drive's serial number, and the temperature condition of the drive: 1. Click the WD SmartWare icon to
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL c. At the Your drive is now unlocked prompt, click Exit to close the WD SmartWare Drive Unlock screen. d. Repeat step 1 to see the drive status. Safely Dismounting the Drive You can safely dismount the drive using either the: • WD SmartWare icon • My Book icon • Drive
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Using the My Book Icon To safely dismount the drive using the My Book icon: 1. Right- or control-click the My Book icon on the desktop and click Eject "MY BOOK" where "MY BOOK" is the name you assigned to the volume when you reformatted the drive for use on a Mac
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    , you can use either the: • WD Unlocker VCD as described in "Unlocking the Drive Without the WD SmartWare Software" on page 55 • My Book icon To unlock the drive manually, using the WD SmartWare icon: 1. Click the WD SmartWare icon in the bar at the top-right corner of the screen. 2. Select the My
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Unlocking the Drive Without the WD SmartWare Software Whenever you connect your password-protected drive to a computer that does not have the WD SmartWare software installed, you can use the WD SmartWare Drive Unlock utility to unlock the drive there. The WD SmartWare
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    you will need to restart the backup job manually after reinstalling the software as uninstalling deletes all existing backup job configurations. (See "Backing Up Your Computer Files" on page 16.) To uninstall the WD SmartWare software: 1. Double-click the My Book icon on the desktop or WD SmartWare
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 19 Troubleshooting This chapter includes the following topics: Installing, Partitioning, and Formatting the Drive Frequently Asked Questions If you have problems installing or using this product, refer to this troubleshooting section or visit our support website at
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Q: Why does the drive not power up? A: Be sure the drive is plugged in support.wdc.com and see Knowledge Base answer ID 1201. For more information about booting from external drives, refer to your system documentation or contact your system manufacturer. TROUBLESHOOTING
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 1A Installing the SES Driver If you decide to not install the WD SmartWare software, you must have an SES driver installed on computers running Windows to keep the hardware popup wizard from displaying every time you connect your My Book drive to your computer. Note:
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    4. 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
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    the driver manually: 1. On the Found New Hardware Wizard screen, select No, not this time to inhibit a connection attempt to Windows Update: 2. Click Next to continue. 3. Select Install from a list or specific location and click Next: 4. Browse to My Computer and: a. Double-click the My Book drive
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    d. Click Next: MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 5. When the installation completes, click Finish: INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER - 62
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Installing on Windows Vista Computers After you physically connect the drive as shown in Figure 4 on to the Internet. 2. On the Found New Hardware wizard screen, click Locate and install driver software: 3. On the Found New Hardware - WD SES Device wizard screen, click
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Installing the Driver Manually If your computer is not connected to the Internet, install the driver manually: 1. On the Found New Hardware wizard screen, click Locate and install driver software: 2. On the Found New Hardware - WD SES Device wizard screen, click Don't
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    4. Browse to Computer and: a. Double-click the My Book drive. b. Double-click the Extras folder. c. Select WD SES Device Driver. d. Click Next: MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 5. When the installation completes, click Close: INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER - 65
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    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 driver: 1. Open All Programs and click Computer > Manage: 2. Under Computer Management (Local),
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    3. Click Browse my computer for driver software. MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 4. Browse to Computer, double-click the My Book drive, double-click the Extras folder, and select WD SES Device Driver: 5. Click Next. 6. When the installation completes, click Close: INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER - 67
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 1B , if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio or television reception. with the applicable directives has been made and is on file at Western Digital Europe. GS Mark (Germany only) Machine noise - regulation 3.
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    Republic of Korea only) MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Class B Device 1 Please support website at support.wdc.com for information on how to obtain service or a Return Material Authorization (RMA). If it is determined that the Product may be defective, you will be given an RMA number and instructions
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    MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL Limited Warranty WD warrants that the Product, in the course of removing external enclosures, unless the product is on the list of limited user-serviceable products and the specific alteration is within the scope of the applicable instructions, as found at support.wdc.
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    eraser 38 file history 34 registration 37 security 27 sleep timer 37 E Environmental compliance, China 69 Erase Drive screen 38, 40 Erasing the drive 38 CAUTION about erasing the drive 38 MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL F FAQs USBs 57 FCC Class B information 68 File categories, defined 13, 17 history
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    Space available on a Mac 56 on Windows 32 Settings MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL See Drive Settings Status check 32 on a Mac 56 on Windows 32 System the drive from the virtual CD on a Mac 33 on Windows 33 USB drive interface 4 V Virtual CD unlocking the drive from 55 W Warranty 69 WD service 69 WD
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    right to change specifications at any time without notice. Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, My Book, and My Passport are registered trademarks and My Passport Essential, WD SmartWare, and Data Lifeguard are trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Other marks may be mentioned herein that
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