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MY PASSPORT USER MANUAL 11 About Your WD Drive Welcome to your My Passport® portable 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 security protection. My Passport offers high capacity in a sleek portable drive. It features ultra-fast USB 3.0 connectivity, automatic backup software, and password protection and hardware encryption to help protect your files from unauthorized use, with plenty of room to store all your files. This introductory chapter includes the following topics: Features Kit Contents Optional Accessories Operating System Compatibility Disk Drive Format Physical Description Registering Your Drive Handling Precautions Features Major features of the My Passport drive include: Ultra-fast transfer rates-When connected to a USB 3.0 port, My Passport lets you access and save files with blazing speed. Reduce transfer time by up to three times when compared to USB 2.0 transfer time.* *Performance may vary based on your hardware and system configuration. USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 compatibility-With this single drive you get compatibility with your USB 2.0 devices today and the ultra-fast speed of USB 3.0 when you are ready to step up to the next generation. High-capacity, small design-Offering up to 2 TB capacity in a compact drive, My Passport is the ideal companion for anyone with lots of videos, photos, music, and files that they want to protect and take on the road. WD SmartWareTM-Automatic, continuous backup software works quietly in the background to help protect your data using minimal PC resources. Whenever you add or change a file, it is instantly backed up. WD Security™-Set password protection and hardware encryption for your drive to help protect your files from unauthorized use or access. WD Drive Utilities™-Register your drive, set the drive sleep timer, run diagnostics, and more using WD Drive Utilities. USB-powered-Powered directly from the USB port on your PC. No separate power supply is needed. ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 1

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MY PASSPORT
USER MANUAL
ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE
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About Your WD Drive
Welcome to your My Passport
®
portable 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 security protection.
My Passport offers high capacity in a sleek portable drive. It features ultra-fast USB 3.0
connectivity, automatic backup software, and password protection and hardware
encryption to help protect your files from unauthorized use, with plenty of room to store
all your files.
This introductory chapter includes the following topics:
Features
Kit Contents
Optional Accessories
Operating System Compatibility
Disk Drive Format
Physical Description
Registering Your Drive
Handling Precautions
Features
Major features of the My Passport drive include:
Ultra-fast transfer rates
—When connected to a USB 3.0 port, My Passport lets you
access and save files with blazing speed. Reduce transfer time by up to three times
when compared to USB 2.0 transfer time.*
*Performance may vary based on your hardware and system configuration.
USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 compatibility
—With this single drive you get compatibility with
your USB 2.0 devices today and the ultra-fast speed of USB 3.0 when you are ready to
step up to the next generation.
High-capacity, small design
—Offering up to 2 TB capacity in a compact drive, My
Passport is the ideal companion for anyone with lots of videos, photos, music, and files
that they want to protect and take on the road.
WD SmartWare
TM
—Automatic, continuous backup software works quietly in the
background to help protect your data using minimal PC resources. Whenever you add or
change a file, it is instantly backed up.
WD Security™
—Set password protection and hardware encryption for your drive to
help protect your files from unauthorized use or access.
WD Drive Utilities™
—Register your drive, set the drive sleep timer, run diagnostics, and
more using WD Drive Utilities.
USB-powered
—Powered directly from the USB port on your PC. No separate power
supply is needed.
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