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MY BOOK ELITE USER MANUAL 5 Locking and Unlocking Your Drive 31 Password Protecting Your Drive 31 Unlocking Your Drive 32 Unlocking Your Drive with the WD SmartWare Software 33 Unlocking Your Drive Without the WD SmartWare Software 33 Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature 34 Changing Your Password 35 6 Managing and Customizing Your Drive 36 Using the WD SmartWare Icon 36 Opening WD SmartWare Software 36 Checking Drive Status 36 Monitoring Icon Alerts 37 Safely Disconnecting the Drive 37 Using the WD SmartWare Icon 37 Using the Drive Power Button 37 Customizing Your Software Settings 38 Specifying a Different Retrieve Folder 38 Setting the Preferences Options 39 Customizing Your Drive Settings 39 Specifying a Name for Your Drive 41 Registering Your Drive 41 Setting the Drive Sleep Timer 42 Erasing Your Drive 42 Showing or Hiding the Virtual CD Icon 45 Enabling the Backup and Retrieve Functions 46 Uninstalling the WD SmartWare Software 46 Uninstalling on Windows XP 46 Uninstalling on Windows Vista or Windows 7 46 7 Checking Drive Health 47 8 Using the Drive with a Mac 49 Reformatting the Drive 49 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started 49 Enhancing Performance with WD +TURBO 50 Installing the WD SmartWare Software 52 Getting Started with the WD SmartWare Software 53 The WD SmartWare Home Screen 55 Using the WD SmartWare Icon 56 Opening the WD SmartWare Software 56 Checking Drive Status 57 TABLE OF CONTENTS - iv

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MY BOOK ELITE
USER MANUAL
TABLE OF CONTENTS – iv
5
Locking and Unlocking Your Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
31
Password Protecting Your Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Unlocking Your Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Unlocking Your Drive with the WD SmartWare Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Unlocking Your Drive Without the
WD SmartWare Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Changing Your Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
6
Managing and Customizing Your Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
36
Using the WD SmartWare Icon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Opening WD SmartWare Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Checking Drive Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Monitoring Icon Alerts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Safely Disconnecting the Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Using the WD SmartWare Icon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Using the Drive Power Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Customizing Your Software Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Specifying a Different Retrieve Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Setting the Preferences Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Customizing Your Drive Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Specifying a Name for Your Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Registering Your Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Setting the Drive Sleep Timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Erasing Your Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Showing or Hiding the Virtual CD Icon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Enabling the Backup and Retrieve Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Uninstalling the WD SmartWare Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Uninstalling on Windows XP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Uninstalling on Windows Vista or Windows 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
7
Checking Drive Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
47
8
Using the Drive with a Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
49
Reformatting the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Connecting the Drive and Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Enhancing Performance with WD +TURBO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Installing the WD SmartWare Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Getting Started with the WD SmartWare Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
The WD SmartWare Home Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Using the WD SmartWare Icon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Opening the WD SmartWare Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Checking Drive Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57