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MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 11 About Your WD Drive Welcome to your My Passport™ Essential™ or Essential SE ultra-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. WD's best-selling My Passport Essential and Essential SE USB ultra-portable hard drives feature WD SmartWare software that backs up your data automatically and continuously, shows your backup as it happens, and brings back lost files effortlessly. This introductory chapter includes the following topics: Features Kit Contents Optional Accessories Operating System Compatibility Disk Drive Format Physical Description Registering the Drive Handling Precautions Features Major features of the My Passport Essential and Essential SE drives include: Smaller, sleeker, more streamlined design-We've designed a smaller, high-quality integrated USB hard drive inside a stylish package in a variety of fun colors. WD SmartWare™ software-An easy-to-use backup solution for your drive that gives you the power to: • Protect your data automatically-Relax! Your data is secure. Automatic, continuous backup will instantly make a second copy whenever you add or change a file. • See your backup as it happens-Seeing is believing. Visual backup organizes and displays your content into categories and shows the progress of your backup. • Bring back lost files effortlessly-Retrieve your valuable data to its original location whether you've lost all your data, deleted a file, or just overwritten an important file. • Take control-Customize your backup, set drive security, run diagnostics, manage the power settings, and more from the WD SmartWare control center. • Drive lock-Gain peace of mind knowing that your data is protected from unauthorized access or theft with password protection and 256-bit hardwarebased encryption. USB 3.0 interface-A simple connection that offers convenience and compatibility among multiple computers. Power miser-My Passport portable drives are designed to save energy. WD GreenPower Technology™ lowers internal drive power consumption by up to 30%, a sleep mode reduces power during idle times, and a power-saving feature turns the drive on and off with your computer. ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 1

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MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE
USER MANUAL
ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE
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About Your WD Drive
Welcome to your My Passport™
Essential™ or Essential SE ultra-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.
WD's best-selling My Passport Essential and Essential SE USB ultra-portable hard
drives feature WD SmartWare software that backs up your data automatically and
continuously, shows your backup as it happens, and brings back lost files effortlessly.
This introductory chapter includes the following topics:
Features
Kit Contents
Optional Accessories
Operating System Compatibility
Disk Drive Format
Physical Description
Registering the Drive
Handling Precautions
Features
Major features of the My Passport Essential and Essential SE drives include:
Smaller, sleeker, more streamlined design
—We've designed a smaller, high-quality
integrated USB hard drive inside a stylish package in a variety of fun colors.
WD SmartWare™ software
—An easy-to-use backup solution for your drive that gives
you the power to:
•
Protect your data automatically—Relax! Your data is secure. Automatic,
continuous backup will instantly make a second copy whenever you add or
change a file.
•
See your backup as it happens—Seeing is believing. Visual backup organizes and
displays your content into categories and shows the progress of your backup.
•
Bring back lost files effortlessly—Retrieve your valuable data to its original
location whether you've lost all your data, deleted a file, or just overwritten an
important file.
•
Take control—Customize your backup, set drive security, run diagnostics,
manage the power settings, and more from the WD SmartWare control center.
•
Drive lock—Gain peace of mind knowing that your data is protected from
unauthorized access or theft with password protection and 256-bit hardware-
based encryption.
USB 3.0 interface
—A simple connection that offers convenience and compatibility
among multiple computers.
Power miser
—My Passport portable drives are designed to save energy.
WD GreenPower Technology™ lowers internal drive power consumption by up to 30%,
a sleep mode reduces power during idle times, and a power-saving feature turns the
drive on and off with your computer.
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