Western Digital easystore Portable User Manual - Page 8

Connecting the Drive and Getting Started 2 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started This chapter provides instructions for connecting the drive and installing the WD software on your computer. It includes the following topics: Connecting the Drive Getting Started with the WD Software Connecting the Drive 1. Turn on your computer. 2. Connect the drive to your computer as shown in figure 3. 3. Verify that the drive appears in your computer's file management utility listing. 4. If a Found New Hardware screen appears, click Cancel to close it. The WD software installs the proper driver for your drive. Your easystore drive is now ready to use as an external storage device. You can enhance its capabilities by installing the WD Discovery software that is on the drive: ▪ Once WD Discovery is open, WD Backup (Windows only) can be installed ▪ WD Drive Utilities is installed automatically with WD Discovery Figure 3: Connecting the easystore Drive Getting Started with the WD Software 1. For Windows, run WD Discovery.exe to install WD software to help you get a backup plan and modify drive settings. If you don't have internet connectivity, please install WD Backup™ and WD Drive Utilities™ from the WD Software Offline Installers > For Windows folder. 2. For Mac, open WD Discovery for Mac.dmg to install WD software to help modify drive settings. If you don't have internet connectivity, please install WD Drive Utilities™ from the WD Software Offline Installers > For Mac folder. easystore 4 User Manual