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- Page 2 Accessing Online Support Visit our product support website at support.wdc.com and choose from these topics: ▪ – Register your WD product to get the latest updates and special offers at: register.wdc.com Registration ▪ –Download software and updates for your WD product at: support.wdc.com/downloads Downloads ▪...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents _________ Accessing Online Support.................ii _________ 1 About Your WD Drive..................1 Features..........................1 Kit Contents........................2 Optional Accessories....................... 2 Operating System Compatibility..................2 Disk Drive Format......................3 Physical Description......................3 USB 3.0 Interface......................... 3 Power/Activity LED......................3 Registering Your Drive.....................4 Handling Precautions.......................4 _________ 2 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started.......... - Page 4 _________ 6 Locking and Unlocking the Drive............... 18 Password Protecting the Drive..................18 Unlocking the Drive......................19 With the WD Security or WD Drive Utilities Software........... 19 With the WD Drive Unlock Utility..................20 Changing Your Password....................20 Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature................21 _________ 7 Managing and Customizing the Drive............22 Checking Drive Health....................22...
- Page 5 Environmental Compliance (China)................33 Warranty Information.....................33 Obtaining Service......................33 Limited Warranty.......................34 Australia/New Zealand..................... 35 Warranty..........................35 Obtaining Service......................36 GNU General Public License (“GPL”)................36 ™ My Passport User Manual...
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Page 6: Features
About Your WD Drive About Your WD Drive Welcome to your My Passport portable hard drive. This drive offers high capacity ™ in a sleek portable device. It features ultra-fast USB 3.0 connectivity, local and cloud backup, and password protection to help protect your files from unauthorized use. This introductory chapter includes the following topics: Features Kit Contents... -
Page 7: Kit Contents
About Your WD Drive Kit Contents As shown in figure 1, your My Passport drive kit includes the following: Figure 1: My Passport Portable Hard Drive Kit Components ▪ My Passport portable hard drive, with the WD Discovery, WD Backup, WD Security and WD Drive Utilities software ▪... -
Page 8: Disk Drive Format
About Your WD Drive Disk Drive Format Your My Passport drive is formatted as a single NTFS partition for compatibility with all updated Windows operating systems. If you want to use the drive with a Mac computer, see Reformatting the Drive and Troubleshooting. -
Page 9: Registering Your Drive
About Your WD Drive Registering Your Drive Always register your My Passport drive to get the latest updates and special offers. You can easily register your drive using the WD Discovery software. Another way is to register online at http:/ /register.wdc.com. -
Page 10: Connecting The Drive
Connecting the Drive and Getting Started 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. - Page 11 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started 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. ™...
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Page 12: Installing Wd Discovery
WD Discovery WD Discovery The WD Discovery application, a collection of drive management tools such as WD Security and WD Backup, can be installed from your My Passport drive. WD Discovery is a tray application; a small icon appears in the Windows system tray in the lower right-hand corner of the screen. -
Page 13: Using Wd Discovery
WD Discovery Using WD Discovery By default, the WD Discovery application is visible in the system tray. If it suddenly seems to be missing, it is likely the application has been "unpinned," which means the application is running in a window. It is recommended that you register your drive as soon as possible. - Page 14 WD Discovery ™ My Passport User Manual...
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Page 15: How The Backup Function Works
The WD Backup software will not backup files that have specific: Excluded Files— ▪ Attributes: reparsePoint, temporary ▪ Names: \AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows, [CommonApplicationData] \Western Digital\, [CommonApplicationData]\Microsoft\Windows\Caches\, config.msi, MSOCache, ntuser.dat, ntuser.ini, [RecycleBin], $recycle.bin, recycler, ™ My Passport User Manual... -
Page 16: Backing Up Files
Backing Up Files [Root]\Drivers\, [Root]\Temp\, System Volume Information, WD Backup.swstore, .WD Hidden Items, WD SmartWare.swstor, [Windows] ▪ Extensions: .ds_store, .temp, .tmp, .wdsync ▪ Start value: ~ ▪ End values: desktop.ini, .dropbox, .dropbox.attr, hiberfil.sys, -journal, pagefile.sys, thumbs.db Backing Up Files 1. Open the Select your WD storage device or cloud service dialog by clicking either: ▪... - Page 17 Backing Up Files 4. On the Automatic Backup Schedule screen, select the option for the automatic backup schedule that you want: Selecting . . . Configures automatic backups . . . Hourly Every hour, on the hour, 24 hours/day, 7 days/ week.
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Page 18: Configuring Your Cloud Service Account
Backing Up Files to back up. Note that selecting the check box for a folder automatically selects the check boxes for all of the files and subfolders in the folder. c. Clear the check box for each file and folder that you do not want to include in the backup. - Page 19 Backing Up Files 3. Click Next to display the connection dialog for your Dropbox account: 4. On the connection dialog: a. Click Sign In. The WD Backup software initiates a connection request on your behalf and uses your Web browser to access the Dropbox website. b.
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Page 21: How The Restore Function Works
Restoring Files Restoring Files This chapter includes the following topics: How the Restore Function Works Restoring Files How the Restore Function Works The WD Backup software makes it easy for you to restore backed up files from your backup target device to either: ▪... - Page 22 Restoring Files IF you want to restore files to . . . THEN select . . . The WD Backup software closes the Select Location screen and displays the path to the selected folder on the Restore dialog. c. Click Select Files to Restore to display the Restore Files screen with the earliest backup selected by default in the View files from list.
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Page 23: Locking And Unlocking The Drive
UNLESS you selected the Enable auto unlock for this computer... check box when you created your password Not all of Western Digital's products contain active data encryption. For some markets, like Russia, the encryption is disabled and cannot be enabled by the end user. -
Page 24: Unlocking The Drive
Locking and Unlocking the Drive When you create a password, the drive begins to protect your data. Note: This listing appears: ▪ The next time you shut down and restart your computer ▪ When you remove and reconnect the My Passport drive ▪... -
Page 25: With The Wd Drive Unlock Utility
Locking and Unlocking the Drive a. Type your password in the Password box. b. Click Unlock Drive. With the WD Drive Unlock Utility Whenever you connect your password-protected drive to a computer that does not have the WD Security or WD Drive Utilities software installed, you can use the WD Drive Unlock utility to unlock the drive. -
Page 26: Turning Off The Drive Lock Feature
Locking and Unlocking the Drive ▪ Locks the drive when you shut down your computer, disconnect your drive, or your computer goes into the sleep mode ▪ Requires you to type your password to unlock the drive when you restart your computer or reconnect your drive, UNLESS you selected the Enable auto unlock for this computer... -
Page 27: Managing And Customizing The Drive
Managing and Customizing the Drive Managing and Customizing the Drive This chapter includes the following topics: Checking Drive Health Safely Disconnecting the Drive Turning Off the LED Erasing the Drive Registering the Drive Restoring the WD Software The My Passport software makes it easy for you to manage and customize your drive for the best possible performance: ▪... -
Page 28: Safely Disconnecting The Drive
Managing and Customizing the Drive inconvenience. Then, run all three whenever you encounter disk error conditions when writing or accessing files. 1. To run WD Drive Utilities: ▪ If you have WD Discovery installed and open, you can run WD Drive Utilities by going to the Apps tab, finding the application and clicking Open ▪... -
Page 29: Using The Drive Erase Function
Managing and Customizing the Drive IF your drive is . . . AND you . . . THEN see . . . Not locked, Want to erase the drive, Using the Drive Erase Function. Locked Have forgotten or lost your Using Five Invalid Passwords password and must erase the drive,... -
Page 30: Registering The Drive
Managing and Customizing the Drive 2. Entering the fifth invalid password displays a too many password attempts dialog, depending on the application you used to open the Unlock Drive dialog: ▪ Using the WD Security or WD Drive Utilities software ▪... - Page 31 Managing and Customizing the Drive If you ever need to remove and reinstall the WD software on your computer, or move the drive to another computer and install the software there, you will need to restore the WD software on your drive. To do this, after you have erased or reformatted the drive, go to http:/ /support.wdc.com and see Knowledge Base...
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Page 32: Managing And Customizing The Software
Managing and Customizing the Software Managing and Customizing the Software This chapter includes the following topics: Checking for Software Updates Uninstalling the WD Software Checking for Software Updates If an update is available, follow the on-screen download and installation instructions: Software Procedure WD Backup... -
Page 33: Uninstalling The Wd Software
Managing and Customizing the Software Uninstalling the WD Software Use the Windows Add or Remove Programs function to uninstall the WD software from your computer. 1. Go to the Control Panel. 2. Select Programs and Features category; in some versions of Windows, this is called simply "Programs". -
Page 34: Using The Drive With A Mac Computer
Using the Drive with a Mac Computer Using the Drive with a Mac Computer The My Passport drive is formatted as a single NTFS partition for compatibility with updated Windows operating systems. To use the drive on Mac OS X operating systems, and to use Time Machine, if you want, you must reformat the drive to a single HFS+J partition. -
Page 35: Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting 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 http:/ /support.wdc.com and search our knowledge base for more help. - Page 36 Troubleshooting Why won't my computer boot when I connect Depending on your system configuration, your my USB drive to the computer before booting? computer might try to boot from your WD portable USB drive. Refer to your system’s motherboard BIOS setting documentation to disable this feature or visit http:/ / support.wdc.com...
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Page 37: Compliance And Warranty Information
Compliance and Warranty Information Compliance and Warranty Information This appendix includes the following topics: Regulatory Compliance Environmental Compliance (China) Warranty Information Regulatory Compliance FCC Class B Information Operation of this device is subject to the following conditions: ▪ This device may not cause harmful interference. ▪... -
Page 38: Ce Compliance For Europe
Council Directives of the European Union, including the EMC Directive (2014/30/ EU), Low Voltage Directive (2014/35/EU) and RoHS Directive (2011/65/EU). A “Declaration of Conformity” in accordance with the applicable directives has been made and is on file at Western Digital Europe. KC Notice (Republic of Korea only) 기종별... -
Page 39: Limited Warranty
Compliance and Warranty Information you will be given an RMA number and instructions for Product return. An unauthorized return (i.e., one for which an RMA number has not been issued) will be returned to you at your expense. Authorized returns must be shipped in an approved shipping container, prepaid and insured, to the address provided on your return paperwork. -
Page 40: Australia/New Zealand
Compliance and Warranty Information Australia/New Zealand Nothing in this warranty modifies or excludes your legal rights under the Australian Competition and Consumer Act or the New Zealand Consumer Guarantees Act. This warranty identifies WD’s preferred approach to resolving warranty claims which is likely to be quick and simple for all parties. -
Page 41: Obtaining Service
Firmware incorporated into this product may include third party copyrighted software licensed under the GPL or Lesser General Public License (“LGPL”) (collectively, “GPL Software”) and not Western Digital’s End User License Agreement. In accordance with the GPL, if applicable: 1) the source code for the GPL Software may be downloaded at no charge from http:/ /support.wdc.com... - Page 42 /support.wdc.com. Modification of or tampering with the Software, including but not limited to any Open Source Software, is solely at your own risk. Western Digital is not responsible for any such modification or tampering. Western Digital will not support any product in which you have or have attempted to modify the Software supplied by Western Digital.
- Page 43 Index Australia/New Zealand Handling precautions Hardware Backup about backing up files ICES-003/NMB-003 compliance procedure Indicator light Box contents Kit contents CAUTION about erasing the drive lost passwords China RoHS, environmental compliance LED indicator Cloud service, configuring Limited warranty Compatibility with operating systems Compliance, regulatory Converting drive format Creating a password...
- Page 44 Unlocking the drive from the virtual CD 20, with the WD Security software USB interface Warranty information Warranty Information service, obtaining 33, WD Drive Utilities software Drive Erase dialog Register Your Device dialog WD Software, downloading and restoring ™ My Passport User Manual...
- Page 45 WD, the WD logo, My Passport, WD Discovery, WD Backup, WD Drive Utilities and WD Security are registered trademarks or trademarks of Western Digital Corporation or its affiliates in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. Picture shown may vary from actual product.