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- Page 1 Questo manuale d’istruzione è fornito da trovaprezzi.it. Scopri tutte le offerte per Western Digital My Passport SSD 256GB (WDBKVX2560PSL-WESN) o cerca il tuo prodotto tra le migliori offerte di Hard Disk esterni MY PASSPORT ™ Portable Hard Drive User Manual...
- Page 2 Accessing Online Support Visit our product support website at http:/ /support.wdc.com and choose from these topics: ▪ Download software and updates for your WD product Downloads — ▪ Register your WD product to get the latest updates and special offers at Registration —...
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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 3.1 Type-C Interface....................3 Registering Your Drive.....................3 Handling Precautions.......................3 _________ 2 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started.......... - Page 4 _________ 6 Managing and Customizing the Drive............17 Checking Drive Health....................17 Safely Disconnecting the Drive ..................18 Erasing the Drive......................18 Using the Drive Erase Function..................18 Using Five Invalid Passwords.................... 19 Registering the Drive....................20 Restoring the WD Software..................20 _________ 7 Managing and Customizing the Software..........21 Configuring Your Cloud Service Account..............21...
- Page 5 Australia/New Zealand..................... 31 Warranty..........................32 Obtaining Service......................33 My Passport SSD User Manual...
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Page 6: Features
About Your WD Drive About Your WD Drive Welcome to your My Passport SSD portable hard drive. This drive offers high ™ capacity in a sleek portable device. It features ultra-fast USB 3.1 connectivity, local and cloud backup, and password protection to help protect your files from unauthorized use. -
Page 7: Kit Contents
About Your WD Drive Kit Contents As shown in figure 1, your My Passport SSD drive kit includes the following: Figure 1: My Passport SSD Portable Hard Drive Kit Components ▪ My Passport SSD portable hard drive, with WD Discovery software (includes WD Backup, WD Security and WD Drive Utilities) ▪... -
Page 8: Disk Drive Format
About Your WD Drive For highest performance and reliability, always install the latest updates and service pack (SP). For Windows computers, go to the menu and select Start Windows . For Mac computers, go to the menu and select Update Apple Software Update Disk Drive Format... - Page 9 About Your WD Drive ▪ Do not move the drive during activity. My Passport SSD User Manual...
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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 set drive security and modify drive settings. If you don’t have internet connectivity, ™ ™ please install WD Security and WD Drive Utilities from the WD Software Offline Installers >...
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Page 12: 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 SSD User Manual... -
Page 13: 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 14 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.
- Page 15 Backing Up Files 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.
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Page 16: 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 17 Restoring Files 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. 3. On the Restore Files screen: a. In the View files from list, select the backup that has the files you want to restore.
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Page 18: Password Protecting 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 19: 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 SSD drive ▪... -
Page 20: With The Wd Drive Unlock Utility
Locking and Unlocking the Drive 2. If you have more than one supported device connected to your computer, select the one that is locked to display the Unlock Drive dialog. 3. On the Unlock Drive dialog: a. Type your password in the Password box. b. -
Page 21: Turning Off The Drive Lock Feature
Locking and Unlocking the Drive After changing a password, the drive remains unlocked for as long as you continue your current work session. Then the WD Security software: ▪ Locks the drive when you shut down your computer, disconnect your drive, or your computer goes into the sleep mode ▪... -
Page 22: 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 Erasing the Drive Registering the Drive Restoring the WD Software The My Passport SSD software makes it easy for you to manage and customize your drive for the best possible performance: ▪... -
Page 23: Safely Disconnecting The Drive
Managing and Customizing the Drive 1. There are two ways to run WD Drive Utilities: a. If you have WD Discovery installed and open, you can run WD Drive Utilities by going to the Apps tab, finding WD Drive Utilities and clicking Open b. -
Page 24: Using Five Invalid Passwords
Managing and Customizing the Drive b. Otherwise, you can run Drive Utilities from the Windows Start menu by clicking Start > All Programs > WD Discovery > More WD Apps > WD Drive Utilities Start > All Programs > WD Apps > WD Drive Utilities 2. -
Page 25: Registering The Drive
Managing and Customizing the Drive Erasing your drive also removes your password. If you still want to use a password Note: to protect your drive, you will need to re-create it after restoring the WD software. (See Password Protecting the Drive.) Registering the Drive The WD Discovery software uses your computer’s Internet connection to register your... -
Page 26: Managing And Customizing The Software
Managing and Customizing the Software Managing and Customizing the Software This chapter includes the following topics: Configuring Your Cloud Service Account Uninstalling the WD Software Configuring Your Cloud Service Account Before you can use a cloud service as a backup source or target device, you must configure your account for access by the WD Backup software. -
Page 27: Uninstalling The Wd Software
Managing and Customizing the Software 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. On the Dropbox website, if you have not configured your account to remember your login credentials, type your email address and password and click to see the connection request from the WD Backup software. -
Page 28: 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 SSD 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 29: 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 30 WD Discovery My Passport SSD User Manual...
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Page 31: Using The Drive With A Mac Computer
Using the Drive with a Mac Computer Using the Drive with a Mac Computer The My Passport SSD drive is formatted as a single exFAT partition for compatibility with updated Windows and Mac OS X operating systems. To use Time Machine on the Mac OS X operating system, you must reformat the drive to a single HFS+J partition, which will remove compatibility with Windows operating systems. -
Page 32: 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 33 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 34: 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 35: Environmental Compliance (China)
Compliance and Warranty Information (2014/30/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. Environmental Compliance (China) Warranty Information Obtaining Service WD values your business and always attempts to provide you the very best of service. - Page 36 Compliance and Warranty Information to WD’s specification therefor. The term of your limited warranty depends on the country in which your Product was purchased. The term of your limited warranty is for 3 years in the North, South and Central America region, 3 years in the Europe, the Middle East and Africa region, and 3 years in the Asia Pacific region, unless otherwise required by law.
- Page 37 Compliance and Warranty Information No other warranties either express or implied by law, including but not limited to those contained in the Sale of Goods Act, are made with respect to the Product. If you purchased your Product in New Zealand for the purposes of a business, you acknowledge and agree that the New Zealand Consumer Guarantees Act does not apply.
- Page 38 Compliance and Warranty Information DELETION ALTERATION OF DATA. NOTE THAT YOU SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LOSS, CORRUPTION, DELETION OR ALTERATION OF DATA HOWSOEVER CAUSED, AND FOR BACKING UP AND PROTECTING DATA AGAINST LOSS, CORRUPTION, DELETION OR ALTERATION. YOU AGREE TO CONTINUALLY BACK UP ALL DATA ON THE PRODUCT, AND TO COMPLETE A BACKUP PRIOR TO SEEKING ANY GENERAL SERVICE AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT FROM WD.
- Page 39 Index Australia/New Zealand ICES-003/NMB-003 compliance Backup Kit contents about backing up files procedure Box contents Limited warranty CAUTION about erasing the drive Operating systems lost passwords China RoHS, environmental compliance Cloud service, configuring Compatibility with operating systems Password protecting your drive Compliance, regulatory CAUTION about lost passwords Converting drive format...
- Page 40 Warranty information 30, service, obtaining 30, WD Drive Utilities software Drive Erase dialog Register Your Device dialog WD Software, downloading and restoring My Passport SSD User Manual...
- Page 41 WD, the WD logo, My Passport, 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.