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Disk Drive Format
Your My Passport Ultra 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
Physical Description
As shown in figure 2, the My Passport Ultra drive has:
▪ A USB 3.0 interface port
▪ A power/activity LED indicator
USB 3.0 Interface
The USB 3.0 interface supports data transfer rates up to 5 Gb/s.
USB 3.0 is backward compatible with USB 2.0. A USB 2.0 Interface supports data
transfer rates up to 480 Mb/s.
Figure 2: My Passport Ultra drive
Power/Activity LED
The power/activity LED shows the drive's power state as follows:
LED Appearance
On steady
Fast flashing, approximately 3 times per second
Slow flashing, approximately every 2.5 seconds
Off
My Passport Ultra
User Manual
Reformatting the Drive
Power State/Activity
Idle
Activity
System standby
Unit off or has been configured to have the LED
turned off using WD Drive Utilities
and Troubleshooting.
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