Connecting The Drive And Getting Started; Connecting The Drive - Western Digital My Passport Essential User Manual

Connecting the Drive and Getting Started

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This chapter provides step-by-step instructions for connecting the drive and installing
the WD SmartWare software on your computer. It includes the following topics:

Connecting the Drive

Getting Started with the WD SmartWare Software
Getting Started Without the WD SmartWare Software
Connecting the Drive
Note: If you have reformatted the drive for use on a Mac computer, skip this
To connect the My Passport drive to your Windows computer:
1.
Turn on your computer.
2. Connect the My Passport drive to your computer as shown in Figure 3.
3. If a Found New Hardware screen appears, click Cancel to close it.
The WD SmartWare software that is on the drive installs the proper driver for your
My Passport drive.
4. Verify that the My Passport drive appears under My Computer in Windows Explorer.
5. Several different screens might also appear, depending on your computer's
operating system:
IF your operating system is . . .
Windows XP
Windows Vista or Windows 7
Figure 3. Connecting the My Passport Drive
procedure and see "Connecting the Drive and Getting Started" on
page 41 instead.
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THEN . . .
Proceed to step 6 on page 6.
Skip to step 8 on page 6.
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