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See your life safe in one place. 

 

See your backup as it happens 

Seeing is believing. Visual backup 
displays your content in categories and 
shows the progress of your backup. 

Protect your data automatically 

Relax. Your data is secure. Automatic, 
continuous backup will instantly make 
a second copy whenever you add or 
change a file.

Bring back lost files effortlessly

 

Retrieve your valuable data to its original 
location whether you’ve lost all your data 
or just overwritten an important file.

Take control

 

Customize your backup, set drive 
security, run diagnostics, manage the 
power settings, and more from the  
WD SmartWare control center.

Smart display

Create your own personalized drive 
label to remind you what’s stored on 
each drive. You can even view the 
label when the drive is unplugged. The 
display also includes available capacity 
and security status. 

Pure performance

Save and access data at top speeds 
with the high-performance FireWire 
800 interface. Also includes USB 2.0 
interface for maximum flexibility.

Streamlined design

We’ve made these award-winning drives 
even smaller, sleeker, and more elegant.  

Designed for Mac

Formatted for Mac and compatible with 
Apple

®

 TimeMachine

, this drive is plug-

and-play ready for Mac computer users.

USB 2.0 interface

A simple connection that offers 
convenience and compatibility with  
multiple computers.
 
 

Power miser

My Book external drives are designed 
to save energy. WD GreenPower 
Technology

 lowers internal drive 

power consumption by up to 30%; a 
sleep mode reduces power during idle 
times, and a power-saving feature turns 
the drive on and off with your computer.

Drive lock

Gain peace of mind knowing that your 
data is protected from unauthorized 
access or theft with password protection 
and 256-bit hardware-based encryption. 

Planet friendly

We designed a small retail box from 
recycled materials to minimize waste. 
We encourage you to recycle it.

 

My Book 

Studio

External Hard Drives

Product Features

Product Specifications

Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, My Book and Put Your Life On It are registered trademarks in the U.S. and other countries; Studio, WD GreenPower Technology and WD SmartWare are trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Other marks may be mentioned herein that belong 
to other companies. Pictures shown may vary from actual products. Not all products may be available in all regions of the world. All product and packaging specifications subject to change without notice. The term of your limited warranty depends on the country in which your product 
was purchased. Please visit our web site at http:support.wdc.com/warranty for the detailed terms and conditions of our limited warranty and for a list of the specific countries in these regions.
© 2009 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. 

 
As used for storage capacity, one megabyte (MB) = one million bytes, one gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes, and one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment. As used for transfer rate or interface, megabyte per second 
(MB/s) = one million bytes per second, and gigabit per second (Gb/s) = one billion bits per second.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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FireWire 800
FireWire 400 

(using provided adapter)

USB 2.0

Height: 
Depth:  
Width: 
Weight:  

6.5 in (165 mm)  
5.3 in (135mm) 
1.9 in (48 mm)
2.6 lb (1.18 kg)

Mac OS

®

 X Tiger

®

, Leopard

®

Snow Leopard

Windows

®

 XP, Windows Vista

®

,

or Windows 7(requires reformatting)

2 TB

1.5 TB

1 TB

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External hard drive
WD SmartWare software
FireWire 800 cable
FireWire 800 to 400 adapter
USB cable
AC adapter
Quick Install Guide

Data transfer rate:

1

 Up to 480 Mb/sec

Operating temperature: 5°C to 35°C
Non-op. temperature: –20°C to 65°C

1

A USB 2.0 host and USB 2.0 certified cable are 

required to obtain Hi-Speed USB performance.

3 years 
3 years
3 years
3 years

Americas
EMEA
APAC
Japan

Visual backup displays your content 
categories and confirms that your 
files have been backed up.

My Book

My Computer

Backup

Complete

53 GB Free

Music

87 GB

Photos

95 GB

Others Folder
10 GB

Movies

165 GB

53 GB Free

Music

87 GB

Photos

95 GB

Others Folder
10 GB

Movies

165 GB

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