MY PASSPORT ENTERPRISE
USER MANUAL
ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE
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About Your WD Drive
Welcome to your My Passport
™
Enterprise portable hard drive, a super-fast, high-
capacity mobile platform for a Microsoft
®
Windows
®
To Go workspace.
This introductory chapter includes the following topics:
Features
Kit Contents
Optional Accessories
Operating System Compatibility
Disk Drive Format
Physical Description
Registering Your Drive
Handling Precautions
Features
My Passport Enterprise is designed for Windows To Go and allows you to boot your
Windows 8 corporate workspace from a My Passport Enterprise on any PC certified for
use with Windows 7 or Windows 8 operating systems. The compact design and 500 GB
of storage space gives employees and contractors the ability to work in a secure
environment at home, while traveling or from a managed PC on-site. The image is self-
contained so there is no risk of confidential information being left behind on the host
system.
Fast and easy setup
—Run the WD Compass utility with existing Windows tools and the
Windows 8 corporate desktop environment can be provisioned onto the My Passport
Enterprise drive.
and follow the simple steps. Your My Passport Enterprise
drive will be provisioned in minutes.
Up to 3X faster than USB 2.0
*—My Passport Enterprise offers ultra-fast data transfers
and faster loading speeds for booting Windows To Go to your PC, allowing users to
instantly access data in a true plug-and-play mode.
*Performance may vary based on your hardware and system configuration.
Drive encryption protects your data
—Windows To Go supports BitLocker drive
encryption. Data on the My Passport Enterprise separates itself from the host PC’s
internal hard drive to avoid any accidental data disclosure. It leaves no traces of data on
the host computer so your information is secure. It allows IT to provide an imaged
version of Windows 8 that reflects the Windows 8 corporate desktop environment.
WD quality inside and out
—For over 20 years, millions of people worldwide have
trusted their data to WD hard drives. We are successful because we understand the
importance of your data and our first concern is keeping that data safe. WD is the only
spinning media company with a dedicated product configured to support Windows To
Go.
WD Compass
—Instantly improve the provisioning time of Windows To Go on your
My Passport Enterprise. With WD Compass, installation time can be completed in
minutes.
Important:
For the latest WD product information and news, visit our website at
. For the latest software, firmware, and product documentation and
information, go to
http://products.wdc.com/updates
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