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MY PASSPORT STUDIO

USER MANUAL

CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 5

Connecting the Drive and Getting Started

2

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

Connecting the Drive
Installing on a Mac OS X Tiger/Leopard/Snow Leopard
Enhancing Performance With WD +TURBO
Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software
WD SmartWare Overview
WD SmartWare Home Screen
Viewing the Info/Online Help Topics
Hiding the WD SmartWare Virtual CD
Showing the WD SmartWare Virtual CD

Connecting the Drive

1.  

Turn on your computer.

2.   

Connect your My Passport drive using either the USB micro cable or the 

FireWire 800 cable as shown in Figure 1.

 Figure 1.  Connecting the My Passport Drive

Using a USB Micro Cable

Using a FireWire 800 Cable

Summary of Contents for My Passport Studio WDBADB5000A Series

Page 1: ...External Portable My Passport Studio User Manual placeholder My Passport Studio User Manual...

Page 2: ...our WD product to get the latest updates and special offers Warranty RMA Services Get Warranty Product Replacement RMA RMA Sta tus and Data Recovery Information Knowledge Base Search by keyword phrase...

Page 3: ...Installing on a Mac OS X Tiger Leopard Snow Leopard 6 Enhancing Performance With WD TURBO 7 Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software 9 WD SmartWare Overview 11 WD SmartWare Home Screen 11 Viewing th...

Page 4: ...r Exits Sleep Mode 38 Customizing Your Software Settings 39 Specifying a Different Retrieve Folder 39 Setting the Preferences Options 40 Customizing Your Drive Settings 40 Specifying a Name For Your D...

Page 5: ...ng the Driver Manually 59 Windows Vista 60 Installing the Driver Automatically 60 Installing the Driver Manually 61 Windows 7 63 B Compliance and Warranty Information 66 Regulatory Compliance 66 FCC C...

Page 6: ...ve You can even view the label when the drive is unplugged The display also includes available capacity and security status Our smallest portable drive ever We re experts in portable storage so we des...

Page 7: ...ive FireWire 800 cable FireWire 800 to 400 adapter USB micro cable Quick Install Guide Optional Accessories You can use the following accessories with the My Passport drive Replacement or additional F...

Page 8: ...to indicate space used on the drive during the power on state Each section represents approximately 10 percent of drive capacity The numerical display shows the amount of space available Mac OS X Win...

Page 9: ...reWire 800 to 400 adapter Connection to a FireWire 400 port transfers data at FireWire 400 speed up to 400 Mb s Registering Your WD Product Register your WD product to get the latest updates and speci...

Page 10: ...Leopard Snow Leopard Enhancing Performance With WD TURBO Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software WD SmartWare Overview WD SmartWare Home Screen Viewing the Info Online Help Topics Hiding the WD Sm...

Page 11: ...ive The VCD displays on your desktop and behaves just like a physical CD The My Passport icon also displays on the desktop 1 Double click the WD SmartWare virtual CD and then double click the WD Smart...

Page 12: ...in the next section optional and then Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software on page 9 Enhancing Performance With WD TURBO WD TURBO is a utility on the WD SmartWare VCD that improves the performan...

Page 13: ...e license agreement and click Accept to continue 6 A message informs you that installing the WD TURBO drivers requires you to restart your computer to make them active Click Yes to continue 7 In the P...

Page 14: ...ally alerts you if a newer version of software is available Always use the latest version of software especially on a new installation After the installation completes the WD SmartWare software will e...

Page 15: ...MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED 10 Figure 3 Initial Drive Settings Screen Figure 4 Home Screen...

Page 16: ...provides four tab selected options Home screen Provides a Content Gauge with the capacity of each hard drive in or connected to your computer see Figure 4 on page 10 Backup screen Manages existing bac...

Page 17: ...s easy access to online help information to quickly guide you through your backup retrieve and settings tasks Whenever you are uncertain about what to do just click the info online help icon in the up...

Page 18: ...2 Use the copy paste or drag drop function to copy the Virtual CD Manager file from the VCD file listing to the desktop of your computer 3 Double click the Virtual CD Manager file on your desktop to...

Page 19: ...are Virtual CD If you got started without installing the WD SmartWare software hid disabled the WD SmartWare virtual CD VCD and now want to move your My Passport drive to another computer or install t...

Page 20: ...n Virtual CD Manager exe from the Virtual CD Manager folder Virtual_CD_Manager_vxxxx exe from the downloaded zip file 3 Click Continue 4 Read the license agreement and click Accept to continue The WD...

Page 21: ...fect you must power cycle your My Passport drive a Disconnect the USB micro cable or FireWire cable from your drive b Wait ten seconds c Reconnect the USB micro cable or FireWire cable to your drive 8...

Page 22: ...le that is created on your computer or copied to your hard drive Existing file that is changed in any way This protection is automatic the WD SmartWare software does it for you without any action on y...

Page 23: ...the original files Dark blue background identifies categories of files that have been backed up In the Content Gauge for your My Passport drive the Additional Files category includes all of the files...

Page 24: ...of data that has been backed up The blue background in the Content Gauge for your computer s hard drive changes to yellow amber for all of the files that have not yet been backed up The gray backgroun...

Page 25: ...ent to back up Changing the backup software settings Choosing the number of backup versions to keep Pausing the backup until your computer is idle Selecting Specific Content to Back Up To back up some...

Page 26: ...nd Revert buttons 3 Click Apply to refresh the Content Gauge for your My Passport drive 4 Click Run Backup to back up the selected categories of files Changing the Backup Software Settings To optimize...

Page 27: ...MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER FILES 22 Figure 6 Settings Screen Figure 7 Software Settings Screen...

Page 28: ...lick Set File History to display the Set File History dialog 2 Specify the number of file versions that you want to keep from 1 to 25 in the Enter the number of backup versions to keep for each file b...

Page 29: ...selecting the drive on the Home screen you can retrieve files or complete folders from your My Passport drive To retrieve a file or folder from your drive 1 Click the Retrieve tab to display the Retr...

Page 30: ...MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL RETRIEVING BACKED UP FILES 25 Figure 8 Retrieve Screen Figure 9 Select a Destination for Retrieved Files Screen...

Page 31: ...artial name of the file or folder you are looking for Click the appropriate file category button to list the files by category Pictures Music Movies Documents Other Mail Select the view icon to list i...

Page 32: ...and a link to a failed to retrieve information screen Click the View files link to see the list of files and the reasons they were not retrieved Destination is full message means that your computer do...

Page 33: ...Settings tab and the Drive Settings screen within the WD SmartWare application On the Security dialogs you can Create a password Change a password Eliminate the need for a password To create a passwor...

Page 34: ...to keep others from accessing the files on your drive you will have to type your password to unlock the drive whenever You shut down and restart your computer You disconnect and reconnect the drive t...

Page 35: ...eaves the drive locked and inhibits access to the Backup and Retrieve functions Unlocking Your Drive Without the WD SmartWare Software Whenever you connect your password protected drive to a computer...

Page 36: ...prompt click Exit to close the WD SmartWare Drive Unlock utility screen Changing Your Password To change your password 1 Click Security on the Drive Settings screen see Figure 12 on page 29 to displa...

Page 37: ...ion from your drive 1 Click Security on the Drive Settings screen see Figure 12 on page 29 to display the Your Drive is Secure dialog 2 Type your password in the Password box 3 Select the Remove secur...

Page 38: ...Icon After you have installed the WD SmartWare software the WD SmartWare icon displays in the bar at the top right corner of the screen Clicking the icon enables you to Open the WD SmartWare software...

Page 39: ...MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING YOUR DRIVE 34 Double click WD SmartWare in the Applications list Either way displays the WD SmartWare Home screen...

Page 40: ...splay on your desktop To clean up your desktop you can dismount duplicate VCDs 1 Click the WD SmartWare icon to display a list of drives 2 Select the My Passport whose VCD you want to dismount and the...

Page 41: ...cting the drive from the computer Displaying the Status and Serial Number of the Drive You can use the WD SmartWare icon to find out if the drive is locked how full it is and its serial number 1 Click...

Page 42: ...it without installing the software To unlock the drive using the virtual CD 1 Double click the WD SmartWare virtual CD on the desktop 2 Double click the DriveUnlock icon The WD SmartWare Drive Unlock...

Page 43: ...Software is Not Available on page 37 or you can use the WD SmartWare icon To unlock the drive using the WD SmartWare icon 1 Click the WD SmartWare icon 2 Select the drive and then Unlock Drive 3 The...

Page 44: ...nt to store the retrieved files in either Their original locations on your computer A Retrieved Content folder By default the WD SmartWare software creates and uses a Retrieved Content subfolder in yo...

Page 45: ...ct or clear the check boxes to enable or disable the Preferences options Open WD SmartWare when drive is connected Automatically check for WD SmartWare software updates Customizing Your Drive Settings...

Page 46: ...om accessing the files on your drive Security Password Protecting Your Drive on page 28 Change your password Security Changing Your Password on page 31 Remove password protection from your drive Secur...

Page 47: ...and be kept up to date on the latest WD products 1 Make sure that your computer is connected to the Internet 2 On the Drive Settings screen see Figure 12 on page 29 click Registration to display the...

Page 48: ...to save and implement your sleep timer selection Erasing Your Drive To erase your drive 1 On the Drive Settings screen see Figure 12 on page 29 click Drive Erase to display the Erase Drive dialog 2 Re...

Page 49: ...r if you have already created a password you will not be able to disable hide the VCD until you remove password protection 1 On the Drive Settings screen see Figure 12 on page 29 click Virtual CD to d...

Page 50: ...Double click the WD SmartWare virtual CD on the desktop or WD SmartWare in the Applications list to display the following screen 2 Click the Extras folder and then the WD SmartWare Uninstaller folder...

Page 51: ...function that continuously monitors key internal performance attributes of the drive A detected increase in drive temperature noise or read write errors for example can provide an indication that the...

Page 52: ...MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL CHECKING DRIVE HEALTH 47 2 Click the button for the test that you want to run Quick SMART Status Quick Drive Test Complete Drive Test...

Page 53: ...con Alerts Disconnecting the Drive Safely Uninstalling the WD SmartWare Software Getting Started Without WD SmartWare Software Reformatting the Drive Go to support wdc com and Note See Troubleshooting...

Page 54: ...e drive 2 If Autorun AutoPlay is disabled on your computer install the software manually a Open My Computer b Double click the WD SmartWare virtual CD which is listed under Devices with Removable Stor...

Page 55: ...on page 9 Note If you do not want to install the WD SmartWare software go to Getting Started Without WD SmartWare Software on page 55 instead Installing on Windows Vista Windows 7 After the drive is p...

Page 56: ...installed on your computer the screen is animated c Continue to Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software on page 9 Note If you do not want to install the WD SmartWare software go to Getting Started...

Page 57: ...e to WD SmartWare screen displays If a Flash Player is installed on your computer the screen is animated c Continue to Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software on page 9 Note If you do not want to i...

Page 58: ...You can also right click or left click the WD SmartWare icon in the task bar and select WD SmartWare The WD SmartWare Home screen displays In the Content Gauge for your computer s hard drive all of y...

Page 59: ...he drive and let it cool for 60 minutes Power it back on and if the problem persists contact WD Support Disconnecting the Drive Safely 1 Right click the WD SmartWare icon in the system tray and then c...

Page 60: ...ving Backed Up Files on page 24 Secure you drive and all of the files on it with a password see Locking and Unlocking Your Drive on page 28 Customize your software and drive settings for the best poss...

Page 61: ...t my computer boot when I connect my USB drive to the computer before booting A Depending on your system configuration your computer may attempt to boot from your WD portable USB drive Refer to your...

Page 62: ...o WD SmartWare screen see Getting Started Without WD SmartWare Software on page 55 The following topics are included in this appendix Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows XP After you physically...

Page 63: ...MY PASSPORT STUDIO USER MANUAL INSTALLING AN SES DRIVER 58 3 Select Install the software automatically and click Next 4 When installation is complete click Finish...

Page 64: ...Internet you can install the driver manually 1 On the Found New Hardware Wizard select No not this time and click Next 2 On the next screen select Install from a list or specific location and click Ne...

Page 65: ...drive as shown in Figure 1 on page 5 two or three screens might pop up depending on your computer setup Installing the Driver Automatically To install the SES driver automatically your computer must...

Page 66: ...nstalling the Driver Manually You might want to install the SES driver manually for example if you computer is not connected to the Internet Note If Autoplay is enabled two extra screens might display...

Page 67: ...New Hardware WD SES Device wizard screen click Don t search online 3 On the next screen click I don t have the disc Show me other options 4 Browse to Computer a Double click the WD SmartWare VCD driv...

Page 68: ...NSTALLING AN SES DRIVER 63 5 When the installation is complete click Close Windows 7 After you physically connect the drive as shown in Figure 1 on page 5 you can install the SES driver 1 Open All Pro...

Page 69: ...PORT STUDIO USER MANUAL INSTALLING AN SES DRIVER 64 2 Under Computer Management Local click Device Manager Unknown Device and right click Update driver software 3 Click Browse my computer for driver s...

Page 70: ...USER MANUAL INSTALLING AN SES DRIVER 65 4 Browse to Computer double click the WD SmartWare VCD drive double click the Extras folder and select WD SES Device Driver Click Next 5 When installation is co...

Page 71: ...by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit dif...

Page 72: ...rials should be kept for storing or shipping your WD product To conclusively establish the period of warranty check the warranty expiration serial number required via support wdc com WD shall have no...

Page 73: ...ly to products sold as new The remedies provided herein are in lieu of a any and all other remedies and warranties whether expressed implied or statutory including but not limited to any implied warra...

Page 74: ...iance China 67 Erase Drive screen 43 44 Erasing the drive 43 CAUTION about erasing the drive 43 F FCC Class B information 66 File categories defined 53 history drive setting 39 history screen 23 Forma...

Page 75: ...nces 39 40 retrieve folder 39 system throttling 39 Space available 36 Status check 36 System file category defined 12 19 throttling software setting 39 System compatibility 3 U Unlocking manually Mac...

Page 76: ...reserves the right to change specifications at any time without notice Western Digital WD and the WD logo are registered trademarks and My Passport WD SmartWare and Data Lifeguard are trademarks of W...

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