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24/7. To help us keep you informed of new features and services, remember to register your
product as instructed on “Registering Your Drive” on page 40.

Accessing Online Support

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Table of Contents

WD Service and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

Accessing Online Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

Contacting WD Technical Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

1 About Your WD Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Kit Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Optional Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Physical Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Power Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Drive Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Kensington

Registering Your WD Product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Handling Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

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Security Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Connecting the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Installing the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Installing on Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Installing on Windows Vista/Windows 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

WD SmartWare Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

WD SmartWare Home Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Viewing the Info/Online Help Topics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

3 Backing Up Your Computer Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

About Backing Up Your Computer Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Backing It All Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Advanced Backup Capabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Selecting Specific Content to Back Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Changing the Backup Software Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

4 Retrieving Backed Up Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

About Retrieving Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Retrieving a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Retrieving a Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Retrieving an Earlier Version of a File or Deleted Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Retrieving All of Your Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

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5 Locking and Unlocking Your Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Password Protecting Your Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Unlocking Your Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Unlocking Your Drive With the WD SmartWare Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Unlocking Your Drive Without the WD SmartWare Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Changing Your Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

6 Managing and Customizing Your Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

WD SmartWare Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Opening WD SmartWare Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Checking Status and Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Monitoring Icon Alerts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Disconnecting the Drive Safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Using the System Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Using the Power Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Customizing Your Software Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Specifying a Different Retrieve Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Setting the Preferences Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Customizing Your Drive Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Specifying a Name For Your Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Registering Your Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Setting the Drive Sleep Timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Erasing Your Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Uninstalling the WD SmartWare Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Windows Vista or Windows 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

7 Checking Drive Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

8 Using the Drive with a Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Reformatting the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Installing on a Mac OS X Tiger/Leopard/Snow Leopard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Enhancing Performance with WD +TURBO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

WD SmartWare Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Opening WD SmartWare Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Dismounting the Virtual CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Safely Dismounting the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Using the WD SmartWare Icon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Using the My Book Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Using the Power Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Displaying the Status, Serial Number, and Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Unlocking the Drive Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

The WD SmartWare Software is Not Available. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Your Computer Exits Sleep Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Uninstalling WD SmartWare Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

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9 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Installing, Partitioning, and Formatting the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Frequently Asked Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

A Installing an SES Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Installing the Driver Automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Installing the Driver Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Installing the Driver Automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Installing the Driver Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Windows 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

B Compliance and Warranty Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Regulatory Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

FCC Class B Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

ICES/NMB-003 Compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Safety Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

CE Compliance For Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

GS Mark (Germany only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

KCC Notice (Republic of Korea only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Environmental Compliance (China). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Warranty Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Obtaining Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

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About Your WD Drive

Welcome to your My Book™ Elite™ external hard drive, an elegant, high-capacity
storage solution for all the chapters of your digital life. Our latest edition features a
customizable smart display to identify what's on your drive, visual automatic, continuous
backup software, and drive lock security protection. The new sleeker design brings

beauty and brains together.

WD's best-selling My Book Elite USB external hard drive features WD SmartWare
software that backs up your data automatically and continuously, shows your backup as
it happens, and brings back lost files effortlessly.

This chapter includes the following topics:

Features
Kit Contents
Compatibility
Format
Physical Description
Registering Your WD Product
Handling Precautions

Features

Major features of the My Book Elite drive include:

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.

Smaller, sleeker, more streamlined design - We've made these award-winning drives
even smaller, sleeker, and more elegant. As always, this book-like shape takes up less
space on your desk and allows two or more My Book drives to nestle neatly together like
volumes on a shelf.

WD SmartWare™ software - An easy-to-use solution that gives you the power to:

• 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.

• See your backup as it happens - Seeing is believing. Visual backup organizes and
displays your content into categories and shows the progress of your backup.

• Bring back lost files effortlessly - Retrieve your valuable data to its original
location whether you've lost all your data, deleted a file, 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.

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.

Capacity gauge - See at a glance how much space is available on your drive.

USB 2.0 interface - A simple connection that offers convenience and compatibility

among multiple computers.

Grab-and-go docking station. Convenient one-hand connection to your computer.

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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.

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

Ready to plug-and-play with Windows PCs - Formatted NTFS for compatibility with all
Windows operating systems.

Important: For the latest WD product information and news, visit our website at

www.westerndigital.com. For the latest software, firmware, and product documentation

and information, go to http://products.wdc.com/updates.

Kit Contents

• My Book Elite external hard drive

• WD SmartWare software (included on the drive)

• USB cable

• AC adapter (configuration may vary depending on region)

• Quick Install Guide

Quick Install

USB Cable

My Book Elite Drive

Optional Accessories

For information on optional accessories for this product, visit:

US www.shopwd.com or www.wdstore.com

Canada www.shopwd.ca or www.wdstore.ca

Europe www.shopwd.eu or www.wdstore.eu

All others Contact WD Technical Support in your

region. For a list of Technical Support
contacts, visit
Knowledge Base Answer ID 1048.

support.wdc.com and see

AC Adapter

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Compatibility

Windows

• Windows XP

• Windows Vista

• Windows 7

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Mac OS® X

• Tiger

• Leopard

• Snow Leopard

Note: Compatibility may vary depending on your computer’s hardware

configuration and operating system.

For highest performance and reliability, install the latest updates and service pack (SP).
For Windows, go to the Start menu and select Windows Update. For a Mac, go to the

Apple menu and select Software Update.

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Format

Your My Book Elite drive is preformatted as a single NTFS partition for compatibility with
all updated Windows operating systems. If you wish to use this drive with a Mac system,
see “Using the Drive with a Mac” on page 45 and “Troubleshooting” on page 55.

Physical Description

Views

Capacity Gauge

Percentage of Capacity

Display

Figure 1. Front of My Book Elite Drive

Customizable Label

Lock Indicator

Power/Activity LED

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Power Button

USB Port

Figure 2. Back of My Book Elite Drive

Kensington® Security Slot

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Indicators

Customizable Label. The customizable label displays the name you assign to the My
Book. The label remains visible even when the drive is unplugged.

Power/Activity LED. The power/activity LED is on the center of the front panel of the
drive. It indicates the drive’s power state and activity. The LED indicator functions as
shown in the table below.

Appearance Description

On steady Idle

Fast flashing (for approx. 3 times per second) Activity

Slow flashing (approx. every 2.5 second) System standby

Lock Indicator. The Lock Indicator shows whether the user has set a password on the
drive. It is turned off only when you remove the password from the drive or the drive
loses power.

Capacity Gauge. The capacity gauge consists of ten sections that fill from right to left (if
the drive is horizontal) or bottom to top (if the drive is vertical) to indicate space used on
the drive during the power-on state. Each section represents approximately 10 percent

of drive capacity. The numerical display indicates the percentage of capacity available.

The capacity gauge is visible only if the WD SmartWare software is installed and running
on your computer.

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Segment
Number

1 5-9

2 10-19

3 20-29

4 30-39

5 40-49

6 50-59

7 60-69

8 70-79

9 80-89

10 >90

% Filled

<5 (does not
display)

Power Button

The power button is used to safely power down the unit and avoid data loss or damage
to the unit. The power button only works if WD SmartWare is installed.

Note: After you power off the drive using the power button, if it remains

connected to your computer, you need to press the power button again to
turn it back on. If you disconnected the drive after turning it off, when you
reconnect it to your booted-up computer, it automatically powers on.

Drive Interface

Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0) supports data transfer rates up to 480 Mb/s. USB 2.0 is
backward-compatible with USB 1.1. Connection to a USB 1.1 port transfers data at USB

1.1 speed (up to 12 Mb/s).

Kensington® Security Slot

For drive security, this drive is equipped with a Kensington security slot, which supports
a standard Kensington security cable (sold separately). For more information on the
Kensington security slot and available products, visit www.kensington.com.

Registering Your WD Product

Register your WD product to get the latest updates and special offers. You can easily
register your drive using WD SmartWare software, as described in “Registering Your
Drive” on page 40.

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Handling Precautions

WD products are precision instruments and must be handled with care during unpacking
and installation. Drives may be damaged by rough handling, shock, or vibration. Be
aware of the following precautions when unpacking and installing your external storage
product:

• Do not drop or jolt the device.

• Do not move the device during activity.

• Do not use this product as a portable device.

• To allow proper ventilation, do not block any of the enclosure’s air slots.

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Connecting the Drive and Getting Started

This chapter includes the following topics:

Connecting the Drive
Installing the Drive
Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software
WD SmartWare Overview
WD SmartWare Home Screen
Viewing the Info/Online Help Topics

Connecting the Drive

Connect your My Book drive as shown below.

2

4

3

1

Figure 3. Connecting the My Book Drive

Depending on your region, you may need to change to the power adapter, as illustrated
below.

US/JA/TW

EU/KO

US/JA/TW

EU/KO

Installing

Removing

Installing

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Installing the Drive

The following topics provide directions on installing the drive for the first time. Continue
with the section below that applies to your operating system:

• “Installing on Windows XP” on page 8

• “Installing on Windows Vista/Windows 7” on page 10

Note: For information about installing the drive on a Mac, see “Using the Drive

with a Mac” on page 45.

Installing on Windows XP

1. After you physically connect the drive as shown in Figure 3 on page 7, the Found
New Hardware Wizard screen displays. Click Cancel to bypass the wizard.

Note: The WD SmartWare software will install the appropriate driver for this

drive.

Figure 4. Found New Hardware Wizard

2. If Autorun (AutoPlay) is enabled on your computer, the Welcome to WD SmartWare
screen displays. If a Flash Player is installed on your computer, the screen is
animated. Continue to step 4.

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3. If Autorun (AutoPlay) is disabled on your computer:
a. Open My Computer.

b. Double-click the WD SmartWare virtual CD, which is listed under Devices with

Removable Storage.

Note: WD Smartware software is provided in the form of a virtual CD (VCD) drive

on your My Book drive. The VCD displays on your desktop and behaves
just like a physical CD. To view the contents of the VCD, such as the
documentation and some extra programs, right-click and select Open.

The Welcome to WD SmartWare screen displays. If a Flash Player is installed on
your computer, the screen is animated.

4. Continue with “Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software” on page 12.

Note: If you do not want to install the WD SmartWare software, see “Installing an

SES Driver” on page 57 instead.

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Installing on Windows Vista/Windows 7

After you physically connect the drive as shown in Figure 3 on page 7, two or three
screens may pop up, depending on your computer setup.

1. If Autorun (AutoPlay) is enabled on your computer:

a. On the Found New Hardware screen, click Cancel.

Figure 5. Found New Hardware Screen

b. In the AutoPlay screen, click Run WDSmartWare.exe.

Figure 6. AutoPlay Screen

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The Welcome 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 12.

Note: If you do not want to install the WD SmartWare software, see “Installing an

SES Driver” on page 57 instead.

2. If Autorun (AutoPlay) is disabled on your computer:
a. In the Found New Hardware screen (see Figure 5 on page 10), click Cancel to

bypass the wizard. WD SmartWare installs the driver for this drive.

b. Open Computer. The WD SmartWare virtual CD drive is listed under Devices with

Removable Storage.

c. Double-click the WD SmartWare virtual CD.

Note: WD Smartware software is provided in the form of a virtual CD (VCD) drive

on your My Book drive. The VCD displays on your desktop and behaves
just like a physical CD. To view the contents of the VCD, such as the
documentation and some extra programs, right-click and select Open.

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The Welcome to WD SmartWare screen displays. If a Flash Player is installed on your
computer, the screen is animated:

d. Continue to “Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software” in the following

section.

Note: If you do not want to install the WD SmartWare software, see “Installing an

SES Driver” on page 57 instead.

Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software

After you select either Back Up Files, Set Up Drive, or Retrieve a backup, the software
will guide you through a simple two-step WD SmartWare software installation process. If
a newer version of software is available the system will automatically alert you. WD
highly recommends using the latest version of software, especially on a new installation.

After the installation is complete, the WD SmartWare software will either:

• Guide you through:

- Backing up your files (see Figure 7 on page 13 and “About Backing Up Your

Computer Files” on page 17)

- Setting up your drive security (see Figure 8 on page 13 and “Password Pro-

tecting Your Drive” on page 29)

• Display the Home screen (see Figure 9 and “WD SmartWare Overview” on

page 14)

Note: The initial Backup and Drive Settings screens only appear one time—the

first time you install the WD SmartWare software on your computer. After
that, launching the software displays the Home screen so you can choose
what you want to do.

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Figure 7. Initial Backup Screen

Figure 8. Initial Drive Settings Screen

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Figure 9. Home Screen

WD SmartWare Overview

WD SmartWare software is an easy-to-use tool that gives you the power to:

• Secure your drive—In drive settings, create a password to protect your encrypted

drive from unauthorized access or data theft.

• Protect your data automatically—Automatic, continuous backup instantly makes

a copy whenever you add or change a file.

Note: Automatic backup protection is continuous for as long as your My Book

drive is connected to your computer. Then, whenever you disconnect and
reconnect the drive to your computer, the WD SmartWare software
rescans your computer for new or changed files and resumes automatic,
continuous backup as before.

• See your backup as it happens—Seeing is believing. Visual backup organizes and

displays your content into categories and shows the progress of your backup.

• Retrieve lost files effortlessly—Bring back your valuable data to its original

location whether you’ve lost all your data or just overwritten an important file.

WD SmartWare Home Screen

The WD SmartWare Home screen (available after installation and the initial backup and
security setup) provides four tab-selected options:

• Home—Provides a Content Gauge that shows the capacity and content of each

hard drive in or connected to your computer (see Figure 9)

• Backup—Manages existing backups or creates new backups of your important

data, including movies, music, documents, e-mail, and pictures (see Figure 10 on
page 18)

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• Retrieve—Brings back valuable data that has been lost or overwritten (see Figure

13 on page 26)

• Settings—Manages security, diagnostics, power settings, and backup parameters

(see Figure 11 on page 22)

On the Home screen, you can modify the primary drive being categorized with the drop­down selection box under the name of your computer. By selecting a different drive, the
system will identify the categories of files on that drive. Then click the:

• Backup tab to back up files from the selected drive to your My Book drive

• Retrieve tab to retrieve backed up files from your My Book drive to any location

on your computer

In the Content Gauge for your computer’s hard drive, all of your files that are available for
backup are shown against a blue background in six categories where:

This file category Includes files with these extensions

Documents

Mail

.doc, .txt, .htm, .html, .ppt, .xls, .xml, and other document
extensions

.mail, .msg, .pst., and other mail extensions

Music

Movies

Pictures

Other

.mp3, .wav, .wma, and and other music extensions

.avi, .mov, .mp4, and other movie extensions

.gif, .jpg, .png, and other picture extensions

Others that do not belong in the five main categories

For a complete list of all included file extensions, search for Answer ID 3644 in the WD
Knowledge Base at http://support.wdc.com.

Note that:

• The System category, shown against a dark gray background, includes all of your

operating system files that are not available for backup. Files that are not backed
up include system files, program files, applications, and working files like .tmp and
.log files.

• The Retrieved category, also shown against a dark gray background, includes the

files that you have retrieved from a prior backup. They, too, are not available for
backup.

• Hovering the cursor over a category displays the number of files in the category.

In the Content Gauge for your My Book drive, the Additional Files category includes all
of the files shown in the used space portion of your drive properties. This space is not
available for backups.

Note: The small number of files that are shown in the Additional Files category when
you first install the WD SmartWare software—before performing your first backup—
represent the system and hidden files that your computer’s operating system put there
when you installed the drive.

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Viewing the Info/Online Help Topics

Each WD SmartWare screen provides 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 on any screen, just click the info/online help icon in the upper-right
corner of any screen:

To close the info/help screen after reading the online help, click the X icon in the upper­right corner of the screen.

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Backing Up Your Computer Files

This chapter includes the following topics:

About Backing Up Your Computer Files
Backing It All Up
Advanced Backup Capabilities

About Backing Up Your Computer Files

The WD SmartWare software automatically and continuously backs up all of the content
(music, movies, photos, documents, e-mail, and other files) on your computer to your My
Book drive.

Note: One installation of the WD SmartWare software supports up to three

backup drives that are configured with WD SmartWare software.

After the WD SmartWare software categorizes the different types of content you own,
simply clicking the Run Backup button will back all of them up. Advanced users can
select specific types of content to back up.

After performing a backup, the WD SmartWare software protects your files by backing
up any:

• New file 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 your part—just make sure to leave your My Book drive connected to your
computer.

Note: Automatic backup protection is continuous for as long as your My Book

drive is connected to your computer. Then, whenever you disconnect and
reconnect the drive to your computer, the WD SmartWare software
rescans your computer for new or changed files and resumes automatic,
continuous backup as before.

Additionally, the Backup screen (see Figure 10 on page 18) provides:

• Content Gauges for your computer’s disk drives, so you can see the number of
files and the storage size for each content category

• A Refresh View button for rescanning the drive and verifying accurate Content
Gauge counts after adding or changing files on your computer

• A Detailed View content box that you can use to select specific categories of files
or folders to back up, with an Apply Changes button for implementing your
selections

• Run Backup and Pause Backup buttons for starting and pausing backups

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Figure 10. Backup Screen

In the Content Gauges for your computer’s disk drives, the categories of files that would
be included in the backup if you click Run Backup are shown:

• Light blue background in the Content Gauge for your computer’s hard drive
represents the original files that are available for backup.

• Gray background in the Content Gauge for your My Book drive represents the
potential backup copies of the original files.

• Dark blue background identifies categories of files that have been backed up

In the Content Gauge for your My Book drive, the Additional Files category includes all
of the files shown in the used space portion of your drive properties. This space is not
available for backups.

In the Content Gauges and the Detailed View content box:

This file category Includes files with these extensions

Documents

Mail

Music

Movies

.doc, .txt, .htm, .html, .ppt, .xls, .xml, and other document
extensions

.mail, .msg, .pst., and other mail extensions

.mp3, .wav, .wma, and and other music extensions

.avi, .mov, .mp4, and other movie extensions

Pictures

Other

.gif, .jpg, .png, and other picture extensions

Others that do not belong in the five main categories

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