Western Digital WDBAAJ0015HSL-EESN, WDH2Q40000E, WDBAAJ0020HSL-EESN User Manual

®

My Book

™

Studio

External Hard Drives

Pure performance
for Mac

®

Customizable e-label

Automatic, continuous backup

Password protection and hardware-based encryption

A FireWire® 800 interface makes this drive
a high-performance answer to your Mac
storage needs. Protect your digital life with
visual backup software, drive encryption,
and password protection. Use the innovative
e-label to personalize your drive and easily
archive media collections.

My Book Studio

External Hard Drives

Product Features

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.

Product Specifications

INTERFACE

FireWire 800
FireWire 400
USB 2.0

(using provided adapter)

Smart display

Create your own personalized drive
label to remind you what’s stored on

My BookMy Computer

Music

87 GB

Photos

95 GB

Movies

165 GB

Others Folder
10 GB

53 GB Free

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

Backup

Complete

Music

87 GB

Photos

95 GB

Movies

165 GB

Others Folder
10 GB

53 GB Free

DIMENSIONS SYSTEM COMPATIBILITY CAPACITIES AND MODELS

Height:
Depth:
Width:
Weight:

6.5 in (165 mm)

5.3 in (135mm)

1.9 in (48 mm)

2.6 lb (1.18 kg)

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 plug­and-play ready for Mac computer users.

USB 2.0 interface

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

Mac OS® X Tiger®, Leopard®,
Snow Leopard
Windows® XP, Windows Vista®,
or Windows 7(requires reformatting)

™

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.

2 TB

1 TB

WDBAAJ0020HSL
WDBAAJ0015HSL
WDBAAJ0010HSL

1.5 TB

KIT CONTENTS OPERATING SPECIFICATIONS LIMITED WARRANTY

External hard drive
WD SmartWare software
FireWire 800 cable
FireWire 800 to 400 adapter
USB cable

Data transfer rate:
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.

1

Up to 480 Mb/sec

3 years
3 years
3 years
3 years

Americas
EMEA
APAC
Japan

AC adapter
Quick Install Guide

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 specications 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 specic 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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