• ® My Passport Essential™ and Essential SE Ultra-Portable Hard Drives User Manual My Passport Essential and Essential SE User Manual. • WD Service and Support Should you encounter any problem, please give us an opportunity to address it before returning this product. Most technical support questions can be answered through our knowledge base or e-mail support service at support.wdc.com. If the answer is not available or if you prefer, ®. • MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Table of Contents WD Service and Support.. Ii Accessing Online Support.

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• MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Locking and Unlocking the Drive.26 Password Protecting the Drive. • MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Unlocking the Drive..50 Unlocking the Drive with the WD SmartWare Software. • Registering the Drive Handling Precautions Features Major features of the My Passport Essential and Essential SE drives include: Smaller, sleeker, more streamlined design—We've designed a smaller, high-quality integrated USB hard drive inside a stylish package in a variety of fun colors. • For the latest software, firmware, and product documentation and information, go to Kit Contents As shown in Figure 1, your My Passport Essential or Essential SE disk drive kit includes the following: • My Passport Essential or Essential SE ultra-portable hard drive •. • MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Operating System Compatibility Your My Passport Essential or Essential SE drive and the WD SmartWare software are compatible with the following operating systems: ® ® ® Windows OS X ® • Windows XP •. • USB 1.1—up to 12 Mb/s Registering the Drive Always register your My Passport Essential or Essential SE drive to get the latest updates and special offers.

You can easily register your drive using the WD SmartWare software, as described in “Registering the Drive” on page 35. Another way is to register online at register.wdc.com. • MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Connecting the Drive and Getting Started This chapter provides step-by-step instructions for connecting the drive and installing the WD SmartWare software on your computer.

It includes the following topics: Connecting the Drive. • MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 6.

For Windows XP, one or two screens might appear, depending on whether the AutoRun (AutoPlay) function is enabled or disabled: IF AutoRun (AutoPlay) is... On your computer, THEN... • MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL Note: If a Flash Player is installed on your computer, the screen is animated. Welcome to WD SmartWare Screen Getting Started with the WD SmartWare Software To get started with WD SmartWare software.

• MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL 4. After the software installation completes: IF you clicked... At step 1, THEN the WD SmartWare software displays... Install WD SmartWare The initial Backup screen for performing your first backup Figure 5 on page 9). • MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL and skipping the backup. After password protecting or registering your drive, click Finish to close the drive management initial Drive Settings screen.

This completes the getting started procedure after selecting Install Drive Settings. • MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL AND ESSENTIAL SE USER MANUAL WD SmartWare Initial Drive Settings Screen Drive Management Initial Drive Settings Screen Figure 6.