Western Digital My Book Studio manual

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ii WD Service and Support Should you encounter any problem, please give us a n o pp or tu n it y t o a dd res s i t b ef ore ret ur ni ng this product. Most technical sup port questions can be answered thr ough our knowled ge base or e-mail supp ort service at http ://su ppor t.wdc .com . If the answer is not available or if you prefer , please con[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL T ABLE OF CONTENTS – iii T able of Contents WD Servic e and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii Accessing O nline Su pport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii Contacting[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL T ABLE OF CONTENTS – iv 6 Managing and Cus tomizing Y our Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Using the WD SmartWare Ic on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Opening the W D SmartW are Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S – v B Compliance an d Warranty Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Regulato ry Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 FCC Class B Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD DRIVE – 1 About Y our WD Dr ive We l c o m e t o y o u r M y B o o k ® Studio ™ external har d drive. My Book Studio is the high- perform ance answer to your storage n eeds with WD Sm artW a r e™ softwa r e for automatic, conti nuous backup, and a blazing-fast F ir eWire 800 int erface. Our latest [...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD DRIVE – 2 Planet frie ndly —W e design ed a small box from recycl ed materials to minimize waste. W e encourage you to r ecycle it. Ready to plu g-and -pla y with Mac co mputers —Formatte d for compatib ility with Mac OS X Leopard and Snow Leopar d operating systems. Support for multiple de vices ?[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD DRIVE – 3 Operat ing Syste m Compatib ility The My Book Studio drive a nd WD SmartWar e software are compatible with the follow ing operat ing syst ems: Compatibili ty can vary , depending on har dwar e configurati on and operating system. For highest p erformance and reliability , alwa ys install the l[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD DRIVE – 4 Power/Activity LE D The power/ activity LED shows the dri ve’ s power state and activity as follows: Figure 2. Front of the My Book Studio Drive Figure 3. B ack of the My Book Studio Drive LED Appe arance Power State/A ctivity On steady Idle Fast fla shing, appr oxim ately 3 time s per sec o[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD DRIVE – 5 Drive Interfaces As shown in Figure 3 on page 4, the My Bo ok Studio drive has three interface ports: • T wo Fir eWi re 800 por ts • One USB 2.0 port Fir eWire 800. T he Fir eWir e 800 ports suppo rt data transfer rates of up to 800 Mb/s and are backwar d-compatible with Fir eWir e 400 usi[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL CONNE CTING THE DRIVE AND GETT ING STARTED – 6 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started This c hapter provides instructions for co nnecting the drive to your computer and installing the WD SmartWare softwar e. It includes the fol lowing topics: Connecting the Drive Enhancing Performance with WD +TURBO Getting Started [...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL CONNE CTING THE DRIVE AND GETT ING STARTED – 7 Note: If you have r eforma tted the d rive for use on a Windows co mputer , skip th e re st of t his pr ocedure and see “ Connecti ng th e Driv e” on page 44 inste ad. 4. V erify that the My Book icon displays on yo ur desktop: 5. The first time you connect your My Bo[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL CONNE CTING THE DRIVE AND GETT ING STARTED – 8 T o ins tall WD +T URBO: 1. Doub le-click the My B ook icon and then dou ble-clic k the Extras folder on the screen that displays : 2. Dou ble-c lick the WD +T URBO I nstalle r icon : 3. Click Install on the WD +TURBO Driver Installer scr een: 4. Read the license agreemen[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL CONNE CTING THE DRIVE AND GETT ING STARTED – 9 6. T ype the pa ssw or d that y ou us e to access the computer in the Passw ord box and click OK : 7. When the installation comp letes, click Ye s to restart the computer: 8. When the computer restarts, the My Book ic on looks like t his: Yo u r My Book dr ive is now r ea[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 10 2. The WD SmartW are Software I nstaller screen displays: 3. Click Conti nue to Ins tall and the installer utility detects that the WD SmartWar e software is not inst alled: 4. Click Insta ll WD Smar tW are to begi n the instal lation. 5. Read the license agreement and cli[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 11 WD SmartW are Software Overview The WD SmartW ar e software is an e asy-to-use tool that gives yo u the power to: • Secure y our drive—In drive settings, cr eate a password to protect your dr ive from unauthorized access or data theft. • Protect y our data automatica[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 12 WD SmartW are Home Screen The WD SmartW ar e Home screen has fo ur tab-selected o ptions: • H ome—Provides a Content Ga uge with the capacity of each hard drive i n or connected to your computer (see Figur e 5 on page 11) • Backup—Manage s existing backups or cr ea[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 13 Note: The s mall number of files th at ar e shown in the Addi tional Fil es category when you firs t install the WD SmartW are sof tware— befor e per forming your first backu p—r epre sent s the sys tem and h idden file s tha t your computer’ s operating system pu t [...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL BACKING UP Y OUR COMPUTER FILES – 14 Backin g Up Y our Computer Files This chapte r includ es the follow ing top ics: About Backing Up Y our Computer Files Backing It All Up Advanced Backup Capabilities Abou t Bac king Up Y our Co mput er Fi les The WD S martW are software automatically and continuously backs up all y[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL BACKING UP Y OUR COMPUTER FILES – 15 In the Content Gauges for yo ur computer’ s di sk drives, the categ ories of files that would be i ncluded in the backu p if y ou click Star t Back up are shown wher e a: • Light blue backgr ound in the Conten t Gauge for your computer’ s hard drive repr esents the original f[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL BACKING UP Y OUR COMPUTER FILES – 16 Note that: • The System category , sho wn against a dark gray backg round, includes all of your operating system files that are not available for backup. Files that are not bac ked up in clude sy stem files , program f iles, ap plications , workin g files, and any files that are [...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL BACKING UP Y OUR COMPUTER FILES – 17 6. If you clicked Stop Backu p at step 4, the Stop backup? confirmati on prompt reminds you that the WD Sm artW are soft ware runs your backup job in the backgro und so you can continue using you computer for other things during the backup. T o continue, clic k either: • Continue[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL BACKING UP Y OUR COMPUTER FILES – 18 2. In the back up files content box: • Select the check boxes for the categori es of fil es that you want to include in the backup • Clear the c heck boxes f or the categories of files that you want to exclude from the backup 3. Click Apply to r efr esh the Content Gauge for yo[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL BACKING UP Y OUR COMPUTER FILES – 19 Spec ifying the Numb er of Backup V e rsions . The WD S martW are software can keep up to 25 older versions of each file. If yo u over wr ite o r dele te a file by mis take, or wa nt to see the file a couple o f versions ago, the WD SmartWar e software has a copy for you. Y ou alwa[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL BACKING UP Y OUR COMPUTER FILES – 20 Paus ing Ba ckups U ntil Y ou r Compu ter is Id le. A large backup can take a lot of time, and can consume a lot of your system pr ocessing r esources. The WD SmartW are software works in the backgr ound using minimal computer resour ces while you ar e working on y our computer . I[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL RETRIEVING BACKED UP FI LES – 21 Retrieving Backed Up Files This chapte r includ es the follow ing top ics: About R etri evin g Fi les Retr ieving F iles or F olders About R etri eving Files The WD SmartW a r e softwar e makes it easy for you to ret rieve files that have been backed up on your M y Book drive a nd copy[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL RETRIEVING BACKED UP FI LES – 22 Figure 9. Retrieve Screen Figure 10. Select a Destination fo r Retrieved Files Scr een[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL RETRIEVING BACKED UP FI LES – 23 4. On the Selec t content to retrieve... screen: Figure 11. Select Content to Retrieve Screen IF you w ant t o retrieve . . . from the select ed backup vol ume , THE N sele ct the . . . All o f the files Retr ieve All Files opti on and sk ip to step 6 on page 24. Indivi dual files or f[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL RETRIEVING BACKED UP FI LES – 24 5. In the retrieve file s selecti on box, nav igate thro ugh the folder structur e to find the files you want. Also, you can use the search box b y typing the name (or partial name) of the file or folder: • Click the folder pointer to open a folder . • T ype a ll or part o f the fi[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL LOCKING AND UN LOCKING THE DRIVE – 25 Locking and Unlocking the Driv e This chapte r includ es the follow ing top ics: Passwor d Pr otecting the Drive Unlocking the Drive Changing Y our Password T ur ning Off the Drive Lock Feature Passwor d Prot ecting the D rive Y ou should passwor d protect your dri ve if you are w[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL LOCKING AND UN LOCKING THE DRIVE – 26 6. T ype a hint to help remind your self of your passwor d in the Pa ssw or d hint bo x. 7. Read the war ning about the possibility of data loss if you forg et your password. 8. Click the I understand check box to signify that you accept the risk. 9. Click Sav e Security Setti ngs[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL LOCKING AND UN LOCKING THE DRIVE – 27 Unlocking the Driv e with the WD SmartW are Software Whenever you shut down and restart your computer , or disconnect and r econnect the drive to your computer , the WD SmartW are software displays a Drive is lo cked message i n place of the Content Gauge for your My Book d rive: [...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL LOCKING AND UN LOCKING THE DRIVE – 28 T o unlock t he drive manually , us ing the WD SmartWar e icon: 1. Click the WD SmartWare icon in the bar at t he top-right cor ner of the screen. 2. Select the My Book drive and then cl ick Unlock Drive : 3. T ype your pa ss wor d in the Password box and cl ick Unlock o n the WD [...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL LOCKING AND UN LOCKING THE DRIVE – 29 2. T ype your pa ss wor d in the Password box and cl ick Unlock on the WD SmartWar e Drive Unlock u tility s creen: 3. At the Y our driv e is n ow u nloc ked pr ompt , cli ck Exi t to close the WD SmartWare Drive Unlock u tility s creen. Chan ging Y our Pas swor d To change your p[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL LOCKING AND UN LOCKING THE DRIVE – 30 T ur ning Off the Drive Lock Featu re To remo ve passw ord pr otecti on from your dr ive: 1. Click Secu rity on the Dri ve Settings screen (see Figure 13 on page 26) to display the Y our Drive is Secure dialog: 2. T ype your pa ss wor d in the Password box. 3. Select the Remove se[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OUR DRIVE – 31 Managing and Cus tomizing Y o ur Drive This chapte r includ es the follow ing top ics: Using the WD SmartW are Icon Custo mizing Y our So ftware Settings Custo mizing Y o ur Driv e Settin gs Uninstalling the WD Sm artW ar e Software Restoring the W D SmartWar e Software and[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OUR DRIVE – 32 Checking Drive Status Use the WD SmartW are ico n to determine whet her the drive is lo cked (encrypted), how full the drive i s, the drive’ s serial number and the temperature condition of th e drive: 1. Click the WD S martW ar e icon to display a li st of drives a nd se[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OUR DRIVE – 33 Using the WD S martW ar e Icon. T o safely dismount the drive using the WD S mar tW ar e icon : 1. Click the WD SmartWare icon to dis play a list o f drives. 2. Select the My Book drive and on the submenu select Unmount V olumes : If the drive ha s more than one volume, a p[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OUR DRIVE – 34 Cus tomiz ing Y o ur So ftware Se ttings The WD SmartW a r e softwar e makes it easy for you to quickl y customize its own sof tware se tting s for th e best po ssib le perf orman ce wit h your d rive b y: • Specifying the number of backup versions that you want to keep f[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OUR DRIVE – 35 Setting the Preferences Option When enable d, the Preferences option ch ec ks for software updates each time you re connect your My Book dri ve to your comp u ter . T his ensure s that you are always using the most-r ecent software versi on. T o enable or disable the Prefer[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OUR DRIVE – 36 Registering the D rive The WD SmartW ar e software uses your comp ut er’ s Inter net connection to register your drive. T o register your drive to receive fr ee technical support during the warranty per iod and be kept up-to-da te on the lates t WD products: 1. Make sure [...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OUR DRIVE – 37 Setting the Drive Sleep Timer The drive sleep timer tur ns off the power to yo ur dr ive after a certain period of inactivity to conserve power and minim ize long-term wear on the drive. T o specify the i nactivity pe ri od fo r the s leep ti mer: 1. On the Drive Settings s[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OUR DRIVE – 38 Using th e Dri ve Set tings Driv e Er ase F uncti on. T o erase yo ur My Book when the drive is not locked : 1. On the Drive Settings screen (see Figur e 13 on page 26), click Drive Era se to display the Erase Drive dialog : 2. Read the warning about the loss of data if you[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OUR DRIVE – 39 Using the Drive Un lock Ut ility . To e r a s e y o u r My Book when the drive is locked and you have for gotten or lost your passwor d: 1. If you do not see a pr ompt to pr ovide your password, t hen either: • Click the My Book image above the Dri ve is loc ked prompt to[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OUR DRIVE – 40 5. Click the I understand check b ox to signify that you acc ept the risk. 6. Click Format to erase your drive. After the drive erase operati on completes, go to http://s uppor t.wdc.c om and see Knowledge Base Answer ID #5419 for inform ation about downloading and r estori[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL MANA GING AN D CUSTO MIZING Y OUR DRIVE – 41 4. T ype the pa ssw or d that y ou us e to access the computer in the Passw ord box and click OK : 5. When the uninstall comp letes, click Exit to c lose the WD Sma rtW are Uninstall screen: Restoring the WD SmartW ar e Softwa r e and Disk Image In a ddition to de leting a [...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL CHECKING DRIVE HE ALTH – 42 Checking Drive Health The files on your My Book drive are important to you. The WD SmartWar e softwar e has sever al built-in diagno stic tools to help make sure that your dr ive is perform ing well . Run the following tests if you are concerned th at your drive is not operating pr operly: [...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL CHECKING DRIVE HE ALTH – 43 T o run drive di agnostics and status checks: 1. On the D rive Settings screen (see Figure 13 on p age 26), click Diagnostics to displa y the Diagnostics dialog: 2. Click the button for the test that you want to run: • Quick SMAR T Status • Qui ck Drive T est • Com plete Driv e T est[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WITH WI NDOWS – 44 Using the Drive with W indows The M y Bo ok drive is forma tted as a single HFS+J partition for comp atibility w ith Mac OS X operati ng systems. T o use the dri ve with Win dows o perating s ystems, you must first: • Reformat the drive to a single NTFS partition • Restor e the W[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WITH WI NDOWS – 45 3. If a Found New Hardware screen appears, click Cancel to clos e it. The WD SmartW are software that is on the drive installs the proper d river for your My Book dri ve. 4. V er ify that the My Book drive appears under My Computer in Windows Ex plorer . 5. Several di f ferent scr ee[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WITH WI NDOWS – 46 9. Continue to “G etting Started w ith the WD SmartWar e Software” in the next sectio n. If you do not want to install the WD Sm artW are softwar e, go to “Getting Started Without the WD SmartW are Softwar e” on page 56 i nstead. Getti ng Sta rted with th e WD SmartW are Soft[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WITH WI NDOWS – 47 4. After the softwa r e installation completes: Note: The i nitial Back up and Dri ve Setting s scr eens only ap pear one ti me—the first tim e you i nsta ll th e WD Sma rtW ar e sof twar e on your comput er . After that , la unch ing the s oft war e displa ys th e Ho me scr een so[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WITH WI NDOWS – 48 6. After p assword protecting or registering your drive, click Co ntinue to close the WD Sm artWar e initi al Driv e Settings scre en and display the WD S martW are Home screen (F igure 17 on page 49). This compl etes the getting started p r ocedure after selecting Inst all WD Sma rt[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WITH WI NDOWS – 49 Figure 16. Initial Drive Settings Scr eens Figure 17. WD SmartWa re Home Scr een WD SmartWare Initial Dr ive Settings Screen Drive Management Initi al Drive Settings Screen[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WITH WI NDOWS – 50 Figu re 18. Driv e Man agem ent H ome Sc reen Figure 19. Drive Management Drive Settings Scr een[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WITH WI NDOWS – 51 Using the WD SmartW are Ico n After you have installed the WD SmartW ar e software, the WD S martW are icon displays in the system tray portion of the Window s taskbar . By clicking the icon, you can: • Open the WD SmartW are software • Check the drive status • Monito r ico n a[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WITH WI NDOWS – 52 Checking Drive Status Hover the pointer over the WD SmartW are icon in the taskbar to see the drive capacity used and drive temperature condition, an d to fi nd out if the drive is locked: Monitoring Icon Ale rts The WD SmartW are icon in the taskbar flas hes to indicate drive sta tu[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WITH WI NDOWS – 53 Enablin g the Backup and Ret rieve Func tions If you selected In stall D rive Sett ings at the What would you li ke to do? pr ompt o n th e W elc ome to WD SmartWar e scr een and now wa nt to enable the Backup and Retrieve functions: 1. On the drive mainte nance Drive Settings sc r e[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WITH WI NDOWS – 54 Unlocking the Driv e with the WD SmartW are Software Whenever you shut down and restart your computer , or disconnect and r econnect the drive to your computer , the WD SmartW are software displays a Drive is lo cked message i n place of the Content Gauge for your My Book d rive: T o[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WITH WI NDOWS – 55 Unlocking the Driv e Without the W D SmartW are Software Whenever you connect your p asswor d-protected d r ive to a comp ute r th at d oes not h ave the WD SmartWare software inst alled, you can use the WD SmartW are Drive Unlock utilit y to un lock th e drive t here. The WD Sm artW[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL USING THE DRIVE WITH WI NDOWS – 56 Uninstalling on Windows Vista or Windows 7 Computers 1. Click Star t > Control Panel . 2. Dou ble-c lick Progra ms and Fe atur es . 3. Click WD Smar tW are or the W D Smar tW are icon and click Un insta ll/Change at the top of the scr een. 4. Click Ye s at the Do you wish to proce[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL T ROUBL ESHO OTIN G – 57 T r oubleshooting If yo u ha ve pro b le ms in st al l ing o r u si ng yo ur M y Bo o k d riv e , re fe r t o t h is trou b le sh oo t in g section or vi sit our support web site at http:/ /supp ort.w dc.com and search the knowledg e base for more help. This chapte r includ es the follow ing t[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL T ROUBL ESHO OTIN G – 58 Q: Why is the data transfer rate slow? A: Y our system may be operating at USB 1.1 speeds due to an incorr ect driver installatio n of the USB 2. 0 adapter card or a system that does no t support USB 2.0. If your system includes a PCI slot, you ca n achieve Hi -Speed USB transfer rates by inst[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER – 59 Installing the SES Driver If you do not install the W D SmartW are softwar e, installing the S ES driver on W indows computers keeps the hardwar e popup wi zard from displa ying every time you connect your My Book drive to the computer . Note: The SE S drive r is in stalle d auto matic a[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER – 60 4. Select Inst all th e softw ar e auto mati cally and click Next : 5. When the installation comp letes, click Finish :[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER – 61 Installing the Dr iver Manually If your computer is not connected to the Internet, install the driver manuall y: 1. On the Found New Hardware Wizar d scr een, select No, not thi s time to in hibi t a connection attempt to Windows Update: 2. Click Next to continue. 3. Select Inst all fr o[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER – 62 d. Clic k Next : 5. When the installation comp letes, click Finish : Installing on Windows V ista Computers After connecting t he drive as shown in F igur e 4 on page 6, the Found New Hardwar e screen d isplays. Note: If Au toplay i s enabled, two additi onal s creen s might app ear at t[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER – 63 Installing the Dr iver Automatically T o install the SES driver automati cally , your computer must be connected to the Intern et: 1. V erify that your computer is connected to the Inter net. 2. On the Found New Hardwar e screen, click Locate and i nstall driver software : 3. On the F ou[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER – 64 Installing the Dr iver Manually If your computer is not connected to the Internet, install the driver manuall y: 1. On the Found New H ardwar e screen, click Locat e and inst all dri ver soft war e : 2. On the F ound New Hardware - WD S ES Device screen, click Don’ t s earc h online : [...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER – 65 b. D ouble- click the extras fo lder . c. Sel ect WD SE S Devic e Driver . d. Clic k Next : 5. When the installation comp letes, click Close :[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER – 66 Installing on Windows 7 Computers After connecting the dr ive as sh own in Figur e 4 on page 6, use the Windows 7 Computer Management utility to install the SES driv er: 1. Open A ll Progra ms and click Com puter > Manage : 2. Under Computer Ma nagement (L ocal) , click Device Manager[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL INSTALLING THE SES DRIVER – 67 3. Click Browse my com puter for d river s oftw are . 4. Brows e to Com put er , d ouble-click the M y Book drive, double- click the extras fold er , and s el ect WD SES Devic e Driver : 5. Click Next . 6. When the installation comp letes, click Close :[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL COMPLIANCE AND W ARRANTY INFORMATION – 68 Compliance and W arranty Information This a ppendix includes the follow ing t opics: Regulatory Co mpliance Envir onmental Compliance (China) W arranty Informatio n Regulator y Compliance FCC Class B Inform ation This device has been tested and fo und to co mply with the limit[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL COMPLIANCE AND W ARRANTY INFORMATION – 69 GNU General Publ ic License (“GP L”) Firmware incorporated into thi s pr oduct ma y include third party copyrighted software licensed under the G PL or Lesser General Pub lic Licens e ("LGPL") (co llectively , “GPL Software”) and not W ester n Digital’ s En[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL COMPLIANCE AND W ARRANTY INFORMATION – 70 Wa r r a n t y I n f o r m a t i o n Obtaining Ser vice WD values your business and always attempts to pro vide you the very best of service. If this Pro duct re quir es maintenance, either co n tact the d ealer from whom you originally purch ased the Product or visit our pr o[...]

MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL COMPLIANCE AND W ARRANTY INFORMATION – 71 Limited W arranty WD warrants that the Product, in the course of its normal use, will for the term defined below , be free from defects in material and workmanship and will conform to WD’ s specific ation therefor . The term of your limi ted wa rranty depends on the country [...]

INDEX – 72 MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL Index A Acces sories , optiona l 3 B Backup about ba cki ng up file s 14 files content box 17 procedure 16 , 17 Box cont ents 2 C CAUTION about erasing the drive 37 about lost passwor ds 25 about preventing data loss when dis- connecting 33 , 52 about your unlocked driv e 26 Checking 32 China RoHS 69 Compat[...]

INDEX – 73 MY BOOK S TUDI O USER MANUAL Run Diagnost ics scr een 43 S Security drive settings 35 Serial number 32 Set preferences scr een 35 retrieve fol der screen 34 sleep timer screen 37 Setting the drive sleep timer 37 SMART Status Check 42 Software S ettings preferences 34 , 35 retrieve fol der 34 system thro ttling 34 Space a vailable 32 Se[...]

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