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MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Table of Contents WD Service and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii Accessing Online Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii Contacting WD Technical Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii 1 About Your WD Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 6 Managing and Customizing Your Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Using the WD SmartWare Icon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Opening the WD SmartWare Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Checking Drive Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL B Compliance and Warranty Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Regulatory Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 FCC Class B Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 ICES/NMB-003 Compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 11 About Your WD Drive Welcome to your My Book® Studio™ external hard drive. My Book Studio is the highperformance answer to your storage needs with WD SmartWare™ software for automatic, continuous backup, and a blazing-fast FireWire 800 interface. Our latest edition features visual, easy-to-use, automatic, continuous backup software and drive lock security protection.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 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 Mac computers—Formatted for compatibility with Mac OS X Leopard and Snow Leopard operating systems. Support for multiple devices—One installation of the software supports up to three WD SmartWare My Book or My Passport drives. Important: For the latest WD product information and news, visit our website at www.westerndigital.com.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL FireWire 800 Cable AC Adapter FireWire 400 Cable USB Cable My Book Studio Drive Quick Install Guide Figure 1. My Book Drive Kit Components Operating System Compatibility The My Book Studio drive and WD SmartWare software are compatible with the following operating systems: Mac OS X® • Leopard® • Snow Leopard™ Windows® • Windows XP • Windows Vista® • Windows 7 Compatibility can vary, depending on hardware configuration and operating system.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Power/Activity LED Figure 2. Front of the My Book Studio Drive FireWire 800 USB 2.0 Kensington® Security Slot Power Connector Figure 3. Back of the My Book Studio Drive Power/Activity LED The power/activity LED shows the drive’s power state and activity as follows: LED Appearance Power State/Activity On steady Idle Fast flashing, approximately 3 times per second Active Slow flashing, approximately every 2.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Drive Interfaces As shown in Figure 3 on page 4, the My Book Studio drive has three interface ports: • Two FireWire 800 ports • One USB 2.0 port FireWire 800. The FireWire 800 ports support data transfer rates of up to 800 Mb/s and are backward-compatible with FireWire 400 using the included FireWire 400 cable. Connection to a FireWire 400 device transfers data at FireWire 400 speed (up to 400 Mb/s). Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0). The USB 2.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 12 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started This chapter provides instructions for connecting the drive to your computer and installing the WD SmartWare software. It includes the following topics: Connecting the Drive Enhancing Performance with WD +TURBO Getting Started with the WD SmartWare Software Connecting the Drive To connect the My Book Studio drive to your Mac computer: 1.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Note: If you have reformatted the drive for use on a Windows computer, skip the rest of this procedure and see “Connecting the Drive” on page 44 instead. 4. Verify that the My Book icon displays on your desktop: 5. The first time you connect your My Book drive to your computer, a message asks if you want to use the drive to back up with Time Machine: WD SmartWare software is fully compatible with Apple's Time Machine software.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL To install WD +TURBO: 1. Double-click the My Book icon and then double-click the Extras folder on the screen that displays: 2. Double-click the WD +TURBO Installer icon: 3. Click Install on the WD +TURBO Driver Installer screen: 4. Read the license agreement and click Accept to continue. 5. A message informs you that installing the drivers requires you to restart your computer to make them active: Click Yes to continue.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 6. Type the password that you use to access the computer in the Password box and click OK: 7. When the installation completes, click Yes to restart the computer: 8. When the computer restarts, the My Book icon looks like this: Your My Book drive is now ready to use as an enhanced-performance external storage device. Getting Started with the WD SmartWare Software To install the WD SmartWare software: 1.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 2. The WD SmartWare Software Installer screen displays: 3. Click Continue to Install and the installer utility detects that the WD SmartWare software is not installed: 4. Click Install WD SmartWare to begin the installation. 5. Read the license agreement and click Accept to continue. 6. Type the password that you use to access the computer in the Password box and click OK: 7. Wait for the installation to complete. This could take several minutes: 8.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Figure 5. WD SmartWare Home Screen WD SmartWare Software Overview The 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 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.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL WD SmartWare Home Screen The WD SmartWare Home screen has four tab-selected options: • Home—Provides a Content Gauge with the capacity of each hard drive in or connected to your computer (see Figure 5 on page 11) • Backup—Manages existing backups or creates new backups of your important data, including movies, music, documents, e-mail, and photos (see Figure 6 on page 15) • Retrieve—Brings back valuable data that has been lost or overwritten (see Figure 9 on page 22) • Settings—M
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 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—represents the system and hidden files that your computer’s operating system put there when you installed the drive. 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.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 13 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 your important files to the My Book drive—music, movies, photos, documents, e-mail, and other files.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Figure 6. 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 Start Backup are shown where a: • 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.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 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, working files, and any files that are stored in a Temp folder. • 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.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Important: Appearance of a Caution message indicating that your drive is full means that there is not enough free space on the drive to complete the backup. The best long-term solution would be to relegate the drive to longterm archive storage and: a. Click the Home tab to display the Home screen. b. Click the WDStore link in the WD Online box to view the Western Digital Online Store website. c.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 2. In the backup files content box: • Select the check boxes for the categories of files that you want to include in the backup • Clear the check boxes for the categories of files that you want to exclude from the backup 3. Click Apply to refresh the Content Gauge for your My Book drive. 4. Click Start Backup to back up the selected categories of files.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Figure 8. Software Settings Screen Specifying the Number of Backup Versions. The WD SmartWare software can keep up to 25 older versions of each file. If you overwrite or delete a file by mistake, or want to see the file a couple of versions ago, the WD SmartWare software has a copy for you. You always have the most-recent specified number of versions of each file available for retrieves, and you can choose to keep from 1 to 25 versions.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Pausing Backups Until Your Computer is Idle. A large backup can take a lot of time, and can consume a lot of your system processing resources. The WD SmartWare software works in the background using minimal computer resources while you are working on your computer. If you want to pause all backup activity until your computer is idle, you can by enabling the Backup Speed option: 1.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 14 Retrieving Backed Up Files This chapter includes the following topics: About Retrieving Files Retrieving Files or Folders About Retrieving Files The WD SmartWare software makes it easy for you to retrieve files that have been backed up on your My Book drive and copy them to either: • Their original locations on your computer • A special retrieve folder Retrieve is generally a five-step process: 1. Choose the drive to retrieve files from on the Home screen. 2.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Figure 9. Retrieve Screen Figure 10.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Figure 11. Select Content to Retrieve Screen 4. On the Select content to retrieve... screen: IF you want to retrieve . . . from the selected backup volume, THEN select the . . . All of the files Retrieve All Files option and skip to step 6 on page 24. Individual files or folders Retrieve Some Files option to display the retrieve files selection box (see Figure 12) and proceed to step 5 on page 24. Figure 12.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 5. In the retrieve files selection box, navigate through the folder structure to find the files you want. Also, you can use the search box by typing the name (or partial name) of the file or folder: • Click the folder pointer to open a folder. • Type all or part of the file name in the search box, using the question mark (?) as a wildcard character, to find a file and press the return key to initiate the search.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 15 Locking and Unlocking the Drive This chapter includes the following topics: Password Protecting the Drive Unlocking the Drive Changing Your Password Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature Password Protecting the Drive You should password protect your drive if you are worried that someone else will gain access to your drive and you do not want them to see your files on the drive. CAUTION! The WD SmartWare software uses your password to electronically lock and unlock your drive.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Figure 13. Drive Settings Screen 6. Type a hint to help remind yourself of your password in the Password hint box. 7. Read the warning about the possibility of data loss if you forget your password. 8. Click the I understand check box to signify that you accept the risk. 9. Click Save Security Settings to save your password and enable password protection for your drive.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Unlocking the Drive with the WD SmartWare Software Whenever you shut down and restart your computer, or disconnect and reconnect the drive to your computer, the WD SmartWare software displays a Drive is locked message in place of the Content Gauge for your My Book drive: The procedure for unlocking your drive with the WD SmartWare software can be automatic or manual, depending on whether the Please provide your password prompt appears or not. Automatically.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL To unlock the drive manually, using the WD SmartWare icon: 1. Click the WD SmartWare icon in the bar at the top-right corner of the screen. 2. Select the My Book drive and then click Unlock Drive: 3. Type your password in the Password box and click Unlock on the WD SmartWare Drive Unlock utility screen: 4. At the Your drive is now unlocked prompt, click Exit to close the WD SmartWare Drive Unlock utility screen.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 2. Type your password in the Password box and click Unlock on the WD SmartWare Drive Unlock utility screen: 3. At the Your drive is now unlocked 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 13 on page 26) to display the Your Drive is Secure dialog: 2. Type your current password in the Password box. 3. Select the Change password option. 4.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature To remove password protection from your drive: 1. Click Security on the Drive Settings screen (see Figure 13 on page 26) to display the Your Drive is Secure dialog: 2. Type your password in the Password box. 3. Select the Remove security option. 4. Click Update Security Settings to remove password protection from your drive and redisplay the Set Security dialog.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 16 Managing and Customizing Your Drive This chapter includes the following topics: Using the WD SmartWare Icon Customizing Your Software Settings Customizing Your Drive Settings Uninstalling the WD SmartWare Software Restoring the WD SmartWare Software and Disk Image Using the WD SmartWare Icon After you have installed the WD SmartWare software, the WD SmartWare icon displays in the bar at the top right of the screen.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Checking Drive Status Use the WD SmartWare icon to determine whether the drive is locked (encrypted), how full the drive is, the drive’s serial number and the temperature condition of the drive: 1. Click the WD SmartWare icon to display a list of drives and select the My Book drive: 2. If the drive is unlocked (not encrypted) the submenu shows the serial number of the drive, the space available, and temperature condition. If the drive is locked: a.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL CAUTION! To prevent data loss, close all active windows and applications before shutting down or disconnecting the drive. Using the WD SmartWare Icon. To safely dismount the drive using the WD SmartWare icon: 1. Click the WD SmartWare icon to display a list of drives. 2. Select the My Book drive and on the submenu select Unmount Volumes: If the drive has more than one volume, a prompt asks you to select the volume. You might hear the drive power down. 3.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Customizing Your Software Settings The WD SmartWare software makes it easy for you to quickly customize its own software settings for the best possible performance with your drive by: • Specifying the number of backup versions that you want to keep for each file • Inhibiting backups until times when your computer is idle • Specifying a unique folder to store files retrieved from your drive • Automatically checking for WD SmartWare software updates To customize your WD SmartWare s
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Setting the Preferences Option When enabled, the Preferences option checks for software updates each time you reconnect your My Book drive to your computer. This ensures that you are always using the most-recent software version. To enable or disable the Preferences option: 1. On the Software Settings screen (see Figure 8 on page 19), click Preferences to display the Set Preferences dialog: 2.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL IF you want to . . . THEN click . . . AND see . . . Specify an inactive time interval to turn off your drive, Sleep Timer “Setting the Drive Sleep Timer” on page 37. Erase your drive so you can retrieve the space and start over with a fresh set of backups, Drive Erase “Erasing the Drive” on page 37. Registering the Drive The WD SmartWare software uses your computer’s Internet connection to register your drive.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Setting the Drive Sleep Timer The drive sleep timer turns off the power to your drive after a certain period of inactivity to conserve power and minimize long-term wear on the drive. To specify the inactivity period for the sleep timer: 1. On the Drive Settings screen (see Figure 13 on page 26), click Sleep Timer to display the Set Sleep Timer dialog: 2. In the Sleep Timer box, select the inactivity time interval at which you want to turn off the drive. 3.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Using the Drive Settings Drive Erase Function. To erase your My Book when the drive is not locked: 1. On the Drive Settings screen (see Figure 13 on page 26), click Drive Erase to display the Erase Drive dialog: 2. Read the warning about the loss of data if you erase your drive. 3. Click the I understand check box to signify that you accept the risk. 4. Click Drive Erase to erase your drive. After the drive erase operation completes, go to http://support.wdc.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Using the Drive Unlock Utility. To erase your My Book when the drive is locked and you have forgotten or lost your password: 1. If you do not see a prompt to provide your password, then either: • Click the My Book image above the Drive is locked prompt to display the WD SmartWare drive unlock screen: • Double-click the WD Unlocker virtual CD icon and double-click the Drive Unlock icon on the screen that appears: The WD SmartWare Drive Unlock utility screen displays: 2.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 5. Click the I understand check box to signify that you accept the risk. 6. Click Format to erase your drive. After the drive erase operation completes, go to http://support.wdc.com and see Knowledge Base Answer ID #5419 for information about downloading and restoring the WD SmartWare software and disk image on your My Book drive. Note: Erasing your drive also removes your password.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 4. Type the password that you use to access the computer in the Password box and click OK: 5. When the uninstall completes, click Exit to close the WD SmartWare Uninstall screen: Restoring the WD SmartWare Software and Disk Image In addition to deleting all of the data on your My Book drive, erasing or reformatting the drive also removes the WD SmartWare software and all of the support files, utilities, online help, and user manual files.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 17 Checking Drive Health The files on your My Book drive are important to you. The WD SmartWare software has several built-in diagnostic tools to help make sure that your drive is performing well. Run the following tests if you are concerned that your drive is not operating properly: Diagnostic Tool Description Quick S.M.A.R.T. Status Check S.M.A.R.T. is a failure-prediction function that continuously monitors key internal performance attributes of the drive.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL To run drive diagnostics and status checks: 1. On the Drive Settings screen (see Figure 13 on page 26), click Diagnostics to display the Diagnostics dialog: 2.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 18 Using the Drive with Windows The My Book drive is formatted as a single HFS+J partition for compatibility with Mac OS X operating systems.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 3. If a Found New Hardware screen appears, click Cancel to close it. The WD SmartWare software that is on the drive installs the proper driver for your My Book drive. 4. Verify that the My Book drive appears under My Computer in Windows Explorer. 5. Several different screens might also appear, depending on your computer’s operating system: IF your operating system is . . . THEN . . . Windows XP Proceed to step 6. Windows Vista or Windows 7 Skip to step 8. 6.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Note: If a Flash Player is installed on your computer, the screen is animated. Figure 14. Welcome to WD SmartWare Screen 9. Continue to “Getting Started with the WD SmartWare Software” in the next section. If you do not want to install the WD SmartWare software, go to “Getting Started Without the WD SmartWare Software” on page 56 instead. Getting Started with the WD SmartWare Software To get started with WD SmartWare software: 1.
MY BOOK STUDIO 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 (see Figure 15 on page 48). Here you can either: • Run your first backup—See “Backing Up Your Computer Files” on page 14 before clicking Start Backup and then proceed to step 5.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 6. After password protecting or registering your drive, click Continue to close the WD SmartWare initial Drive Settings screen and display the WD SmartWare Home screen (Figure 17 on page 49). This completes the getting started procedure after selecting Install WD SmartWare and skipping the backup. 7. After password protecting or registering your drive, click Finish to close the drive management initial Drive Settings screen.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Drive Management Initial Drive Settings Screen WD SmartWare Initial Drive Settings Screen Figure 16. Initial Drive Settings Screens Figure 17.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Figure 18. Drive Management Home Screen Figure 19.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Using the WD SmartWare Icon After you have installed the WD SmartWare software, the WD SmartWare icon displays in the system tray portion of the Windows taskbar.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Checking Drive Status Hover the pointer over the WD SmartWare icon in the taskbar to see the drive capacity used and drive temperature condition, and to find out if the drive is locked: Monitoring Icon Alerts The WD SmartWare icon in the taskbar flashes to indicate drive status as follows: IF the WD SmartWare icon flashes . . . THEN the drive might be . . .
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Enabling the Backup and Retrieve Functions If you selected Install Drive Settings at the What would you like to do? prompt on the Welcome to WD SmartWare screen and now want to enable the Backup and Retrieve functions: 1. On the drive maintenance Drive Settings screen (see Figure 19 on page 50), click Preferences to display the Set Preferences dialog: 2. Select the Enable Backup and Restore functions check box. 3.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Unlocking the Drive with the WD SmartWare Software Whenever you shut down and restart your computer, or disconnect and reconnect the drive to your computer, the WD SmartWare software displays a Drive is locked message in place of the Content Gauge for your My Book drive: To unlock the drive using the WD SmartWare software: 1. Click the My Book image above the Drive is locked message to display the WD SmartWare drive unlock screen: 2. Type your password in the Password box. 3.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Unlocking the Drive Without the WD SmartWare Software Whenever you connect your password-protected drive to a computer that does not have the WD SmartWare software installed, you can use the WD SmartWare Drive Unlock utility to unlock the drive there. The WD SmartWare software provides the Drive Unlock utility on a “virtual” CD drive that appears under My Computer in your Windows Explorer display. To unlock the drive without the WD SmartWare software installed: 1.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Uninstalling on Windows Vista or Windows 7 Computers 1. Click Start > Control Panel. 2. Double-click Programs and Features. 3. Click WD SmartWare or the WD SmartWare icon and click Uninstall/Change at the top of the screen. 4. Click Yes at the Do you wish to proceed... prompt. Getting Started Without the WD SmartWare Software If you do not install the WD SmartWare software, you can still use your My Book as an external hard drive.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 19 Troubleshooting If you have problems installing or using your My Book drive, refer to this troubleshooting section or visit our support website at http://support.wdc.com and search the knowledge base for more help.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Q: Why is the data transfer rate slow? A: Your system may be operating at USB 1.1 speeds due to an incorrect driver installation of the USB 2.0 adapter card or a system that does not support USB 2.0. If your system includes a PCI slot, you can achieve Hi-Speed USB transfer rates by installing a USB 2.0 PCI adapter card. Contact the card manufacturer for installation procedures and more information.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL A 1 Installing the SES Driver If you do not install the WD SmartWare software, installing the SES driver on Windows computers keeps the hardware popup wizard from displaying every time you connect your My Book drive to the computer. Note: The SES driver is installed automatically when you install the WD SmartWare software or if you click Do Not Install on the Welcome to WD SmartWare screen (see “Getting Started Without the WD SmartWare Software” on page 56).
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 4. Select Install the software automatically and click Next: 5.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Installing the Driver Manually If your computer is not connected to the Internet, install the driver manually: 1. On the Found New Hardware Wizard screen, select No, not this time to inhibit a connection attempt to Windows Update: 2. Click Next to continue. 3. Select Install from a list or specific location and click Next: 4. Browse to My Computer and: a. Double-click the My Book drive. b. Double-click the extras folder. c. Select WD SES Device Driver.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL d. Click Next: 5. When the installation completes, click Finish: Installing on Windows Vista Computers After connecting the drive as shown in Figure 4 on page 6, the Found New Hardware screen displays. Note: If Autoplay is enabled, two additional screens might appear at the same time as the Found New Hardware screen. If they appear, close them.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Installing the Driver Automatically To install the SES driver automatically, your computer must be connected to the Internet: 1. Verify that your computer is connected to the Internet. 2. On the Found New Hardware screen, click Locate and install driver software: 3.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Installing the Driver Manually If your computer is not connected to the Internet, install the driver manually: 1. On the Found New Hardware screen, click Locate and install driver software: 2. On the Found New Hardware - WD SES Device screen, click Don’t search online: 3. At the Insert the disc that came with your WD SES Device prompt, click I don’t have the disc. Show me other options: 4. Browse to Computer and: a. Double-click the My Book drive.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL b. Double-click the extras folder. c. Select WD SES Device Driver. d. Click Next: 5.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Installing on Windows 7 Computers After connecting the drive as shown in Figure 4 on page 6, use the Windows 7 Computer Management utility to install the SES driver: 1. Open All Programs and click Computer > Manage: 2.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL 3. Click Browse my computer for driver software. 4. Browse to Computer, double-click the My Book drive, double-click the extras folder, and select WD SES Device Driver: 5. Click Next. 6.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL B 1 Compliance and Warranty Information This appendix includes the following topics: Regulatory Compliance Environmental Compliance (China) Warranty Information Regulatory Compliance FCC Class B Information This device has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL GNU General Public License (“GPL”) Firmware incorporated into this product may include third party copyrighted software licensed under the GPL or Lesser General Public License ("LGPL") (collectively, “GPL Software”) and not Western Digital’s End User License Agreement. In accordance with the GPL, if applicable: 1) the source code for the GPL Software may be downloaded at no charge from http://support.wdc.com/download/gpl or obtained on CD for a nominal charge from http://support.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Warranty Information Obtaining Service WD values your business and always attempts to provide you the very best of service. If this Product requires maintenance, either contact the dealer from whom you originally purchased the Product or visit our product support website at http://support.wdc.com/ warranty/policy.asp for information on how to obtain service or a Return Material Authorization (RMA).
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Limited Warranty 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 specification therefor. The term of your limited warranty depends on the country in which your Product was purchased.
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Index A Accessories, optional 3 B history, drive setting 34 history, screen 19 Formats 3 Front and back views 3 Full Media Scan 42 Backup about backing up files 14 files content box 17 procedure 16, 17 Box contents 2 H C L CAUTION about erasing the drive 37 about lost passwords 25 about preventing data loss when disconnecting 33, 52 about your unlocked drive 26 Checking 32 China RoHS 69 Compatibility with operating systems 3 Compliance, regulatory 68 Connecting the drive 6
MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Run Diagnostics screen 43 S Security drive settings 35 Serial number 32 Set preferences screen 35 retrieve folder screen 34 sleep timer screen 37 Setting the drive sleep timer 37 SMART Status Check 42 Software Settings preferences 34, 35 retrieve folder 34 system throttling 34 Space available 32 Settings See Drive Settings Status check 32 System compatibility 3 file category, defined 12, 16 throttling software setting 34 T Temperature check 32 U Unlocking the drive 53 with the
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