Western Digital WDBFJK0030HBK Connecting the Drive and Getting Started

MY BOOK

USER MANUAL

CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 6

Connecting the Drive and Getting Started

This chapter provides instructions for connecting the drive and installing the WD Drive

Utilities, WD Security, and WD SmartWare software on your computer. It includes the

following topics:

Connecting the Drive

Getting Started with the WD Software

Connecting the Drive

1. Depending on your region, if required, change the power adapter as follows:

2. Turn on your computer.

3. Connect the My Book drive as shown in Figure 3.

Figure 3. Connecting the My Book Drive

Installing Removing Installing

Removing

Contents

Main WD Service and Support Accessing Online Support Contacting WD Technical Support Table of Contents 2 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3 WD SmartWare Software Functional Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 6 Locking and Unlocking the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 7 Managing and Customizing the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 8 Managing and Customizing the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 B Compliance and Warranty Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 About Your WD Drive Features Kit Contents Optional Accessories Operating System Compatibility Disk Drive Format Physical Description Power/Activity LED Registering Your Drive Handling Precautions Connecting the Drive and Getting Started Connecting the Drive 1. Getting Started with the WD Software 1. Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page WD SmartWare Software Functional Overview Home Tab Display Page Page Page Page Page Page Backup Tab Displays Page Page Retrieve Tab Displays Page Settings Tab Display See Figure 11 and Table 4 for a brief functional description of the Settings tab display. Help Tab Display Page Backing Up Files How the Backup Function Works Backing Up Files 1. Page Page Page Page Page Page - Important: Retrieving Files How the Retrieve Function Works 1. Retrieving Files 1. Page Page Page Page Locking and Unlocking the Drive Password Protecting the Drive 1. Unlocking the Drive Unlocking the Drive with the WD Security or WD Drive Utilities Software 1. Unlocking the Drive with the WD SmartWare Software 1. Unlocking the Drive with the WD Drive Unlock Utility 1. Changing Your Password 1. Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature 1. Managing and Customizing the Drive Using the WD Quick View Icon Opening the WD SmartWare Software Checking Drive Status Safely Disconnecting the Drive Monitoring Icon Alerts Setting the Drive Sleep Timer Registering the Drive 1. Checking Drive Health Erasing the Drive Using the Drive Erase Function Using the WD Drive Unlock Utility 1. Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image Managing and Customizing the Software Specifying the Number of Backup Versions 1. Specifying a Different Retrieved Content Folder 1. Checking for Software Updates 1. Configuring a Remote Dropbox Account 1. Page Uninstalling the WD Software Uninstalling on Windows XP 1. Uninstalling on Windows Vista or Windows 7 1. Using the Drive with a Mac Reformatting the Drive Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image Troubleshooting Installing, Partitioning, and Formatting the Drive Frequently Asked Questions Page Installing the SES Driver A Installing on Windows XP Computers Installing the Driver Automatically 1. Page Installing the Driver Manually 1. Page Installing on Windows Vista Computers Installing the Driver Automatically 1. Installing the Driver Manually 1. Page Installing on Windows 7 and Windows 8 Computers 1. Page Compliance and Warranty Information B Regulatory Compliance FCC Class B Information ICES-003/NMB-003 Statement Safety Compliance Environmental Compliance (China) Warranty Information (All Regions Except Australia/ New Zealand) Obtaining Service Limited Warranty Warranty Information (Australia/New Zealand) Obtaining Service Warranty GNU General Public License (GPL) Index