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......2 Operating System Compatibility 2 Disk Drive Format...3 Physical Description...3
USB 3.0 Interface...3 Registering Your Drive...3 Handling Precautions...3
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2 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started 4
Connecting the Drive...4 Getting Started with the WD Software 4
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3 WD Discovery 5
Installing WD Discovery 5 Using WD Discovery...6 Devices Tab...6 Apps Tab...6 Available...
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7 Managing and Customizing the Software 19
Checking for Software Updates 19 Uninstalling the WD Software 20
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8 Using the Drive with a Mac Computer 21
Reformatting the Drive 21 Restoring the WD Software 21
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9 Troubleshooting 22
Installing, Partitioning, and Formatting the Drive 22 Frequently Asked Questions 22
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10 Compliance and Warranty Information...
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... following topics: Features Kit Contents Optional Accessories Operating System Compatibility Disk Drive Format Physical Description Registering Your Drive Handling Precautions
Features
Help preserve your memories when you're on the go with the easystore portable storage with plug-and-play USB connectivity and WD Backup™ software.
High Capacity - With up to 4TB capacity, there's plenty of...
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About Your WD Drive
Figure 1: easystore Portable Hard Drive Kit Components
▪ easystore portable hard drive, with WD Discovery software (includes WD Backup and WD Drive Utilities)
▪ USB 3.0 cable ▪ Quick install guide
Optional Accessories
For information about optional accessories for WD products, visit www.wdc.com
Operating System Compatibility
Your easystore drive and the WD...
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... Your WD Drive
Disk Drive Format
Your easystore drive is formatted as a single NTFS partition for compatibility with updated Windows operating systems. To use with other operating systems, see Reformatting the Drive and Troubleshooting.
Physical Description
As shown in figure 2, the easystore drive has: ▪ A USB 3.0 interface port
USB 3.0 Interface
The USB 3.0 interface supports interface...
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...connectivity, please install WD Backup™ and WD Drive Utilities™ from the WD Software Offline Installers > For Windows folder.
2. For Mac, open WD Discovery for Mac.dmg to install WD software to help modify drive settings. If you don't have internet connectivity, please install WD Drive Utilities™ from the WD Software Offline Installers > For Mac folder.
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... WD Discovery Using WD Discovery Devices Tab Apps Tab Available Apps
Installing WD Discovery
The WD Discovery application can be installed from your drive. 1. Double-click WD Discovery.exe. 2. Click Install Now. 3. Install application updates as needed. The WD Discovery screen displays a list of connected devices, update messages, and a link for registering your drive.
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...; Notification of software and firmware updates for registered drives ▪ Support services are available
Devices Tab
The Devices tab displays the list of drives, and volumes on the drives, connected to your system. Entries include the device name, drive letter, capacity, product name, and percentage of free space remaining. Clicking once on a drive listing opens a file explorer window.
Apps...
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... a backup plan, you specify the backup:
▪ Target-the external storage device where you will copy your files for backup protection. The backup target can be any supported:
◦ External storage drive ◦ Cloud service account ▪ Source-the computer files and folders that you want to copy to the backup target for backup protection. The backup source can...
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... service dialog shows all of the hardware devices and cloud service accounts that you can use for a backup target device:
a. Select to highlight the device that you want to use. b. If you have more than three available devices, use the left- and right-scroll
buttons to see them all. c. Click Next to display the Setup Complete dialog:
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... the WD Backup software displays a . . .
Cloud service account
Sign in dialog that you must complete to continue. (See "Configuring Your Cloud Service Account".)
3. The initial/default configuration of the backup settings on the Setup Complete dialog is for hourly backups of everything in the Windows Users folder for your computer user name.
On the Setup Complete dialog:
IF you...
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... the Setup Complete dialog.
Skip to Step 9.
Change the Include Files setting
Edit Files to display the Select files to back up screen and proceed to Step 8.
7. On the Select Files to Back Up screen: a. Click to select the device that has the files and folders you want to back up:
▪ My Computer ▪...
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... by the WD Backup software. 1. Open the WD Backup software:
▪ From the Installation Complete dialog, click Back up files with WD Backup ▪ Click the WD Backup desktop icon. 2. On the Select your WD storage device or cloud service dialog, select the Dropbox icon:
3. Click Next to display the connection dialog for your Dropbox account:
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... to display the Select Location screen:
2. Use the folder structure view of your computer to select the restore location.
3. With the selected folder name in the Folder box, click Select Folder.
4. The WD Backup software closes the Select Location screen and displays the path to the selected folder on the Restore dialog.
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... working properly.
▪ Sleep Timer-Reduces power to your drive during extended periods of inactivity to conserve power and extend the life of the drive.
▪ Drive Erase-Erase all of the data on the drive. ▪ About-See the installed software version, check for software updates, and
register your drive to receive free technical support during the warranty period and find out...
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... data is flushed from system cache before device removal.
▪ Mac users can simply drag the drive icon to the trash before disconnecting it.
Erasing the Drive
Note:
Erasing your drive also deletes the WD software and all of the support files and utilities. You can download these to restore your easystore drive to its original configuration after erasing the...
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... Discovery software uses your computer's Internet connection to register your drive. Registering the drive provides free technical support during the warranty period and keeps you up-to-date on the latest WD products. You can also register your drive online at http://register.wd.com
1. Make sure that your computer is connected to the Internet. 2. Click WD Discovery > Devices to display...
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Software
Procedure
WD Drive Utilities
1. As updates are available, a message appears in the WD Discovery Notifications section of the Devices screen.
2. Click the here link to install the update.
WD Backup
1. As updates are available, a message appears in the WD Discovery Notifications section of the Devices screen.
2. Click the here link to install the update.
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... about reformatting a drive.
Restoring the WD Software
After you have reformatted your easystore drive for use on Mac computers, go to http://support.wdc.com and see Knowledge Base answer ID 7 for information about downloading and restoring the Mac versions of the WD Discovery software on your easystore drive. The WD Backup software is not available for Mac computers.
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... or support organization
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is the drive not recognized under My Computer or on the computer desktop?
If your system has a USB 3.1, USB 3.0 or USB 2.0 PCI adapter card, be sure that its drivers are installed before connecting your WD USB 3.1 external storage product. The drive is not recognized correctly unless USB 3.1, USB 3.0 or USB 2.0 root hub and host controller...