Western Digital My Book Essential Edition Installation instructions

External Storage
Small, simple, elegant, and very easy to use. Just plug it in, and you’ve got
plenty of room to back up and save your valuable data, music, photos, and
movies.
Product Features
Smart design — The elegant case, iconic of a book, takes up less space on your desk,
stacks horizontally, and allows two or more drives to nestle neatly together like volumes
on a shelf.
Intelligent drive management — SmartPower™ automatic power on/off and LED
activity lights make this drive especially easy to use.
Google software — Search your drive, manage your photos, and simplify Web
searches with included Google software.
High quality hard drive — Inside the case is an exceptionally fast (7200 RPM spin
speed), ultra quiet, cool-running hard drive from WD, of course!
One-year warranty in the U.S., two-year warranty in Europe.
Compatibility
Kit Contents
External hard drive
USB cable
AC adapter
Quick Install Guide
The WD Promise
WD understands the importance of the information you save to your hard
drive and we are committed to protecting that data with exceptionally
reliable products, advanced data protection technology, and superior
customer support. No one does more to safeguard your data than WD.
Windows®Macintosh
Available USB port Available USB port
Windows 2000/XP/Vista™ Mac®OS X 10.3 or later
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My Book™
Essential Edition™
USB 2.0
Instant Storage
Smart Design
Interface
Software
Capacities
Order Numbers
USB 2.0
Google™
WDG1U1600x
WDG1U2500x
WDG1U3200x
WDG1U5000x
WDG1U7500x
Note: Not all products
may be available in all
regions of the world.
160 to 750 GB

External Storage
Performance Specifications
Product Dimensions
Packaging Specifications
Retail UPC Codes
Data transfer rate 480 Mb/s (maximum)
Read seek time 8.9 ms (average)
Rotational speed 7200 RPM
RoHS compliant1Yes
Height 6.71 in (170.5 mm)
Length 5.55 in (141.0 mm)
Width 2.25 in (57.2 mm)
Weight 2.9 lb (1.3 kg)
Box English Metric
Retail package size 11.625 in x 4.5 in x 8.0 in 295.3 mm x 114.3 mm x 203.2 mm
Retail package weight 4.55 lb 2.06 kg
Master carton size 19.19 in x 11.94 in x 8.88 in 487.43 mm x 303.28 mm x 225.55 mm
Master carton weight 19.40 lb 8.80 kg
Packages per master carton 4 4
Master cartons per pallet 40 40
Pallet load size 48 in x 40 in x 49.4 in 1219 mm x 1016 mm x 1255 mm
Pallet load weight 826 lb 374.67 kg
PAN AMERICA EUROPE/MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA
Capacity2Order Number UPC Code Order Number UPC Code
160 GB WDG1U1600N 7 18037 11630 3 WDG1U1600E 7 18037 11635 8
250 GB WDG1U2500N 7 18037 11632 7 WDG1U2500E 7 18037 11637 2
320 GB WDG1U3200N 7 18037 11633 4 WDG1U3200E 7 18037 11638 9
500 GB WDG1U5000N 7 18037 11784 3 WDG1U5000E 7 18037 11785 0
750 GB WDG1U7500N 7 18037 12032 4 WDG1U7500E 7 18037 12033 1
ASIA MULTI-CITY ASIA
Capacity2Order Number UPC Code Order Number UPC Code
160 GB WDG1U1600A 7 18037 11759 1 WDG1U1600S 7 18037 12151 2
250 GB WDG1U2500A 7 18037 11761 4 WDG1U2500S 7 18037 12153 6
320 GB WDG1U3200A 7 18037 11762 1 WDG1U3200S 7 18037 12154 3
500 GB WDG1U5000A 7 18037 11788 1 WDG1U5000S 7 18037 12156 7
750 GB WDG1U7500A 7 18037 12161 1 WDG1U7500S 7 18037 12157 4
For service and literature:
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www.westerndigital.com
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Essential Edition, SmartPower, and FIT Lab
are trademarks of Western Digital
Technologies, Inc. Other marks may be
mentioned herein. that belong to other
companies. Product specifications subject
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My Book
Essential Edition
Environmental Specifications
Power Specifications
Operating temperature 5°C to 35°C
Non-operating temperature –20°C to 65°C
AC input voltage 100–240V
AC input frequency 47–63 Hz
1WD hard drive products manufactured and sold worldwide after June 1, 2006, meet or exceed Restriction of Hazardous
Substances (RoHS) compliance requirements as mandated by the European Union for electrical and electronic products.
The RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament, which is effective in the EU beginning July 1, 2006, aims to
protect human health and the environment by restricting the use of certain hazardous substances in new equipment, and
consists of restrictions on lead, mercury, cadmium, and other substances..
2One gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes. One terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on
operating environment.