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WD Service and Support
Should you encounter any problem, please give us an opportunity to address it before returning
this product. Most technical support questions can be answered through our knowledge base
or email support service at http://support.wd.com. If the answer is not available or if you prefer,
please contact WD™at the best telephone number shown below.
Your product includes 30 days of free telephone support during the warranty period. This 30-
day period starts on the date of your first telephone contact with WD Technical Support. Email
support is free for the entire warranty period and our extensive knowledge base is available 24/
7. To help us keep you informed of new features and services, remember to register your
product online at http://register.wd.com.
Accessing Online Support
Visit our product support website at http://support.wd.com and choose from these topics:
 Downloads—Download drivers, software, and updates for your WD product.
 Registration—Register your WD product to get the latest updates and special offers.
 Warranty & RMA Services—Get warranty, product replacement (RMA), RMA status, and
data recovery information.
 Knowledge Base—Search by keyword, phrase, or Answer ID.
 Installation—Get online installation help for your WD product or software.
 WD Community—Share your thoughts and connect with other WD users.
Contacting WD Technical Support
When contacting WD for support, have your WD product serial number, system hardware, and
system software versions available.
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Table of Contents
WD Service and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
Accessing Online Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
Contacting WD Technical Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
1 About Your WD Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Kit Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Optional Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Operating System Compatibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Disk Drive Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Physical Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Power/Activity LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
USB 3.0 Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Kensington® Security Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Registering Your Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Handling Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Connecting the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Getting Started with the WD Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3 Backing Up Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
How the Backup Function Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Backing Up Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4 Restoring Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
How the Restore Function Works. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Restoring Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
5 Locking and Unlocking the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Password Protecting the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Unlocking the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
With the WD Security or WD Drive Utilities Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
With the WD Drive Unlock Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Changing Your Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
6 Managing and Customizing the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Checking Drive Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Erasing the Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using the Drive Erase Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using Five Invalid Passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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Registering the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Setting the Drive Sleep Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Using the WD Quick View Icon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Checking Drive Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Monitoring Icon Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Safely Disconnecting the Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
7 Managing and Customizing the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Checking for Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Configuring Your Cloud Service Account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Uninstalling the WD Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
8 Using the Drive with a Mac Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Reformatting the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
9 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Installing, Partitioning, and Formatting the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Frequently Asked Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
A Installing the SES Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Installing on Windows Vista Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Installing on Windows 7 and Windows 8 Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
B Compliance and Warranty Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Regulatory Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
FCC Class B Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
ICES-003/NMB-003 Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Safety Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
CE Compliance For Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
GS Mark (Germany only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
KC Notice (Republic of Korea only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Environmental Compliance (China). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Warranty Information (All Regions Except Australia/New Zealand) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Obtaining Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Warranty Information (Australia/New Zealand) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Obtaining Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
GNU General Public License (“GPL”) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

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ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE – 1
About Your WD Drive
Secure your precious memories on My Book™desktop storage. This USB 3.0 drive is
optimized for the fastest possible data transfer rates and features complete protection
for your files. The WD Backup™software protects your precious memories. The Acronis®
True Image (ATI) WD Edition software provides complete system backup. Password
protection with hardware encryption keeps your private stuff private.
This introductory chapter includes the following topics:
Features
Kit Contents
Optional Accessories
Operating System Compatibility
Disk Drive Format
Physical Description
Registering Your Drive
Handling Precautions
Features
Secure your precious memories on My Book desktop storage with ultra-fast USB 3.0
connectivity, WD Backup software, Acronis True Image system-level software and
password protection.
Ultra-fast transfer rates—My Book desktop storage is optimized for the fastest
possible data transfer rates. Connect this drive to a SuperSpeed USB 3.0 port to access
and save files in record time.
Massive capacity—Plenty of room to store and protect your precious memories and
important files.
Automatic backup software—The WD Backup software works quietly in the
background to help protect your data using minimal computer resources.
Local and cloud backup—The WD Backup software lets you choose. Back up your files
to your My Book drive or back up your files to the cloud using your Dropbox™account.
(A Dropbox account is required for cloud backup. Cloud services can be changed,
terminated or interrupted at any time and can vary by country.)
System-level backup—Acronis True Image (ATI) WD Edition software backs up your
files on a system level so that if you ever need to recover your system files, you have
them close at hand:
 ATI WD Edition software download: http://products.wd.com/wdacronis
 ATI WD Edition user guide download: http://products.wd.com/wdacronis/um
More access—Our free Windows®8 App makes it easy to discover, organize, and enjoy
photos, videos and music libraries stored on your My Book drive using a Windows 8
computer. Go to the Windows Store for your free download.
Universal connectivity—With this drive you get connectivity with the latest USB 3.0
devices as well as backward compatibility with USB 2.0 devices.
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Password protection for privacy—Gain peace of mind knowing that your data is
protected from unauthorized access with password protection and encryption.
WD quality inside and out—For over 20 years, millions of people worldwide have
trusted their data to WD hard drives. We are successful because we understand the
importance of your data and our first concern is keeping that data safe.
Kit Contents
As shown in Figure 1, your My Book drive kit includes the following:
 My Book drive, with the WD Backup, WD Drive Utilities™, and WD Security™software
 USB 3.0 cable
 AC adapter
 Quick Install Guide
Important: For the latest WD product information and news, visit our website at
http://www.westerndigital.com. For the latest software, firmware, and product
documentation and information, go to http://support.wd.com/downloads.
For Acronis True Image (ATI) WD Edition software and user guide downloads, go to:
 ATI WD Edition software download: http://products.wd.com/wdacronis
 ATI WD Edition user guide download: http://products.wd.com/wdacronis/um
Figure 1. My Book Drive Kit Components
My Book Drive AC Adapter
Quick Install Guide
USB 3.0 Cable

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Optional Accessories
For information about optional accessories for WD products, visit:
Operating System Compatibility
Your My Book drive and the WD Drive Utilities and WD Security software are compatible
with the following operating systems:
The WD Backup software is compatible with the following operating systems:
Compatibility can vary, depending on hardware configuration and operating system.
For highest performance and reliability, always install the latest updates and service
pack (SP). For Windows computers, go to the Start menu and select Windows Update.
For Mac computers, go to the Apple menu and select Software Update or App Store.
Disk Drive Format
Your My Book drive is formatted as a single NTFS partition for compatibility with all
updated Windows operating systems. If you want to use the drive with a Mac computer,
see “Reformatting the Drive” on page 39 and “Troubleshooting” on page 40.
US www.wdstore.com
Canada www.wdstore.ca
Europe www.wdstore.eu
Australia www.wdstore.com.au
Singapore www.wdstore.sg
All others Contact WD Technical Support in your region. For a list of Technical
Support contacts, visit http://support.wd.com and see Knowledge Base
Answer ID 1048.
Windows Mac OS X
 Windows Vista®
 Windows 7
 Windows 8
 Windows 8.1
 Snow Leopard
 Lion
 Mountain Lion
 Mavericks
 Yosemite
 Windows Vista
 Windows 7
 Windows 8
 Windows 8.1

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Physical Description
As shown in Figure 2, the My Book drive has:
 A power/activity LED indicator on the front
 The power connector, interface port, and a security slot on the back
Power/Activity LED
The power/activity LED shows the drive’s power state as follows:
USB 3.0 Interface
USB 3.0 supports data transfer rates up to 5 Gb/s. USB 3.0 is backward compatible
with USB 2.0. Connection to a USB 2.0 port transfers data at the port speed—up to
480 Mb/s
Kensington® Security Slot
For drive security, the Kensington security slot accepts a standard Kensington security
cable (sold separately). For more information about the Kensington security slot and
available products, visit www.kensington.com.
LED Appearance Power State/Activity
On steady Idle
Fast flashing, approximately 3 times per second Activity
Slow flashing, approximately every 2.5 seconds System standby
Figure 2. My Book Drive
Power/Activity LED
Security Slot
USB 3.0
Power Connector

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Registering Your Drive
Always register your My Book drive to get the latest updates and special offers. You can
easily register your drive using the WD Drive Utilities software, as described in
“Registering the Drive” on page 32. Another way is to register online at
http://register.wd.com.
Handling Precautions
WD products are precision instruments and must be handled with care during unpacking
and installation. Drives may be damaged by rough handling, shock, or vibration. Always
observe the following precautions when unpacking and installing your external storage
product:
 Do not drop or jolt the drive.
 Do not move the drive during activity.
 Do not use this product as a portable drive.
 To allow proper ventilation, do not block any of the drive enclosure’s air slots.

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Connecting the Drive and Getting Started
This chapter provides instructions for connecting the drive and installing the WD
software on your computer. It includes the following topics:
Connecting the Drive
Getting Started with the WD Software
Connecting the Drive
1. Turn on your computer.
2. Connect the drive to your computer as shown in Figure 3.
3. Verify that the drive appears in your computer’s file management utility listing.
4. If a Found New Hardware screen appears, click Cancel to close it. The WD software
installs the proper driver for your drive.
Your drive is now ready to use as an external storage device. You can enhance its
capabilities by installing the WD software that is on the drive:
 WD Backup
 WD Security
 WD Drive Utilities
 WD Quick View
Figure 3. Connecting the Drive
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