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My Book Studio User Manual
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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 e-mail support service at http://support.wdc.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
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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Safe
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MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL B Compliance and Warranty Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Regulatory Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 FCC Class B Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 ICES/NMB-003 Compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL About Your WD Drive 1 1 ® ™ Welcome to your My Book Studio external hard drive. My Book Studio is the high- performance 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. This chapter includes the following topics: Features Kit Contents Optional Accessories Opera
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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.
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MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL FireWire 800 Cable AC Adapter FireWire 400 Cable Quick Install Guide My Book Studio Drive USB Cable 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 Windows ® • Leopard • Windows XP ™ ® • Snow Leopard • Windows Vista • Windows 7 Compatibility can vary, depending on hardware configuration and operating system. For highest
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MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Power/Activity LED Figure 2. Front of the My Book Studio Drive FireWire 800 ® Kensington Security Slot USB 2.0 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 2.5 seconds System standby ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE – 4
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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 2.0 port supports data transfe
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MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Connecting the Drive and Getting Started 2 1 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. Depending on your region, if required, change the power adapter as follows: US/JA/TW E
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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. When using Time Machine, you can
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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. CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING START
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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. Double-click the My Book icon and then double-click the W
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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. Whe
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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. Note: Automatic backup protection is continuous for as long as your My Book dri
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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
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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. Whene
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MY BOOK STUDIO USER MANUAL Backing Up Your Computer Files 3 1 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. Note: One installation of the WD SmartWare software supports up to three WD SmartWare My Book or
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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. • Dark blue back
