Western Digital My Passport Ultra Manual de usuario

External Portable

My Passport™Ultra Metal Edition

Premium Storage

User Manual

My Passport Ultra Metal Edition User Manual

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Operating System Compatibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Disk Drive Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Physical Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Power/Activity LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

USB 3.0 Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Registering Your Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Handling Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

2 Connecting the Drive and Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Connecting the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Getting Started with the WD Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

3 Backing Up Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

How the Backup Function Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Backing Up Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

4 Restoring Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

How the Restore Function Works. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Restoring Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

5 Locking and Unlocking the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Password Protecting the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Unlocking the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

With the WD Security or WD Drive Utilities Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

With the WD Drive Unlock Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Changing Your Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

6 Managing and Customizing the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Checking Drive Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Erasing the Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Using the Drive Erase Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Using Five Invalid Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

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Registering the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Setting the Drive Sleep Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Using the WD Quick View Icon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Checking Drive Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Monitoring Icon Alerts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Safely Disconnecting the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

7 Managing and Customizing the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Checking for Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Configuring Your Cloud Service Account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Uninstalling the WD Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

8 Using the Drive with a Mac Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Reformatting the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

9 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Installing, Partitioning, and Formatting the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Frequently Asked Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

A Installing the SES Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Installing on Windows Vista Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Installing on Windows 7 and Windows 8 Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

B Compliance and Warranty Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Regulatory Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

FCC Class B Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

ICES-003/NMB-003 Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Safety Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

CE Compliance For Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

KC Notice (Republic of Korea only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Environmental Compliance (China). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Warranty Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Obtaining Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Limited Warranty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

GNU General Public License (“GPL”) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

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ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE – 1

About Your WD Drive

Welcome to your My Passport™Ultra Metal Edition premium storage. This drive offers a

sophisticated aluminum radial-spin finish, local and cloud backup software and

password protection with hardware encryption. All this and massive capacity make it

easy to store and protect your important files and precious memories.

This introductory chapter includes the following topics:

Features

Kit Contents

Operating System Compatibility

Disk Drive Format

Physical Description

Registering Your Drive

Handling Precautions

Features

Introducing WD’s newest portable drive, My Passport Ultra Metal Edition, featuring a

sophisticated, aluminum design, high capacity, local and cloud backup software, and

password protection with hardware encryption.

Stylish aluminum design—The My Passport Ultra Metal Edition drive brings brains and

beauty to portable storage. Striking colors and an innovative radial design complement

your on-the-go style.

Automatic, scheduled backup software—The WD Backup™software works quietly in

the background to help protect your data using minimal computer resources. Set the

backup schedule to automatically back up your files at any time, on any day, week, or

month.

Local and cloud backup—Choose where you back up your files. Back up files to your

My Passport Ultra Metal Edition drive or back up files to the cloud using Dropbox™.*

*A Dropbox account is required for cloud backup. Cloud services can be changed,

terminated, or interrupted at any time and can vary by country.

Save, share, access in the cloud—Do more with the My Passport Ultra Metal Edition

drive and your Dropbox account. Share and access your files securely online from

anywhere, on any device, with Dropbox cloud integration.

Keep your private stuff private—Password protection with 256-bit hardware

encryption allows you to secure every photo, video, music, and important file you save.

Big capacity in a small package—You can save or back up a ton of your important

documents, digital memories and entertainment, all in one convenient place.

Easy setup—Just plug it in and you are ready to go. Formatted out-of-the-box for your

computer so you can quickly start saving your important documents, photos, videos,

and music.

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Ultra-fast USB 3.0—Transfer files quickly with USB 3.0 powered directly from the USB

port on your computer. No separate power supply is needed.

WD reliability—WD knows your data is important, so we build our drives to demanding

requirements for durability, shock tolerance, and long-term reliability. And for peace of

mind, we back up our reliability with a 3-year limited warranty.

Kit Contents

As shown in Figure 1, your My Passport Ultra Metal Edition drive kit includes the

following:

 My Passport Ultra Metal Edition portable hard drive, with the WD Backup,

WD Security™, WD Drive Utilities™, and WD Quick View software

 USB 3.0 cable

 Quick Install Guide

Optional Accessories

For information about optional accessories for WD products, visit:

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.

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.

Figure 1. My Passport Ultra Metal Edition Drive Kit Components

Quick Install Guide

USB 3.0 Cable

My Passport Ultra Metal Edition Drive

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Operating System Compatibility

Your My Passport Ultra Metal Edition 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 Passport Ultra Metal Edition 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 38 and “Troubleshooting” on

page 39.

Physical Description

As shown in Figure 2 on page 4, the My Passport Ultra Metal Edition drive has:

 A power/activity LED indicator

 A USB 3.0 interface port

Power/Activity LED

The power/activity LED shows the drive’s power state as follows:

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

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

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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.

Registering Your Drive

Always register your My Passport Ultra Metal Edition 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 31. 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. Rough handling, shock, or vibration can damage drives. 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.

Figure 2. My Passport Ultra Metal Edition Drive

USB 3.0 Interface Port

Power/Activity LED

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CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 5

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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Getting Started with the WD Software

1. Double-click the WD Apps Setup file that appears in the listing for the drive in your

computer’s file management utility to display the WD Apps Setup wizard, Software

Installer dialog:

2. Click Next to display the Installation Type dialog:

3. On the Installation Type dialog:

a. Select the option that you want to use for the installation:

 Recommended Install—Installs all of the WD software

 Custom Install—Installs only the WD software that you select

b. Click the Western Digital End User License Agreement link and read the

agreement.

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