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Connecting the Drive and Getting Started
2 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 My Passport 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 Discovery
▪WD Backup
▪WD Security
▪WD Drive Utilities
Figure 3: Connecting the My Passport Drive
Getting Started with the WD Software
1.
For Windows, run WD Discovery.exe to install WD software to help you get a
backup plan and modify drive settings. If you don’t have internet connectivity,
please install WD Backup™ and WD Drive Utilities™ from the WD Software
Offline Installers > For Windows folder.
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My Passport™
User Manual