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    External P ortable My Passport ® Pr o Portable RAID Storage User Manual My Passport Pr o User Manual ...

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    ii WD Service and Support Should you encounter any problem, please give us a n o pp o rtu n it y t o a dd res s i t b ef o re re tur ni ng this product. Most technical sup port questions can be answered thr ough our k nowledge base or email supp ort service at http://s uppo rt.wd.com . If the answer is not avai lable or if you prefer , please conta ...

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    MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL T ABLE OF C ONTENTS – iii T able of Contents WD Servic e and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii Accessing O nline Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii Contactin ...

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    MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD STORAGE DEVICE – 1 About Y our WD Storage Device W elcome to your My Passpor t ® Pro portabl e RAID stor age. This p ortable devic e is ide al for the mobile creative pr o with amazing tran sfer speeds up to 233 MB/s, an integrated Thunderbolt™ cable, and a dura ble aluminum enclosur e. It delivers ...

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    MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD STORAGE DEVICE – 2 WD Drive Utilit ies ™ soft war e —Keep your devi ce performing at its best by configuring the drives, running diagnostics, and more. 3-year limited warr anty —For added peace of mind, we b ack the device with a 3-year limited warranty . Kit Cont ents As shown in Figur e 1, your ...

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    MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD STORAGE DEVICE – 3 Operat ing Syste m Compatib ility Y our My Passport Pro portable RAID storage device and the WD Drive Utilities so ftware are compat ible with the fo llowing M ac O S X 10.6.8 or later operating syst ems on Thunderbolt technology - enabled computers:  Sn ow Leop ar d  Lio n  ...

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    MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD STORAGE DEVICE – 4 Power/Activity LE D The power/ activity LED shows the d evice power state a s follows: Integrated Thunder bolt Cable As s hown in Figure 2 on page 3, the M y Pass port Pro portable R AID st orage dev ice has an integrated single-channel Thunderbolt cable that pr ovides a fast, flexib ...

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    MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL CONNECTING THE DEVICE AND G ETTING STARTED – 5 Connecting the Device and Getting Started This ch apter pr ovide s instructi ons for: Connecting the Device Installi ng the WD Dr ive Utilitie s Software Connec ting th e Device 1. T ur n on your computer . 2. Connect the My Passport Pro por table RAID storage device to ...

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    MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL CONNECTING THE DEVICE AND G ETTING STARTED – 6 Note: If t he Exter nal disks c heck bo x is selected o n your Find er Prefer ences dialog, the My Passpor t Pro icon d isplays on your desktop : 5. The fi rst time you connec t the device to yo ur computer , a message asks if you want to use it to back up with Time Mach ...

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    MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL CONNECTING THE DEVICE AND G ETTING STARTED – 7  If you do not want to use the Time Mach ine backup softwar e, or if you want to change the drive configuration and the n set up Time Machin e backups, click: - Don’ t Use on Lion, Mountain Lion, or Mavericks computers - Cancel on Snow Leopard computers Either way , ...

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    MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL CONNECTING THE DEVICE AND G ETTING STARTED – 8 Figure 4. WD Drive Utilities Scr een ...

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    MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING Y O UR MY PASSPORT PRO DEVICE – 9 Managing and Cus tomizing Yo u r M y Passport Pro De vice This c hapte r includ es the follow ing top ics: Checking D evice Health Managing the RAID Configurati on Erasing the Device Drives Registerin g the Device Restoring the W D Softwa r e and Disk Image S ...

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    MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZ ING Y O UR MY PASSPORT PR O DEVICE – 10  Qui ck Driv e T est Each device driv e has a bu ilt-in Data L ifeguard™ diag nostic u tility that t ests the d rive for error conditio ns. The quick drive test checks the drives for major performance pr oblems . The result of a quick driv e test is a ...

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    MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZ ING Y O UR MY PASSPORT PR O DEVICE – 11 Manag ing th e RAID C onfigu ration The initial/de fault configuration of your My Passpo rt Pro device is as a s tripe d RAID 0 disk array for high-speed/maximum-storag e performance. Y ou can r econfigure the device as either:  A mirror ed RAID 1 disk ...

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    MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZ ING Y O UR MY PASSPORT PR O DEVICE – 12 Changing the Dev ice Configuration Note: Changing the device config uration also deletes the WD softwa r e and all of the supp ort fil es, uti lities, and u ser man ual files. Y ou can download these to r estore the device to its original c onfiguration af ...

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    MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZ ING Y O UR MY PASSPORT PR O DEVICE – 13 5. On the vo lume dialog: a. If you want to change the name o f a volume, type over the name in the Vo l u m e Name box. b. If you ar e converting to individual driv es, select the option to specify the file format fo r each volume:  HF S+J  ExF A T ...

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    MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZ ING Y O UR MY PASSPORT PR O DEVICE – 14 8. The first time you configur e to a new volume, a message asks if you want to use the device dri ves to back up with Time Machine: Note: The Encrypt Ba ckup Disk check box does not appear on computers using the Snow Leopard oper ating system. If you sele ...

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    MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZ ING Y O UR MY PASSPORT PR O DEVICE – 15 b. Depending on your computer’ s operating system:  U sing Snow Leo pard, click Use as Backup Dis k and skip to step 10 .  U sing Lio n, Mountain Lion, or Mavericks: - If you want to cr eate a password to secur e your backup files, select the Encry ...

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    MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZ ING Y O UR MY PASSPORT PR O DEVICE – 16 Erasing the Device Dr ives Note: Erasing your device drives also deletes the WD software and all of the support files, ut ilities, and us er manua l files. Y ou can download these to restore your device to its original configuration afte r e rasing the dri ...

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    MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZ ING Y O UR MY PASSPORT PR O DEVICE – 17 d. If you want to perform a secure er ase operation on a drive, select its Perform a secur e e rase check box. Note: Selecti ng thi s option en sures all data on the d evice is erased. T his will take se veral hours to complete . If yo u do not select this ...

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    MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZ ING Y O UR MY PASSPORT PR O DEVICE – 18 Regi stering the Device The WD Drive Utilities so ftwar e uses your co mputer’ s Internet c onnection to register your device. Registering the devi ce pr ovides free technical support during the warranty period and keeps you up-to-date on the l atest WD ...

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    MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZ ING Y O UR MY PASSPORT PR O DEVICE – 19 Restoring the WD Sof tware and Disk Image In addition to deleting all of the da ta on your device, er asing or reform atting the device drives also removes the W D Driv e Utiliti es softw are and all o f the s upport files , utili ties, and user manual fil ...

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    MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL COMPLIANCE AND W ARRANTY INFORM ATION – 20 Compliance and W a rranty Inform ation This a ppendix includes the foll owing topics: Regulatory Co mpliance Envir onmental Compliance (China) W arranty Infor mation GNU General Public License (“GPL”) Regulator y Compliance FCC Class B Inform ation Operation o f this dev ...

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    MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL COMPLIANCE AND W ARRANTY INFORM ATION – 21 CE Compliance Fo r Europe Marking by the CE sy mbol indicates compliance of this syst em to the applicable Council Directi ves of the Eur opean Union, including the EMC Directive (2004/ 108/EC) and the Low V ol tage Directive (2006/95/ EC). A “Declaration of Conformity” ...

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    MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL COMPLIANCE AND W ARRANTY INFORM ATION – 22 Wa r r a n t y I n f o r m a t i o n Obtaining Ser vice WD values your business and always attempts to pro vide you the very best of service. If this Pro duct requir es maintenance, either co n tac t the dealer from wh om you origi nally purchased the Pr oduct or visit our p ...

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    MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL COMPLIANCE AND W ARRANTY INFORM ATION – 23 GNU Gene ral Public Licen se (“GPL”) Firmware incorporated into thi s pr oduct ma y include third party copyrighted softwa r e licensed under the G PL or Lesser General Pub lic Licens e (“LGPL”) (co llectively , “GPL Software”) and not W estern Digital’ s End U ...

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    INDEX – 24 MY P ASSP ORT PRO USER MANUAL Index A Acces sories, op tional 2 B Box cont ents 2 C CAUTION about changing the de vice configura tion 12 disconnecting the device drives 19 erasing the device drives 16 Changing device config uration 12 CAUTION about 12 China RoHS, environmental compliance 21 Complia nce, regu latory 20 Connecting th e d ...

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    Information furnished by WD is believed to be accurate and reli able; however , no responsibility is assumed by WD for its use nor for any infrin gement of patents or other r ights of thir d parties which may r esult fr om it s use. No license is granted by implication or otherwise under any pate nt or patent rights of WD. WD reserves the right to ...

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