Western Digital My Book Essential Edition
1TB USB 2.0 External HDD
Smart backup and storage
The world's best-selling external hard drive now features a new, smart,
visual backup solution that protects your data automatically.
Our best-selling My Book external drive is an elegant, high-capacity
storage solution for all the chapters of your digital life. Our latest
edition now features visual, easy-to-use, automatic, continuous backup
software and drive lock security protection. At last, beauty, brains,
and simplicity together.
>> FEATURES << Smaller, sleeker, more streamlined design
- We've made these award-winning drives even smaller, sleeker, and more
elegant. As always, this book-like shape takes up minimal space on your
desk and allows two or more My Book drives to nestle neatly together
like volumes on a shelf.
WD SmartWare -
See your life safe in one place.
- See your backup as it happens – Seeing is believing. Visual backup displays your content in categories and shows the progress of your backup.
- Protect your data automatically – Relax, your data is secure. Automatic, continuous backup will instantly make a second copy whenever you add or change a file.
- Bring back lost files effortlessly – Retrieve your valuable data to its original location whether you've lost all your data or just overwritten an important file.
- Take control – Customize your backup, set
drive security, run diagnostics, manage the power settings, and more
from the WD SmartWare control center.
Drive lock
- Gain peace of mind knowing that your data is protected from
unauthorized access or theft with password protection and 256-bit
hardware-based encryption.
Illuminated capacity gauge -
See at a glance how much space is available on your drive.
USB 2.0 interface -
A simple connection that offers convenience and compatibility among multiple computers.
Power miser
- My Book external drives are designed to save energy. WD GreenPower
Technology™ lowers internal drive power consumption by up to 30%, a
sleep mode reduces power during idle times, and a power-saving feature
turns the drive on and off with your computer.
Languages Supported
English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian
>> Compatibility <<-
Formatted NTFS
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Windows® XP, Windows Vista®, Windows 7
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Mac OS® X, Tiger®, Leopard®, Snow Leopard™ (requires reformatting)
>> Box Contents <<
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External hard drive
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WD SmartWare software (pre-loaded)
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USB cable
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AC adapter
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Quick Install Guide