Western Digital My Book Elite User Manual - Manual (Page 12)

MY BOOK ELITE
USER MANUAL
CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 7
Connecting the Drive and Getting Started
This chapter includes the following topics:
Connecting the Drive
Getting Started with the WD SmartWare Software
WD SmartWare Overview
WD SmartWare Home Screen
Viewing the Info/Online Help Topics
Getting Started Without WD SmartWare Software
Connecting the Drive
To connect the My Book drive to your Windows computer:
1. Depending on your region, if required, change the power adapter, as follows:
2. Turn on your computer.
3. Connect the My Book drive as shown in Figure 4 on page 8.
4. If you have reformatted the drive for use on a Mac computer, skip the rest of this
procedure and see Figure on page 62 instead.
5. After you physically connect the drive to your computer, verify that the new
WD SmartWare virtual CD and My Book drive appear under My Computer in
Windows Explorer.
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