Western Digital My Book Essential Edition Installation instructions

External Storage

Small, simple, elegant, and very easy to use. Just plug it in, and you’ve got

plenty of room to back up and save your valuable data, music, photos, and

movies.

Product Features

Smart design — The elegant case, iconic of a book, takes up less space on your desk,

stacks horizontally, and allows two or more drives to nestle neatly together like volumes

on a shelf.

Intelligent drive management — SmartPower™ automatic power on/off and LED

activity lights make this drive especially easy to use.

Google software — Search your drive, manage your photos, and simplify Web

searches with included Google software.

High quality hard drive — Inside the case is an exceptionally fast (7200 RPM spin

speed), ultra quiet, cool-running hard drive from WD, of course!

One-year warranty in the U.S., two-year warranty in Europe.

Compatibility

Kit Contents

External hard drive

USB cable

AC adapter

Quick Install Guide

The WD Promise

WD understands the importance of the information you save to your hard

drive and we are committed to protecting that data with exceptionally

reliable products, advanced data protection technology, and superior

customer support. No one does more to safeguard your data than WD.

Windows®Macintosh

Available USB port Available USB port

Windows 2000/XP/Vista™ Mac®OS X 10.3 or later

My Book™

Essential Edition™

USB 2.0

Instant Storage

Smart Design

Interface

Software

Capacities

Order Numbers

USB 2.0

Google™

WDG1U1600x

WDG1U2500x

WDG1U3200x

WDG1U5000x

WDG1U7500x

Note: Not all products

may be available in all

regions of the world.

160 to 750 GB

External Storage

Performance Specifications

Product Dimensions

Packaging Specifications

Retail UPC Codes

Data transfer rate 480 Mb/s (maximum)

Read seek time 8.9 ms (average)

Rotational speed 7200 RPM

RoHS compliant1Yes

Height 6.71 in (170.5 mm)

Length 5.55 in (141.0 mm)

Width 2.25 in (57.2 mm)

Weight 2.9 lb (1.3 kg)

Box English Metric

Retail package size 11.625 in x 4.5 in x 8.0 in 295.3 mm x 114.3 mm x 203.2 mm

Retail package weight 4.55 lb 2.06 kg

Master carton size 19.19 in x 11.94 in x 8.88 in 487.43 mm x 303.28 mm x 225.55 mm

Master carton weight 19.40 lb 8.80 kg

Packages per master carton 4 4

Master cartons per pallet 40 40

Pallet load size 48 in x 40 in x 49.4 in 1219 mm x 1016 mm x 1255 mm

Pallet load weight 826 lb 374.67 kg

PAN AMERICA EUROPE/MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA

Capacity2Order Number UPC Code Order Number UPC Code

160 GB WDG1U1600N 7 18037 11630 3 WDG1U1600E 7 18037 11635 8

250 GB WDG1U2500N 7 18037 11632 7 WDG1U2500E 7 18037 11637 2

320 GB WDG1U3200N 7 18037 11633 4 WDG1U3200E 7 18037 11638 9

500 GB WDG1U5000N 7 18037 11784 3 WDG1U5000E 7 18037 11785 0

750 GB WDG1U7500N 7 18037 12032 4 WDG1U7500E 7 18037 12033 1

ASIA MULTI-CITY ASIA

Capacity2Order Number UPC Code Order Number UPC Code

160 GB WDG1U1600A 7 18037 11759 1 WDG1U1600S 7 18037 12151 2

250 GB WDG1U2500A 7 18037 11761 4 WDG1U2500S 7 18037 12153 6

320 GB WDG1U3200A 7 18037 11762 1 WDG1U3200S 7 18037 12154 3

500 GB WDG1U5000A 7 18037 11788 1 WDG1U5000S 7 18037 12156 7

750 GB WDG1U7500A 7 18037 12161 1 WDG1U7500S 7 18037 12157 4

For service and literature:

support.wdc.com

www.westerndigital.com

Western Digital, WD, and the WD logo are

registered trademarks; and My Book,

Essential Edition, SmartPower, and FIT Lab

are trademarks of Western Digital

Technologies, Inc. Other marks may be

mentioned herein. that belong to other

companies. Product specifications subject

to change without notice.

Western Digital

20511 Lake Forest Drive

Lake Forest, California 92630

U.S.A.

2879-001168-A06 Jun 2007

800.ASK.4WDC North America

949.672.7199 Spanish

+800.6008.6008 Asia Pacific

+31.20.4467651 EMEA

My Book

Essential Edition

Environmental Specifications

Power Specifications

Operating temperature 5°C to 35°C

Non-operating temperature –20°C to 65°C

AC input voltage 100–240V

AC input frequency 47–63 Hz

1WD hard drive products manufactured and sold worldwide after June 1, 2006, meet or exceed Restriction of Hazardous

Substances (RoHS) compliance requirements as mandated by the European Union for electrical and electronic products.

The RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament, which is effective in the EU beginning July 1, 2006, aims to

protect human health and the environment by restricting the use of certain hazardous substances in new equipment, and

consists of restrictions on lead, mercury, cadmium, and other substances..

2One gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes. One terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on

operating environment.

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