Western Digital Portable Hard Drive User manual

Portable Hard Drives

My Passport™Essential™

Portable Hard Drives

USB Powered

Sync & Encryption Software

Ultra-portable Design

Ideal for sharing large ﬁles

between ofﬁce and home,

between PC and Mac.

Storage to go in 11

delicious colors. Indulge!

Carry your music, video, and photos in style with WD’s

My Passport Essential portable hard drive. Big capacity in a small

elegant design. Pick the one that satisﬁes your appetite for style.

USB powered — Powered directly from the USB port on your

computer. No separate power supply is needed.*

Synchronized and secure — Plug the My Passport portable

hard drive into any computer to edit ﬁles, read e-mail, and view

photos. Then sync all of your changes back to your home or

ofﬁce computer. Your data is protected with 128-bit encryption.

(Windows®only)

Big capacity that ﬁts in your pocket — This compact drive

ﬁts easily in your pocket or purse, weighs only a few ounces

and, with capacities up to 500 GB, you can take tons of photos,

videos, ﬁles and music with you wherever you go.

*An optional cable is available for the few systems that limit power from the USB port.

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Portable Hard Drives

My Passport Essential Portable Hard Drives

Interface

USB 2.0

Dimensions

Height: 0.59 in (15.0 mm)

Length: 4.967 in (126.15 mm)

Width: 3.130 in (79.5 mm)

Weight: 0.40 lb (0.18 kg)

System Compatibility

Windows Vista/XP/2000

Mac®OS X 10.4.8 or later

Compatibility may vary depending on user’s hardware

conﬁguration and operating system.

Capacities and Model Numbers

160 GB, 250 GB, 320 GB, 400 GB, 500 GB

Midnight Black WDMExxxx

Real Red WDMERxxxx

Intense Blue WDMEBxxxx

Vibrant Pink WDMEPNxxxx

Arctic White WDMEWxxxx

Brilliant Orange WDMENGxxxx

Cherry Red WDMERCxxxx

Deep Viola WDMEPxxxx

Raindrop Blue WDMEBRxxxx

Super Sunny Yellow WDMEYxxxx

Ultra Mint WDMEGxxxx

Limited Warranty

3 years

Kit Contents

Portable hard drive

USB 2.0 cable

Quick Install Guide

Product Speciﬁcations

Data transfer rate1: Up to 480 Mb/sec

Operating temperature: 5°C to 40°C

41°F to 95°F

Non-op. temperature: –20°C to 65°C

–4°F to 149°F

1A USB 2.0 host and USB 2.0 certiﬁed cable are required to obtain

Hi-Speed USB performance.

Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, and Put Your Life On It are registered trademarks in the U.S. and other countries; My Passport and Essential are trademarks

of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Other marks may be mentioned herein that belong to other companies. Pictures shown may vary from actual product. Not all

products may be available in all regions of the world. All product and packaging speciﬁcations subject to change without notice.

As used for storage capacity, one megabyte (MB) = one million bytes, one gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on

operating environment. As used for transfer rate or interface, megabyte per second (MB/s) = one million bytes per second, and gigabit per second (Gb/s) = one

billion bits per second.

160 GB 250 GB 320 GB 400 GB 500 GB

up to

45,000

up to

71,000

up to

91,000

up to

114,000

up to

142,000

40,000 62,000 80,000 100,000 125,000

71 100 100 100 200

Hours

Photos

Songs

or or or or

Here are some examples of how much you can store.

Examples of the number of photos, songs, videos, and any other ﬁles that can be stored on a hard drive are provided for

illustrative purposes only. Your results will vary based on ﬁle size and format, settings, features, software, and other factors.

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