Wd passport user manual

The more detail you provide for your issue and question, the easier it will be for other Western Digital My Passport Essential owners to properly answer your question. If saved data on my Passport Ultra is transferred to a replacement hard drive my previous one failed does this delete this data?

Can it be retrieved if it did not completely load? If another save is done on my Passport after the attempt to load this data is it still recoverable? Is there a way to transfer Passport files without deleting them my Passport saved file folder is empty and there is now a Recovered file with data on it? I back up weekly via Norton on my Passport, Is it possible that it would only save some of my documents, but not all? Continue rotating cards through the My Passport until the event is completed and all images are safely backed up.

There are many other scenarios that could be considered, but the point here is that backing up images using the My Passport Wireless SSD is super simple.

After images and movies are loaded on the SSD, accessing them is going to become important. This connection method results in the fastest file transfer.

If the My Passport Wireless SSD is configured to connect to a home Wi-Fi network, all devices on the home network can access the content stored on the drive. This app provides many capabilities, including viewing images, including extensive support for RAW image viewing.

Files can be transferred to practically anywhere and a full range of configuration options are available via My Cloud. Computers wirelessly connect either directly to the Passport's wireless network or to the same home network the Passport is connected to. The Passport will then show up under the computer's 'Networks' I'm testing in Windows There should be a 'MyPassport' listed under 'Media Devices' double clicking this device loads the Twonky media server in a browser session and another under 'Storage' double clicking this device loads the My Passport configuration dashboard in a browser session.

Unfortunately, this one was missing and I found no alternative way to wirelessly access the files stored on the SSD from the laptop. After spending more time trying to figure out what I was doing wrong than I should have, I called WD support. WD provides 30 days of free installation support and promptly answered my call. I knew that was a troublesome feature to enable, but I did as requested and rebooted. The laptop could then wirelessly access the My Passport as a network drive with the drive's entire file structure available.

Thus, it seems that WD should be addressing this issue. Once the computer is wirelessly or USB-connected to the My Passport Wireless drive, the folder structure is used to navigate to the files. The screen grab above shows this folder structure, and notably, the granularity automatically created by this device. SD card imports are separated from USB imports. Each day gets its own sub-folder followed by time-stamped sub-folders, card-identity folders and folder found on the card.

Granularity is good for some purposes, but the folder structure complexity can also complicate finding images. Using that app, files can be accessed using the deep folder structure shared above, but they can also be accessed as a 'Photos' group showing all images in one location. I would like to see the same option available for computers. But, there are plenty of configurable options.

The screen captures should give you a good understanding of the configurability of this device and I won't bore you by repeating the list you can already see. Part of the size increase is also due to the silicone bumper cover. This cover adds significant impact protection to the drive and the product details indicate that drops up to 1 meter can be withstood, even while the drive is in operation. That distance seemed conservative to me and that cover served as a strong invitation for me to stress-test this device.

I highly recommend NOT doing this at home, but Select Install from a list or specific location and click Next: 4. Browse to My Computer and: a.

Double-click the My Passport drive. Double-click the Extras folder. Click Next: 5. Note: If Autoplay is enabled, two additional screens might appear at the same time as the Found New Hardware screen. Browse to Computer and: a. Click Browse my computer for driver software. Click Next. When the installation completes, click Close Page Limited Warranty Modification of or tampering with the Software, including but not limited to any Open Source Software, is solely at your own risk.

Western Digital is not responsible for any such modification or tampering. Western Digital will not support any product in which you have or have attempted to modify the Software supplied by Western Digital. Page 77 WD. WD reserves the right to change specifications at any time without notice.

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