Western Digital My Passport Essential 320GB WDME3200TN User Manual

MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL PORTABLE HARD DRIVE

USER MANUAL

ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE – 3

About Your WD Drive

LED
The power/activity LED is located on the bottom panel of the device.

USB 2.0 Interface
USB is the industry standard interface for most Windows-based computers. 
Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0) supports data transfer rates up to 480 Mb/s. USB 2.0 is 
backward-compatible with USB 1.1. Connection to a USB 1.1 port transfers data at 
USB 1.1 speed (up to 1.5 Mb/s).

This WD device is preformatted as a single FAT32 partition for compatibility with all 
updated Windows and Macintosh operating systems. The FAT32 file system has a 
maximum individual file size limit of 4 GB. 

To create partitions larger than 32 GB in FAT32 when reformatting the drive, 
download the External USB/FireWire FAT32 Formatting Utility from 
support.wdc.com/download. 

Windows 2000 and XP users can overcome file size limitations by reformatting the 
drive to NTFS using the Disk Management utility. See answer ID 1287 at 
support.wdc.com and article IDs 314463 and 184006 at support.microsoft.com for 
further details.

1. Go to support.wdc.com.

2. See Knowledge Base Answer ID 207 for formatting instructions.

After formatting, go to Downloads, find your product, download the My Passport 
utility, and follow instructions as prompted.

A special cable may be needed for computers with limited bus power. For more 
information in the U.S., visit our website at store.westerndigital.com. Outside the U.S., 
contact WD Technical Support in your region. For a list of Technical Support 
contacts, visit support.wdc.com and see Knowledge Base Answer ID 1048.

Important: Reformatting the drive erases all its contents. If you have already saved 
files on the drive, be sure to back them up before reformatting.