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MY PASSPORT ESSENTIAL 

USER MANUAL

CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 10

b. Double-click the WD SmartWare virtual CD. 

Note:  WD SmartWare software is provided in the form of a virtual CD (VCD) drive 

on your My Passport drive. The VCD displays on your desktop and 
behaves just like a physical CD. To view the contents of the VCD, such as 
the documentation and some extra programs, right-click and select Open.

The Welcome to WD SmartWare screen displays. If a Flash Player is installed on 
your computer, the screen is animated.

c. Continue to “Getting Started With WD SmartWare Software” in the following 

section.

After you select either Back Up Files, Set Up Drive, or Retrieve a backup, the software 
will guide you through a simple two-step WD SmartWare software installation process. If 
a newer version of software is available the system will automatically alert you. WD 
highly recommends using the latest version of software, especially on a new installation. 

After the installation is complete, the WD SmartWare software will either:

•   Guide you through:

Backing up your files (see Figure 6 on page 11 and “Backing Up Your Com-

puter Files” on page 14)

Setting up your drive security (see “Initial Drive Settings Screen” on page 11 

•   Display the Home screen (see Figure 8 on page 12 and “Home Screen” on 

Note: The initial Backup and Drive Settings screens only appear one time—the first time 
you install the WD SmartWare software on your computer. After that, launching the 
software displays the Home screen so you can choose what you want to do.