User manual WESTERN DIGITAL ESSENTIAL QUICK INSTALL GUIDE

[. . . ] Using both hands, grasp the base of the stand and carefully bend the stand upward until the stand snaps away from the side of the drive (Figure 2). Remove Stands Figure 2 ­1­ Installing the Feet for Horizontal Placement 1. The back of the drive is keyed with a small crossbar at each corner within the ventilation slots for feet placement. Align the notch of the foot to the crossbar and insert one end of the foot into the ventilation slot at a slight angle. Repeat this process for the three remaining feet. Removing the Feet 1. [. . . ] Your WD drive is preformatted as a single FAT32 partition and is ready to use. Macintosh Important: You must reinitialize or format your WD drive using Apple's Disk Utility before using the drive. To format the drive, select Control Panels > Extensions Manager from the Apple menu. Disable File Exchange from the extensions list by clearing the adjacent check box. After restarting, a message appears prompting you to initialize the drive. A hard drive icon with the name you assigned appears on the desktop after formatting is completed. To re-enable File Exchange, select the check box in Extensions Manager and click Restart. To format the drive, select Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility. Select your new drive on the left panel, and click the Erase tab on the right panel. Select Mac OS Extended from the Volume Format menu, and enter a name for your drive. A hard drive icon with the name you assigned appears on the desktop after formatting is completed. To partition the drive into multiple volumes, select the Partition tab from the Disk Utility program menu and follow the instructions. A new hard drive icon appears on the desktop and your WD drive is ready to use. 4 Disconnecting the Drive CAUTION: To prevent data loss, be sure to close all active applications before shutting down the drive. Windows 1. Double-click the Safely Remove Hardware icon in your system tray (typically located on the bottom right corner of your desktop). Select USB Mass Storage Device from the list and click Stop (Figure 5). Now you may safely disconnect the USB cable from your computer and the power cord from the electrical outlet. Safely Remove Hardware Icon Macintosh 1. Find the Removable Disk icon associated with the drive you want to disconnect and drag it to the Trash icon on your desktop. After the disk icon disappears from the desktop, you may safely disconnect the USB cable from your computer and the power cord from the electrical outlet. Figure 5 ­3­ Regulatory Compliance FCC Class B Information This device has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This unit generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio or television reception. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. [. . . ] This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state. Warranty Information This product contains no user-serviceable parts. Refer servicing only to WD authorized personnel or a WD-approved service center. Obtaining Service WD values your business and always attempts to provide you the very best of service. If this Product requires maintenance, either contact the dealer from whom you originally purchased the Product or visit our product support Web site at support. wdc. com for information on how to obtain service or a Return Material Authorization (RMA). [. . . ]