Western Digital My Passport SE for Mac User Manual - Manual (Page 48)

MY PASSPORT FOR MAC AND MY PASSPORT SE FOR MAC
USER MANUAL
USING THE DRIVE WITH WINDOWS – 43
Installing the Drive on Windows Computers
After you have reformatted your drive for use on a Windows computer and downloaded
and restored the Windows version of the WD SmartWare software and disk image:
1. Turn on your computer.
2. Connect the drive to your computer using either:
• The USB micro cable as shown in Figure 3 on page 5.
• The optional My Passport dock as shown in Figure 4 on page 6.
3. After you physically connect the drive, verify that the new My Passport drive appears
under My Computer in Windows Explorer.
4. If a Found New Hardware screen appears, click Cancel to close it:
The WD SmartWare software will install the proper driver for your My Passport drive.
5. Several different screens might also appear, depending on your computer’s
operating system:
6. For Windows XP, one or two screens might appear, depending on whether the
AutoRun (AutoPlay) function is enabled or disabled:
a. On Windows XP with AutoRun (AutoPlay) enabled, the Welcome to WD
SmartWare screen displays (see Figure 14 on page 44).
b. On Windows XP with AutoRun (AutoPlay) disabled, click to open the My Passport
drive listing in Windows Explorer and double-click the WD SmartWare.exe file to
display the Welcome to WD SmartWare screen (see Figure 14 on page 44).
IF your operating system is . . . THEN . . .
Windows XP Proceed to step 6.
Windows Vista or Windows 7 Skip to step 8.
IF AutoRun (AutoPlay) is . . . on your computer, THEN . . .
Enabled Proceed to step a.
Disabled Skip to step b.
Windows Vista or Windows 7 Windows XP