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My Book® Essential™
External Hard Drives
USB 2.0

Smart backup and storage.

WD's popular My Book® Essential™ USB external drive gives you the tools to back up your data automatically and continuously see your backup as it happens, bring back lost files effortlessly, and password-protect your drive.

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Product Name:
	My Book® Essential™ External Hard Drive
Positioning statement:
	Smart backup and storage.
Long description:
	The world's best-selling external hard drive now features a new, smart, visual backup solution that protects your data automatically. Smaller, sleeker, more streamlined design - WD has made these award-winning drives even smaller, sleeker, and more elegant. As always, this book-like shape takes up less space on your desk and allows two or more My Book® drives to nestle neatly together like volumes on a shelf. WD SmartWare™ - A control center for your drive that gives you the power to: - Protect your data automatically - Relax. Your data is secure. Automatic, continuous backup will instantly make a second copy whenever you add or change a file. - See your backup as it happens - Seeing is believing. Visual backup displays your content categories and shows the progress of your backup. - Bring back lost files effortlessly - Retrieve your valuable data to its original location whether you've lost all your data or just overwritten an important file. - Take control - Customize your backup, set drive security, run diagnostics, manage the power settings, and more from the WD SmartWare control center. Drive lock - Gain peace of mind knowing that your data is protected from unauthorized access or theft with password protection and military-grade 256-bit hardware-based encryption. Illuminated capacity gauge - See at a glance how much space is available on your drive. USB 2.0 interface - A simple connection that offers convenience and compatibility among multiple computers. Power miser - My Book external drives are designed to save energy. WD GreenPower Technology™ lowers internal drive power consumption by up to 30%, a sleep mode reduces power during idle times, and a power-saving feature turns the drive on and off with your computer. Planet friendly - We designed a small box to minimize waste and used recycled material. We encourage you to recycle it. Ready to plug-and-play with Windows PCs - if you're a Mac user, check out our Mac version of this product.
Medium description:
	WD's best-selling My Book® Essential™ USB external hard drive features WD SmartWare™ software that backs up your data automatically and continuously, shows your backup as it happens, and brings back lost files effortlessly. Secure the drive with military-grade, 256-bit hardware-based encryption and password protection. See at a glance how much space is available on your drive with the illuminated capacity gauge.
Short description:
	WD's popular My Book® Essential™ USB external drive gives you the tools to back up your data automatically and continuously see your backup as it happens, bring back lost files effortlessly, and password-protect your drive.
39 character descriptor:
	Book Essential 2 TB External drive My Book Essential 1.5 TB External drive My Book Essential 1 TB External drive My Book Essential 640 GB USB My Book Essential 500 GB USB
Short bullets:
	- Automatic, continuous backup - Illuminated capacity gauge - USB 2.0 interface
Ideal for:
	- Protecting your data with automatic, continuous backup - Retrieving lost data effortlessly - Adding extra storage space for photos, videos and music - Securing private or sensitive data
Kit contents:
	- External hard drive - WD SmartWare™ software - USB cable - AC adapter - Quick Install Guide
Compatibility:
	- Formatted NTFS - Windows® XP, Windows Vista®, Windows 7 - Mac OS® X Tiger®, Leopard®, Snow Leopard™ (requires reformatting) Note: Compatibility may vary depending on user's hardware configuration and operating system.
Warranty:
	Pan Am and EMEA 2-year limited warranty APAC and Japan 3-year limited warranty

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