Western Digital WD Elements User manual

Brand: Western Digital

Model: WD Elements

Category: External hard drives

Type: User manual

Portable Hard Drives

WD Elements

™

Portable Hard Drives

Simply Affordable

Easy to Use

USB Powered

Portable USB 2.0 drives are

simple, easy-to-use, light and

easy to carry.

Simply affordable,

easily portable.

A simple, high quality portable drive that is light and easy to carry.

Simply plug it in to any USB port and start saving your photos,

music, video, and ﬁles.

WD quality inside and out – Designed with the same

commitment to quality that made WD external drives the number

one drives in the world.

Plug-and-play simplicity – Just plug it into a USB port and

you’re up and running instantly.

USB powered – These drives require no power adapter – they

are powered directly through the USB cable.*

Compact design – Weighing in at only a few ounces, these

small drives ﬁt easily into a pocket or purse.

Preformatted for PCs – Designed for use with Windows-

based computers. Can be easily reformatted for use with Macs.

*An optional cable is available for the few computers that limit power to the USB port.

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Portable Hard Drives

WD Elements

Portable Hard Drives

Interface

USB 2.0

Dimensions

Height: 0.60 in (15 mm)

Length: 5.00 in (126 mm)

Width: 3.10 in (78 mm)

Weight: 0.44 lb (0.2 kg)

System Compatibility

Windows

XP, Windows

Vista

Windows 7

Mac

X Tiger

or Leopard

Compatibility may vary depending on user’s hardware

conﬁguration and operating system.

Capacities and Model Numbers

250 GB WDBAAR2500

320 GB WDBAAR3200

500 GB WDBAAR5000

Limited Warranty

Americas 1 year

EMEA 2 years

APAC 3 years

Kit Contents

USB 2.0 portable hard drive

USB cable

Quick Install Guide

Product Speciﬁcations

Data transfer rate:

480 Mb/s (maximum)

Operating temperature: 5°C to 40°C

Non-op. temperature: –40°C to 65°C

A USB 2.0 host and USB 2.0 certiﬁed cable are required to obtain

Hi-Speed USB performance.

Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, and Put Your Life On It are registered trademarks in the U.S. and other countries; WD Elements is a trademark of Western Digital

Technologies, Inc. Other marks may be mentioned herein that belong to other companies. Pictures shown may vary from actual product. Not all products may be

available in all regions of the world. All product and packaging speciﬁcations subject to change without notice. The term of the limited warranty depends on the country

in which the product was purchased. Visit our web site at support.wdc.com/warranty/policy.asp for the detailed terms and conditions of our limited warranty and for a

list of the speciﬁc countries in these regions.

As used for storage capacity, one megabyte (MB) = one million bytes, one gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes, and one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total

accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment. As used for transfer rate or interface, megabyte per second (MB/s) = one million bytes per

second,and gigabit per second (Gb/s) = one billion bits per second.

4178-705046-A00 June 2009

Examples of the number of photos, songs, videos and any other ﬁles that can be stored on a hard drive are

provided for illustrative purposes only. Your results will vary based on ﬁle size and format, settings, features,

software and other factors.

What it Holds

250 GB 50,000

62,000

320 GB 64,000

80,000

500 GB 100,000

125,000