Western Digital Passport Elite Reference guide

Brand: Western Digital

Model: Passport Elite

Category: External hard drives

Type: Reference guide

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External Products Overview

My Book

Studio

™

Our popular My Book Studio external drive is the high-performance answer to your storage needs.

Formatted for Mac

and compatible with Apple

Time Machine

, it features an innovative e-label to

personalize your drive and easily archive your media; a fast FireWire

800 interface and

WD SmartWare

™

visual backup software. 3-year limited warranty.

Order Number Capacity Interface Operating System

WDBAAJ0020HSL 2 TB FireWire 800/400/USB 2.0 Mac/Windows

WDBAAJ0015HSL 1.5 TB FireWire 800/400/USB 2.0 Mac/Windows

WDBAAJ0010HSL 1 TB FireWire 800/400/USB 2.0 Mac/Windows

My Book Elite

™

The best-selling My Book Elite external hard drive now features a customizable e-label to identify

what’s on your drive; visual backup software; automatic, continuous backup; password protection;

and hardware-based encryption. 3-year limited warranty.

Order Number Capacity Interface Operating System

WDBAAH0020HCH 2 TB USB 2.0 Windows/Mac

WDBAAH0015HCH 1.5 TB USB 2.0 Windows/Mac

WDBAAH0010HCH 1 TB USB 2.0 Windows/Mac

Desktop Storage

My Book 3.0

The elegant My Book 3.0 external hard drive features a SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface with the

unmatched speed of up to 5 gigabits per second for the fastest transfer speed available on an

external hard drive. 3-year limited warranty.

Order Number Capacity Interface Operating System

WDBAAK0020HCH 2 TB USB 3.0 Windows

WDBAAK0010HCH 1 TB USB 3.0 Windows

WDBABP0020HCH * 2 TB USB 3.0 Windows

WDBABP0010HCH * 1 TB USB 3.0 Windows

* models include an HBA.

My Book Essential

™

Put your digital life on the sleek, high capacity My Book Essential external hard drive. With WD

quality and USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 connectivity, this drive is designed for today with tomorrow in

mind. Visual backup software and password protection with hardware encryption ensure your data

is protected. 3-year limited warranty.

Order Number Capacity Interface Operating System

WDBACW0030HBK 3 TB USB 3.0 /USB 2.0 Windows/Mac

WDBACW0020HBK 2 TB USB 3.0 /USB 2.0 Windows/Mac

WDBACW0015HBK 1.5 TB USB 3.0 /USB 2.0 Windows/Mac

WDBACW0010HBK 1 TB USB 3.0 /USB 2.0 Windows/Mac

My Book for Mac

WD’s My Book for Mac external hard drive is formatted for Mac and compatible with

Apple Time Machine. It includes automatic, continuous backup software and hardware

encryption with password protection. 3-year limited warranty.

Order Number Capacity Interface Operating System

WDBAAG0020HCH 2 TB USB 2.0 Mac/Windows

WDBAAG0010HCH 1 TB USB 2.0 Mac/Windows

WD Elements

Desktop

Simply affordable. Western Digital’s WD Elements Desktop USB 2.0 external hard drive is the right

choice for simple, reliable add-on storage. 3-year limited warranty.

Order Number Capacity Interface Operating System

WDBAAU0020HBK 2 TB USB 2.0 Windows/Mac

WDBAAU0015HBK 1.5 TB USB 2.0 Windows/Mac

WDBAAU0010HBK 1 TB USB 2.0 Windows/Mac

WDBAAU5000EBK 500 GB USB 2.0 Windows/Mac

My Book Studio Edition

™

Formatted for Mac, My Book Studio Edition II is a dual-drive, quad-interface, RAID storage

system that offers high-speed performance for audio and video editing and graphic design.

5-year limited warranty.

Order Number Capacity Interface Operating System

WDH2Q40000N 4 TB FireWire 800/400/USB 2.0/eSATA Mac/Windows

WDH2Q20000N 2 TB FireWire 800/400/USB 2.0/eSATA Mac/Windows

Desktop Storage (continued)

My Passport

™

Studio

™

The Mac-ready My Passport Studio portable hard drive is packed with innovative features to

organize your digital life: super-fast FireWire 800 speed; customizable e-label; visual, automatic,

continuous backup; and password protection. 3-year limited warranty.

Order Number Capacity Interface Operating System

WDBAAE5000ASL 500 GB FireWire 800/USB 2.0 Mac/Windows

WDBAAE3200ASL 320 GB FireWire 800/USB 2.0 Mac/Windows

Portable Storage

My Passport Essential

™

Put your digital life on the stylish, maximum capacity My Passport Essential SE portable hard

drive. With WD quality and USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 connectivity, this drive is designed for today

with tomorrow in mind. 3-year limited warranty.

Order Number Capacity Interface Operating System

Midnight Black

WDBACX0010BBK 1 TB USB 3.0/ USB 2.0 Windows/Mac

WDBACX7500ABK 750 GB USB 3.0/ USB 2.0 Windows/Mac

Cool Silver

WDBACX0010BSL 1 TB USB 3.0/ USB 2.0 Windows/Mac

WDBACX7500ASL 750 GB USB 3.0/ USB 2.0 Windows/Mac

Metallic Red

WDBACX0010BRD 1 TB USB 3.0/ USB 2.0 Windows/Mac

WDBACX7500ARD 750 GB USB 3.0/ USB 2.0 Windows/Mac

Metallic Blue

WDBACX0010BBL 1 TB USB 3.0/ USB 2.0 Windows/Mac

WDBACX7500ABL 750 GB USB 3.0/ USB 2.0 Windows/Mac

My Passport Elite

™

My Passport Elite portable hard drive is packed with features: automatic; continuous backup;

password protection; an illuminated capacity gauge; and a convenient USB dock. Choose your

favorite premium nish. 3-year limited warranty.

Order Number Capacity Interface Operating System

Metallic Charcoal

WDBAAC6400ACH 640 GB USB 2.0 Windows/Mac

WDBAAC5000ACH 500 GB USB 2.0 Windows/Mac

WDBAAC3200ACH 320 GB USB 2.0 Windows/Mac

Metallic Red

WDBAAC6400ARD 640 GB USB 2.0 Windows/Mac

WDBAAC5000ARD 500 GB USB 2.0 Windows/Mac

WDBAAC3200ARD 320 GB USB 2.0 Windows/Mac

Metallic Blue

WDBAAC6400ABL 640 GB USB 2.0 Windows/Mac

WDBAAC5000AB 500 GB USB 2.0 Windows/Mac

WDBAAC3200ABL 320 GB USB 2.0 Windows/Mac

My Passport for Mac

The portable My Passport for Mac USB drive is formatted for Mac and compatible with

Apple Time Machine. It includes automatic, continuous backup software and hardware encryption

with password protection. 3-year limited warranty.

Order Number Capacity Interface Operating System

WDBAAB6400ACH 640 GB USB 2.0 Mac/Windows

WDBAAB5000ACH 500 GB USB 2.0 Mac/Windows

WDBAAB3200ACH 320 GB USB 2.0 Mac/Windows

My Passport Essential

Put your digital life on the stylishly small My Passport Essential portable hard drive. With WD

quality and USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 connectivity, this drive is designed for today with tomorrow in

mind. 3-year limited warranty.

Order Number Capacity Interface Operating System

Midnight Black

WDBACY5000ABK 500 GB USB 3.0/ USB 2.0 Windows/Mac

Real Red

WDBACY5000ARD 500 GB USB 3.0/ USB 2.0 Windows/Mac

Pacic Blue

WDBACY5000ABL 500 GB USB 3.0/ USB 2.0 Windows/Mac

Cool Silver

WDBACY5000ASL 500 GB USB 3.0/ USB 2.0 Windows/Mac

Arctic White

WDBACY5000AWT 500 GB USB 3.0/ USB 2.0 Windows/Mac

Portable Storage (continued)

WD Elements Portable SE

Western Digital’s WD Elements SE portable USB 2.0 hard drive offers maximum storage capacity

in a compact design that’s easy to use and take with you anywhere. 3-year limited warranty.

Order Number Capacity Interface Operating System

WDBABV0010BBK 1 TB USB 2.0 Windows

WDBABV7500ABK 750 GB USB 2.0 Windows

WDBABV5000ABK 500 GB USB 2.0 Windows

WD Elements Portable

Simply affordable. The WD Elements USB 2.0 portable hard drive is the right choice for simple,

reliable portable storage. 3-year limited warranty.

Order Number Capacity Interface Operating System

WDBAAR3200ABK 320 GB USB 2.0 Windows

WDBAAR2500ABK 250 GB USB 2.0 Windows

WD TV

Live

™

Play a whole world of Full-HD, 1080p media on your TV with the WD TV Live network-ready

HD media player. Play content from Internet sites like YouTube

™

, Pandora

and Live365.

1-year limited warranty.

Order Number Interface

WDBAAN0000NBK Ethernet/USB 2.0/HDMI/Composite A/V

WDBAAP0000NBK Ethernet/USB 2.0/HDMI/Composite A/V

WD TV

Turn your USB drive into an HD media player. Store HD content on your USB drive, plug it in

to the WD TV HD media player to play HD movies, digital music and family photos on your TV.

1-year limited warranty.

Order Number Interface

WDBABF0000NBK USB 2.0/HDMI/Composite A/V

WDBABG0000NBK USB 2.0/HDMI/Composite A/V

WD TV Mini

WD TV Mini media player is an easy, affordable way to watch DVD-quality digital media on your

big screen TV. Simply plug in WD’s My Passport portable hard drive, or similar USB drive, and

play movies, music, and photos in a wide variety of le formats, including Real Media (RMVB)

format. 1-year limited warranty.

Order Number Interface

WDBAAL0000NBK USB 2.0/Composite A/V

WDBAAM0000NBK USB 2.0/Composite A/V

Home Entertainment

WD Elements Play

™

The WD Elements Play multimedia drive is an easy, affordable way to enjoy your movies, music,

and photos on your big-screen TV. Save your media collection on the multimedia drive, then

simply connect it to your TV and you’re ready to enjoy all your digital media in Full-HD 1080p

resolution. 3-year limited warranty.

Order Number Capacity Interface

NTSC

WDBACB0020HBK 2 TB USB 2.0

WDBACB0010HBK 1 TB USB 2.0

PAL

WDBACC0020HBK 2 TB USB 2.0

WDBACC0010HBK 1 TB USB 2.0

My Passport AV

WD’s My Passport AV portable media drive allows you to easily transfer videos directly from

your compatible camcorder without a computer and delivers optimized streaming for smooth

video playback. 3-year limited warranty.

Order Number Capacity Interface Operating System

WDBABS3200ABK 320 GB USB 2.0 Windows

My Book AV

Record more. Delete less. WD’s My Book AV DVR Expander instantly adds more recording

hours to your DVR. With both USB 2.0 and eSATA interfaces, the drive is compatible with many

DVRs and other AV devices. Or use this drive with your compatible camcorder to off-load video

without a computer. 3-year limited warranty.

Order Number Capacity Interface Operating System

WDBABT0010HBK 1 TB USB/eSATA Windows/Mac

Home Entertainment (continued)

Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, Put Your Life On It, My Book, WD TV and are registered trademarks in the U.S. and other countries; My Book Essential, My Book Studio, My Book Elite,

My Book World Edition, My Passport, My Passport Essential, My Passport Studio, My Passport Elite, WD TV Live, WD ShareSpace, WD Elements, WD Elements Play, and WD Livewire are trademarks

of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Other marks may be mentioned herein that belong to other companies. Not all products or capacities are available in all regions of the world. Pictures shown may

vary from actual products. All product and packaging specications subject to change without notice. Warranties vary by region. For details, visit support.wdc.com/warranty.

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. RAID 0 (Striped) accesses the full capacity of the drives. RAID 1 (Mirrored) accesses half of the total capacity for data protection.

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For detailed product information, visit www.westerndigital.com

WD ShareSpace

™

WD ShareSpace is the high-speed network storage system perfect for centralizing and sharing

data on a small ofce or home network. 3-year limited warranty.

Order Number Capacity Interface Operating System

WDA4NC80000N 8 TB Ethernet Windows/Mac

WDA4NC40000N 4 TB Ethernet Windows/Mac

My Book World Edition II