WD 2TB My Passport for Mac Portable External Hard Drive, USB-C/USB-A – WDBLPG0020BBK-WESE December 30, 2018 - Comment My Passport for Mac is trusted, portable storage that perfectly complements your on-the-go lifestyle. However, the computer may ask for the WD SES driver, which is available from Windows Updates or from the Virtual CD if that shows up in “My Computer”. The drive that you have is also a Mac based drive and Windows cannot read a Mac partition. If you have data on the drive I would be careful using it on a PC.
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- WD Universal Firmware Updater for Windows
- File Size: 3.30 MB
Version: 4.0.1.4
Release Date: 03/05/2019Description
This Universal Firmware Updater automatically detects and installs the latest firmware update available for your hard drive.Supported Operating Systems
- Windows 7
- Windows 8
- Windows 8.1
- Windows 10
Instructions
- Disconnect all other external drives from the computer except one My Book or My Passport.
- Download WDFirmwareUpdater.zip to your desktop.
- Extract the file using an extraction utility.
- Once extracted, double-click on the file named WDFirmwareUpdater.zip
- Click 'Continue.'
- Click 'Accept' on EULA.
- Please wait a few minutes until the required update modules are downloaded.
- If the drive displayed is the correct drive, click 'Continue.'
- Please wait a few minutes while your drive’s firmware is updated.
- Click 'Exit.'
- Please remove the USB and power cable. Wait 10 seconds and then connect the power cable and USB cable.
- Reboot your computer.
- WD SmartWare
- File Size: 39.9 MB
Version: 2.4.21
Release Date: 05/25/2018|Release NotesUnsupported Products
- New My Passport
- New My Book
- 8TB My Book drives with 8 character serial numbers
Description
Note: If you are running WD SmartWare version 1.1.x or 1.2.x, you are required to set up and enable a new backup plan once the WD SmartWare 2.0 upgrade installation has completed.Software that facilitates automatic and continuous backup of all your files.Supported Operating Systems
- Windows 10
- Windows 8
- Windows 7
- Windows Vista
Instructions
- Download the Windows WD SmartWare Software Updater to your hard drive.
- Locate and launch the WD SmartWare Software Updater.
- Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the update.
- After the update completes, restart your computer to finalize the update process and launch the WD SmartWare software.
- Open WD SmartWare, click the Backup tab and verify Start Backup is active. Make backup selections (choose either Category or File Backup) and Click Start Backup to resume automatic continuous backup.
- Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows
- File Size: 558 KB
Version: v1.36
Release Date: 10/18/2018|Release NotesDescription
This is a Windows version of the Data LifeGuard Diagnostics. It will test WD internal and external drives. In additional, it can provide you with the model and serial of WD drives attached to the system.Supported Operating Systems
- Windows 10
- Windows 8 32/64-bit versions
- Windows 7 32/64-bit versions
- Windows Vista 32/64 bit versions
- Windows XP 32/64-bit versions
Instructions
- Download the Windows Data Lifeguard Diagnostics, WinDlg_vx_xx.zip
- Extract and run the program, WinDlg_vx_xx.exe. If running Windows Vista (or later), you will need to Right-Click on the WinDlg_vx_xx.exe file and choose to Run As Administrator.
- Read and accept the license agreement to continue.
- On the main program screen, there are two windows. In the top window, you will see the drives in your system that are available for testing. The model number, serial number, capacity, and SMART status of each drive will be displayed. In the bottom window, the partition information for the selected drive will be displayed.
- Highlight the drive and select the icon on the top row to test or run SMART status.
- When you select the run tests icon, the 'DLGDIAG - Select an Option' window appears.
- You will see the following options:
- QUICK TEST - performs SMART drive quick self-test to gather and verify the Data Lifeguard information contained on the drive.
- EXTENDED TEST - performs a Full Media Scan to detect bad sectors. Test may take several hours to complete depending on the size of the drive.
- ERASE - writes zeros to the drive with options of Full Erase and Quick Erase. File system and data will be lost.
- VIEW TEST RESULT - displays the latest test results.
- Select the test you wish to perform and click the Start button.
- When the test completes, you will be notified with a pass/fail message. Click the Close button.
- External USB/FireWire Fat32 Formatting Utility
- File Size: 550 KB
Version: Version 2.0
Release Date: September, 2008Description
This utility will format a Western Digital external USB or FireWire hard drive back to it's original FAT32 partition and format.Instructions
- Download the ExtFat32_vs2.00.zip file to your desktop.
- Use an extraction utility such as WinZip to extract the files.
- If you already have an older version of WD FAT32 Formatter installed on your system, you will need to remove it first. If you don't, go to step 6.
- Using Windows Add or Remove Programs found in the Control Panel, remove the older version of ExtFAT32 Formatter.
- Once you've removed the old version, double-click on the DeleteBinFilesFromSystem32 program (found in the new FAT32 Formatter folder). This will remove all WDxxxx.bin files from the C:WINDOWSsystem32 directory.
- Next, double-click on the ExtFAT32v2.0.msi file to install the new WD FAT32 Formatter version 2.0 on your system.
- The new WD FAT32 Formatter v2.0 will copy all the new WDxxxx.bin files to the C:Program FilesWestern Digital CorpWD FAT32 FormatterImages folder.
- Once the install process is finished, the WD FAT32 Formatter will put a program icon on the desktop that you can double-click on, and start the format process.
Important: Make sure to back up any important data on the drive. Otherwise, it will be deleted.