My Book Elite is now smarter and sleeker than ever featuring a customizable e-label, automatic, continuous backup, and a new smaller size to fit snugly on your shelf or desktop.

Your label, your way.
Create your own label to remind you of what's stored on the drive. See it even when the drive is unplugged. Perfect for archiving data.

See your life safe in one place.
WD SmartWare software - A visual control center with a single screen view of all your data. From it you can back up, retrieve, and secure your files.

Password protection.
An extra level of security with password protection and 256-bit hardware-based encryption.

Smart display
Create your own personalized drive label to remind you of what's stored on each drive. You can even view the label when the drive is unplugged. The display also includes available capacity and security status.

Smaller, sleeker, more streamlined design
We've made these award-winning drives even smaller, sleeker, and more elegant. As always, this book-like shape takes up minimal 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 in 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 256-bit hardware-based encryption.

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 from recycled materials to minimize waste. We encourage you to recycle it.

Shipping Note: Eligible for shipping to all 50 states

Warranty: 6 Month Western Digital