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MY BOOK USER MANUAL The best time to run the drive diagnostics and status checks is on a regular basis, before you encounter any problems with your drive. And, because they are so fast, running the drive status check and the quick drive test provides a high level of assurance with minimal inconvenience. Then, run all three whenever you encounter disk error conditions when writing or accessing files. 1. Open the WD Drive Utilities software by clicking either:  The WD Drive Utilities desktop shortcut icon  Start > All Programs > Western Digital > WD Apps > WD Drive Utilities See Figure 6 on page 9. 2. If you have more than one supported device connected to your computer, select the one that you want to check. 3. On the Diagnose dialog, click the button for the test that you want to run:  Run Drive Status Check  Run Quick Drive Test  Run Complete Drive Test Erasing the Drive CAUTION! Erasing your drive permanently deletes all of the data on the drive. Always make sure that you no longer need any of the data on your drive before erasing it. Note: Erasing your drive also deletes the WD software and all of the support files, utilities, and user manual files. You can download these to restore your to its original configuration after erasing the drive. The WD Drive Utilities software provides two ways to erase your drive, depending on whether it is locked or not: IF your drive is . . . AND you . . . Not locked Want to erase the drive Locked Have forgotten or lost your password and must erase the drive THEN see . . . "Using the Drive Erase Function" on page 25. "Using Five Invalid Passwords" on page 26 Using the Drive Erase Function To erase your drive when it is not locked: 1. Open the WD Drive Utilities software by clicking either:  The WD Drive Utilities desktop shortcut icon  Start > All Programs > Western Digital > WD Apps > WD Drive Utilities See Figure 6 on page 9. 2. If you have more than one supported device connected to your computer, select the one that you want to erase. 3. On the WD Drive Utilities screen, click Drive Erase to display the drive erase dialog: MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DRIVE - 25

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MY BOOK
USER MANUAL
MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DRIVE
– 25
The best time to run the drive diagnostics and status checks is on a regular basis, before
you encounter any problems with your drive. And, because they are so fast, running the
drive status check and the quick drive test provides a high level of assurance with
minimal inconvenience. Then, run all three whenever you encounter disk error conditions
when writing or accessing files.
1.
Open the WD Drive Utilities software by clicking either:
The
WD Drive Utilities desktop shortcut icon
Start
>
All Programs
>
Western Digital
>
WD Apps
>
WD
Drive Utilities
See Figure 6 on page
9.
2.
If you have more than one supported device connected to your computer, select the
one that you want to check.
3.
On the Diagnose dialog, click the button for the test that you want to run:
Run Drive Status Check
Run Quick Drive Test
Run Complete Drive Test
Erasing the Drive
Note:
Erasing your drive also deletes the WD software and all of the support files,
utilities, and user manual files. You can download these to restore your to
its original configuration after erasing the drive.
The WD
Drive Utilities software provides two ways to erase your drive, depending on
whether it is locked or not:
Using the Drive Erase Function
To erase your
drive when it
is not locked:
1.
Open the WD Drive Utilities software by clicking either:
The
WD Drive Utilities desktop shortcut icon
Start
>
All Programs
>
Western Digital
>
WD Apps
>
WD
Drive Utilities
See Figure 6 on page
9.
2.
If you have more than one supported device connected to your computer, select the
one that you want to erase.
3.
On the WD
Drive Utilities screen, click
Drive Erase
to display the drive erase
dialog:
CAUTION!
Erasing your drive permanently deletes all of the data on the drive. Always
make sure that you no longer need any of the data on your drive before erasing it.
IF your drive is . . .
AND you . . .
THEN see . . .
Not locked
Wan
t to erase the drive
“Using the Drive Erase Function”
on page
25.
Locked
Have forgotten or lost your
password and
must
erase the
drive
“Using Five Invalid Passwords”
on page
26