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Restoring the WD Software, Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image, Turning Off the LED

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Managing and Customizing the Drive e. Select or clear the Subscribe to all emails from WD check box to specify whether you want to receive notifications about software updates, product enhancements, and price discount opportunities. f. Click Register device. Restoring the WD Software In addition to deleting all of the data on your drive, erasing or reformatting the drive also removes the WD software and all of the support files, utilities and online help. If you ever need to remove and reinstall the WD software on your computer, or move the drive to another computer and install the software there, you will need to restore the WD software on your drive. To do this, after you have erased or reformatted the drive, go to http://support.wdc.com and see Knowledge Base answer ID 7. Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image In addition to deleting all of the data on your drive, erasing or reformatting the drive also removes the WD software and all of the support files, utilities, online help and user manual files. If you ever need to remove and reinstall the WD software on your computer, or move the drive to another computer and install the software there, you will need to restore the WD software and disk image on your drive. To do this, after you have erased or reformatted the drive, go to http://support.wd.com and see Knowledge Base answer ID 7. Turning Off the LED The drive LED can be turned off using the WD Drive Utilities software. 1. Click Go > Applications > WD Drive Utilities to display the WD Drive Utilities screen, Diagnose dialog. 2. Click Settings. 3. Click LED to turn the LED off. Safely Disconnecting the Drive Windows and Macintosh operating systems have a means for safely disconnecting and removing the drive without turning off the system: ▪ Windows has a Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media icon in the system tray which, when used, ensures that all data is flushed from system cache before device removal. ▪ Mac users can simply drag the drive icon to the trash before disconnecting it. My Passport Ultra for Mac 19 User Manual

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e.
Select or clear the
Subscribe to all emails from WD
check box to specify
whether you want to receive
notifications
about software updates, product
enhancements, and price discount opportunities.
f.
Click
Register device
.
Restoring the WD Software
In addition to deleting all of the data on your drive, erasing or reformatting the
drive also removes the WD software and all of the support
files,
utilities and online
help.
If you ever need to remove and reinstall the WD software on your computer, or
move the drive to another computer and install the software there, you will need to
restore the WD software on your drive. To do this, after you have erased or
reformatted the drive, go to
and see Knowledge Base
answer ID 7.
Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image
In addition to deleting all of the data on your drive, erasing or reformatting the
drive also removes the WD software and all of the support
files,
utilities, online help
and user manual
files.
If you ever need to remove and reinstall the WD software on your computer, or
move the drive to another computer and install the software there, you will need to
restore the WD software and disk image on your drive. To do this, after you have
erased or reformatted the drive, go to
and see Knowledge
Base answer ID 7.
Turning Off the LED
The drive LED can be turned off using the WD Drive Utilities software.
1.
Click
Go > Applications > WD Drive Utilities
to display the WD Drive Utilities
screen, Diagnose dialog.
2.
Click
Settings
.
3.
Click
LED
to turn the LED off.
Safely Disconnecting the Drive
Windows and Macintosh operating systems have a means for safely disconnecting
and removing the drive without turning off the system:
▪
Windows has a Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media icon in the system tray
which, when used, ensures that all data is
flushed
from system cache before
device removal.
▪
Mac users can simply drag the drive icon to the trash before disconnecting it.
Managing and Customizing the Drive
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