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MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL To customize your drive settings for the best possible performance, on either the WD SmartWare Drive Settings screen or the drive management Drive Settings screen (see Figure 17 on page 27): IF you want to . . . Use a password to keep others from accessing the files on your drive, Change your password, Remove password protection from your drive, Register your drive to receive free technical support during the warranty period and be kept up-todate on the latest WD products, Run drive diagnostics and status checks, Specify an inactive time interval to turn off your drive, Erase your drive so you can retrieve the space and start over with a fresh set of backups, Change the option that checks for software updates whenever you reconnect your WD SmartWare drive to your compute, Enable the Backup and Retrieve functions, THEN click . . . Security Security Security Registration Diagnostics Sleep Timer Drive Erase Preferences (Available on either the Software Settings screen or the drive management Drive Settings screen) Preferences (Only available on the drive management Drive Settings screen) AND see . . . "Password Protecting the Drive" on page 27. "Changing Your Password" on page 30. "Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature" on page 31. "Registering the Drive" on page 37. "Checking Drive Health" on page 42. "Setting the Drive Sleep Timer" on page 37. "Erasing the Drive" on page 38. "Setting the Preferences Option" on page 35. "Enabling the Backup and Retrieve Functions" on page 40. MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING YOUR DRIVE - 36

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MY BOOK ESSENTIAL
USER MANUAL
MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING YOUR DRIVE
– 36
To customize your drive settings for the best possible performance, on either the
WD SmartWare Drive Settings screen or the drive management Drive Settings screen
(see
Figure 17 on page 27
):
IF you want to . . .
THEN click . . .
AND see . . .
Use a password to keep others
from accessing the files on your
drive,
Security
“Password Protecting the
Drive” on page 27.
Change your password,
Security
“Changing Your Password” on
page 30.
Remove password protection from
your drive,
Security
“Turning Off the Drive Lock
Feature” on page 31.
Register your drive to receive free
technical support during the
warranty period and be kept up-to-
date on the latest WD products,
Registration
“Registering the Drive” on
page 37.
Run drive diagnostics and status
checks,
Diagnostics
“Checking Drive Health” on
page 42.
Specify an inactive time interval to
turn off your drive,
Sleep Timer
“Setting the Drive Sleep Timer”
on page 37.
Erase your drive so you can retrieve
the space and start over with a fresh
set of backups,
Drive Erase
“Erasing the Drive” on
page 38.
Change the option that
checks for
software updates
whenever you
reconnect your WD SmartWare
drive to your compute,
Preferences
(Available on either
the Software Settings
screen or the drive
management Drive
Settings screen)
“Setting the Preferences
Option” on page 35.
Enable the Backup and Retrieve
functions,
Preferences
(Only available on the
drive management
Drive Settings
screen)
“Enabling the Backup and
Retrieve Functions” on
page 40.