Western Digital WDBAAF5000EBK User Manual - Page 43
Erasing the Drive, CAUTION, IF your drive is .., AND you .., THEN see ..
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MY BOOK ESSENTIAL USER MANUAL 2. In the Turn off Drive box, select the inactivity time interval at which you want to turn off the drive. 3. Click Set Timer to save and implement your sleep timer selection. Erasing the Drive CAUTION! Erasing your drive permanently deletes all of the data on your drive. Always make sure that you no longer need any of the data on your drive before erasing the drive. Note: Erasing your drive also deletes the WD SmartWare software and all of the support files, utilities, online help and user manual files. You can download these to restore your My Book to its original configuration after erasing the drive. The WD SmartWare software provides two ways to erase your drive, depending on whether your My Book drive 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 Settings Drive Erase Function" in the following section. "Using the Drive Unlock Utility" on page 39. Using the Drive Settings Drive Erase Function. To erase your My Book when the drive is not locked: 1. On the Drive Settings screen (see Figure 17 on page 27), click Drive Erase to display the Erase Drive dialog: 2. Read the warning about the loss of data if you erase your drive. 3. Click the I understand check box to signify that you accept the risk. 4. Click Drive Erase to erase your drive. After the drive erase operation completes, go to support.wdc.com and see Knowledge Base Answer ID #5419 for information about downloading and restoring the WD SmartWare software and disk image on your My Book drive. Note: Erasing your drive also removes your password. If you still want to use a password to protect your drive, you will need to re-create it after restoring the WD SmartWare software and disk image. (See "Password Protecting the Drive" on page 27.) MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING YOUR DRIVE - 38