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MY BOOK ELITE 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 6 on page 32): IF you want to . . . Create a custom name (label) that appears in the "spine" area of your My Book drive, 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, Enable (show) or disable (hide) the virtual CD icon for your drive, 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 . . . Label Security Security Security Registration Diagnostics Sleep Timer Drive Erase Virtual CD Preferences (Only available on the drive management Drive Settings screen) Preferences (Only available on the drive management Drive Settings screen) AND see . . . "Specifying a Name for Your Drive" on page 41 "Password Protecting Your Drive" on page 31. "Changing Your Password" on page 35. "Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature" on page 34. "Registering Your Drive" on page 41. "Checking Drive Health" on page 47. "Setting the Drive Sleep Timer" on page 42. "Erasing Your Drive" on page 42. "Showing or Hiding the Virtual CD Icon" on page 45 "Setting the Preferences Options" on page 39. "Enabling the Backup and Retrieve Functions" on page 46. MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING YOUR DRIVE - 40

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MY BOOK ELITE
USER MANUAL
MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING YOUR DRIVE
– 40
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 6 on page 32):
IF you want to . . .
THEN click . . .
AND see . . .
Create a custom name (label)
that appears in the “spine” area
of your My Book drive,
Label
“Specifying a Name for Your
Drive” on page 41
Use a password to keep others
from accessing the files on your
drive,
Security
“Password Protecting Your
Drive” on page 31.
Change your password,
Security
“Changing Your Password” on
page 35.
Remove password protection from
your drive,
Security
“Turning Off the Drive Lock
Feature” on page 34.
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 Your Drive” on
page 41.
Run drive diagnostics and status
checks,
Diagnostics
“Checking Drive Health” on
page 47.
Specify an inactive time interval to
turn off your drive,
Sleep Timer
“Setting the Drive Sleep Timer”
on page 42.
Erase your drive so you can retrieve
the space and start over with a fresh
set of backups,
Drive Erase
“Erasing Your Drive” on
page 42.
Enable (show) or disable (hide)
the virtual CD icon for your drive,
Virtual CD
“Showing or Hiding the Virtual
CD Icon” on page 45
Change the option that
checks for
software updates
whenever you
reconnect your WD SmartWare
drive to your compute,
Preferences
(Only available on the
drive management
Drive Settings
screen)
“Setting the Preferences
Options” on page 39.
Enable the Backup and Retrieve
functions,
Preferences
(Only available on the
drive management
Drive Settings
screen)
“Enabling the Backup and
Retrieve Functions” on
page 46.