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MY PASSPORT ULTRA METAL EDITION USER MANUAL 17 Managing and Customizing the Drive This chapter includes the following topics: Checking Drive Health Erasing the Drive Registering the Drive Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image Setting the Drive Sleep Timer Using the WD Quick View Icon Checking Drive Status Monitoring Icon Alerts Opening the WD SmartWare Software Safely Disconnecting the Drive Checking Drive Health WD Drive Utilities provides three diagnostic tools to help make sure that your drive is performing well. Run the following tests if you are concerned that your drive is not operating properly: SMART Status SMART is a failure-prediction function that continuously monitors key internal performance attributes of the drive. A detected increase in drive temperature, noise, or read/write errors, for example, can provide an indication that the drive is approaching a serious failure condition. With advanced warning, you could take precautionary measures, like moving your data to another drive, before a failure occurs. The result of a SMART status check is a pass or fail evaluation of the drive's condition. Quick Drive Test Your drive has a built-in Data Lifeguard™ diagnostic utility that tests the drive for error conditions. The quick drive test checks the drive for major performance problems. The result of a quick drive test is a pass or fail evaluation of the drive's condition. Complete Drive Test The most comprehensive drive diagnostic is the complete drive test. It tests every sector for error conditions, and inserts bad sector markers as required. 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 SMART 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 if you created one when you installed the application All Programs > Western Digital > WD Apps > WD Drive Utilities See Figure 4 on page 8. MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DRIVE - 51

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MY PASSPORT ULTRA
METAL EDITION
USER MANUAL
MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DRIVE
– 51
Managing and Customizing the Drive
This chapter includes the following topics:
Checking Drive Health
Erasing the Drive
Registering the Drive
Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image
Setting the Drive Sleep Timer
Using the WD Quick View Icon
Checking Drive Status
Monitoring Icon Alerts
Opening the WD SmartWare Software
Safely Disconnecting the Drive
Checking Drive Health
WD Drive Utilities provides three diagnostic tools to help make sure that your drive is
performing well. Run the following tests if you are concerned that your drive is not
operating properly:
±
SMART Status
SMART is a failure-prediction function that continuously monitors key internal
performance attributes of the drive. A detected increase in drive temperature, noise,
or read/write errors, for example, can provide an indication that the drive is
approaching a serious failure condition. With advanced warning, you could take
precautionary measures, like moving your data to another drive, before a failure
occurs.
The result of a SMART status check is a pass or fail evaluation of the drive's
condition.
±
Quick Drive Test
Your drive has a built-in Data Lifeguard
™
diagnostic utility that tests the drive for error
conditions. The quick drive test checks the drive for major performance problems.
The result of a quick drive test is a pass or fail evaluation of the drive's condition.
±
Complete Drive Test
The most comprehensive drive diagnostic is the complete drive test. It tests every
sector for error conditions, and inserts bad sector markers as required.
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
SMART 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 if you created one when you
installed the application
±
All Programs
>
Western Digital
>
WD Apps
>
WD Drive Utilities
See Figure 4 on page 8.
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