Western Digital WDBVHT0080JCH WD SmartWare User Manual - Page 47

WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE USER MANUAL Erasing the Drive CAUTION! Erasing your drive permanently deletes all of the data on the 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 external device to its original configuration after erasing the drive. The WD SmartWare software provides two ways to erase your device, depending on whether it 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" on page 43. "Using the Drive Unlock Utility" on page 44. Using the Drive Settings Drive Erase Function To erase your external device when it is not locked: 1. On the Home screen, if you have more than one external device connected to your computer, select the icon for the one that you want to erase. 2. Click the Settings tab and Set Up Drive to display the Drive Settings screen (see Figure 4 on page 15). Note: If you see the Software Settings screen instead of the WD SmartWare Settings tab display with the Set Up Drive button, then you must use the WD Drive Utilities software to erase the selected external device. 3. On the Drive Settings screen, click Drive Erase to display the Erase Drive dialog: 4. On the Erase Drive dialog: a. Read the warning about the loss of data if you erase your drive. b. Click the I understand check box to signify that you accept the risk. c. Click Drive Erase. After the drive erase operation completes, go to http://support.wdc.com and see Knowledge Base answer ID 7 for information about downloading and restoring the WD SmartWare software and disk image on your external device. MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DRIVE - 43