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MY BOOK DUO USER MANUAL 2. If you have more than one supported device connected to your computer, click the icon of the one that you want to erase. 3. Click Drive Erase to display the Drive Erase dialog: For RAID Array Configurations For Individual Drives 4. On the Drive Erase dialog: a. For individual drives, select the check box for each drive that you want to erase: Erase Drive 1 Erase Drive 2 b. If you want to change the name of a volume, type over the name in the Volume Name box. c. Read the warning about the loss of data if you erase your device or a drive. Important: If you want to save any of the data that is on the device drives, back it up to another device before continuing with the drive erase. d. Select the I understand check box to signify that you accept the risk and activate the Erase Drive button. e. Click Erase Drive. After the drive erase operation completes, go to http://support.wd.com and see Knowledge Base answer ID 7 for information about downloading and restoring the WD software and disk image on your device. Managing the Device Configuration The initial/default configuration of your My Book Duo device is as a striped RAID 0 disk array for high-speed/maximum-storage performance. You can reconfigure the device as either: A mirrored RAID 1 disk array for maximum-protection/reduced-storage performance JBOD individual drives that can be formatted differently for enhanced flexibility MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DEVICE - 49

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MY BOOK DUO
USER MANUAL
MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DEVICE
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2.
If you have more than one supported device connected to your computer, click the
icon of the one that you want to erase.
3.
Click
Drive Erase
to display the Drive Erase dialog:
4.
On the Drive Erase dialog:
a.
For individual drives, select the check box for each drive that you want to erase:
±
Erase Drive 1
±
Erase Drive 2
b.
If you want to change the name of a volume, type over the name in the
Volume
Name
box.
c.
Read the warning about the loss of data if you erase your device or a drive.
d.
Select the
I understand
check box to signify that you accept the risk and
activate the
Erase Drive
button.
e.
Click
Erase Drive
.
After the drive erase operation completes, go to
and see
Knowledge Base answer ID 7 for information about downloading and restoring the WD
software and disk image on your device.
Managing the Device Configuration
The initial/default configuration of your My Book Duo device is as a striped RAID 0 disk
array for high-speed/maximum-storage performance. You can reconfigure the device as
either:
±
A mirrored RAID 1 disk array for maximum-protection/reduced-storage performance
±
JBOD individual drives that can be formatted differently for enhanced flexibility
Important:
If you want to save any of the data that is on the device drives,
back it up to another device before continuing with the drive erase.
For Individual Drives
For RAID Array Configurations