Western Digital My Book for Mac User Manual - Page 26

MY BOOK FOR MAC 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 it. Note: Erasing your drive also deletes the WD software and all of the support files, utilities, and user manual files. You can download these to restore your drive to its original configuration after erasing it. WD Drive Utilities provides two ways to erase your drive, depending on whether your 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 Erase Function" in the next section. "Using the WD Drive Unlock Utility" on page 23. Using the Drive Erase Function 1. Click Go > Applications > WD Drive Utilities to display the WD Drive Utilities screen (see Figure 4 on page 19). 2. If you have more than one supported drive connected to your computer, select the one that you want to erase. 3. Click Drive Erase to display the Drive Erase dialog: 4. On the Drive Erase dialog: a. If you want to change the name of the volume when you erase the drive, type a new name in the Volume Name box. MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DRIVE - 22