Western Digital My Book User Manual - Page 53
Diagnostics, SMART Status, Quick Drive Test, Complete Drive Test, Start, All Programs, Western Digital
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MY BOOK USER MANUAL • 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 • Start > All Programs > Western Digital > WD Apps > WD Drive Utilities See Figure 4 on page 8. 2. If you have more than one supported drive connected to your computer, select the one that you want to check. 3. Click Diagnostics to display the Diagnostics dialog: 4. On the Diagnostics dialog, click the button for the test that you want to run: • SMART Status • Quick Drive Test • Complete Drive Test MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DRIVE - 48