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Erasing the Drive, Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image, Start, All Programs, Western Digital
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MY BOOK 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 the drive. 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 erase. 3. Click Drive Erase to display the Drive Erase dialog: 4. On the Drive Erase 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 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 drive. Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image In addition to deleting all of the data on your drive, erasing or reformatting the drive also removes the WD software and all of the support files, utilities, online help and user manual files. If you ever need to remove and reinstall the WD software on your computer, or move the drive to another computer and install the software there, you will need to restore the WD software and disk image on your drive. To do this, after you have erased or reformatted the drive, go to http://support.wd.com and see Knowledge Base answer ID 7. MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DRIVE - 49