Western Digital My Passport Air User Manual - Page 26

Erasing the Drive, Using the Drive Erase Function

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MY PASSPORT AIR USER MANUAL 4. On the Sleep Timer dialog: a. In the Sleep Timer box, select the inactivity time interval at which you want to turn off the drive. b. Click Set Timer. 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 My Passport to its original configuration after erasing the drive. WD Drive Utilities provides two ways to erase your drive, depending on whether your My Passport 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 24. Using the Drive Erase Function To erase your My Passport when the drive is not locked: 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 My Passport drive connected to your computer, select the one that you want to erase. MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DRIVE - 22

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MY PASSPORT AIR
USER MANUAL
MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DRIVE
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4.
On the Sleep Timer dialog:
a.
In the
Sleep Timer
box, select the inactivity time interval at which you want to
turn off the drive.
b.
Click
Set Timer
.
Erasing the Drive
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 My Passport to its original configuration after erasing the drive.
WD Drive Utilities provides two ways to erase your drive, depending on whether your
My Passport drive is locked or not:
Using the Drive Erase Function
To erase your
My Passport when the
drive is not locked:
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 My Passport drive connected to your
computer, select the one that you want to erase.
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.
IF your drive is . . .
AND you . . .
THEN see . . .
Not locked,
Wan
t to erase the drive,
“Using the Drive Erase Function”
in the next section.
Locked,
Have forgotten or lost your
password and
must
erase the
drive,
“Using the WD Drive Unlock
Utility” on page 24.