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MY BOOK STUDIO AND STUDIO LX USER MANUAL 5 Locking and Unlocking Your Drive 30 Password Protecting Your Drive 30 Unlocking Your Drive 31 Unlocking Your Drive with the WD SmartWare Software 32 Unlocking Your Drive Without the WD SmartWare Software 32 Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature 33 Changing Your Password 33 6 Managing and Customizing Your Drive 34 Using the WD SmartWare Icon 34 Opening the WD SmartWare Software 34 Dismounting the Virtual CD 36 Safely Dismounting the Drive 36 Using the WD SmartWare Icon 36 Using the My Book Icon 37 Using the Drive Power Button 37 Displaying the Drive Serial Number and Status 37 Unlocking the Drive Manually 38 When the WD SmartWare Software Is Not Available 38 When Your Computer Exits Sleep Mode 39 Customizing Your Software Settings 39 Specifying a Different Retrieve Folder 40 Setting the Preferences Options 41 Customizing Your Drive Settings 41 Specifying a Name for Your Drive 42 Registering Your Drive 43 Setting the Drive Sleep Timer 44 Erasing Your Drive 44 Showing or Hiding the Virtual CD Icon 45 Uninstalling the WD SmartWare Software 46 7 Checking Drive Health 47 8 Using the Drive with Windows 49 Reformatting the Drive 49 Installing the Drive on Windows Computers 49 Installing on Windows XP Computers 50 Installing on Windows Vista or Windows 7 Computers 52 Getting Started with the WD SmartWare Software on Windows 54 Using the WD SmartWare Icon 57 Opening the WD SmartWare Software 57 Checking Drive Status and Temperature 58 Monitoring Icon Alerts 58 Disconnecting the Drive Safely 58 Enabling the Backup and Retrieve Functions 59 TABLE OF CONTENTS - iv

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MY BOOK STUDIO AND STUDIO LX
USER MANUAL
TABLE OF CONTENTS – iv
5
Locking and Unlocking Your Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
30
Password Protecting Your Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Unlocking Your Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Unlocking Your Drive with the WD SmartWare Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Unlocking Your Drive Without the
WD SmartWare Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Changing Your Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
6
Managing and Customizing Your Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
34
Using the WD SmartWare Icon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Opening the WD SmartWare Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Dismounting the Virtual CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Safely Dismounting the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Using the WD SmartWare Icon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Using the My Book Icon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Using the Drive Power Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Displaying the Drive Serial Number and Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Unlocking the Drive Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
When the WD SmartWare Software Is Not Available. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
When Your Computer Exits Sleep Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Customizing Your Software Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Specifying a Different Retrieve Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Setting the Preferences Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Customizing Your Drive Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Specifying a Name for Your Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Registering Your Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Setting the Drive Sleep Timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Erasing Your Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Showing or Hiding the Virtual CD Icon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Uninstalling the WD SmartWare Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
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Checking Drive Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
47
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Using the Drive with Windows
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Reformatting the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Installing the Drive on Windows Computers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Installing on Windows XP Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Installing on Windows Vista or Windows 7 Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Getting Started with the WD SmartWare Software on Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Using the WD SmartWare Icon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Opening the WD SmartWare Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Checking Drive Status and Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Monitoring Icon Alerts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Disconnecting the Drive Safely. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Enabling the Backup and Retrieve Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59