Western Digital WDBGCH0010BSL User Manual - Page 24

MY PASSPORT EDGE FOR MAC USER MANUAL On the WD Drive Utilities screen: IF you want to . . . Run drive diagnostics and status checks, Specify an inactive time interval to turn off your drive, Erase your drive so you can retrieve the space and start over, Register your drive to receive free technical support during the warranty period and keep up-todate on the latest WD products, THEN click . . . Diagnostics Sleep Timer Drive Erase Registration AND see . . . "Checking Drive Health" in the next section. "Setting the Drive Sleep Timer" on page 21. "Erasing the Drive" on page 22. "Registering the Drive" on page 25. Checking Drive Health The WD Drive Utilities software provides three diagnostic tools to help make sure that your drive is performing well. Run the following tests if you are concerned that your drive is not operating properly: • S.M.A.R.T. Status S.M.A.R.T. is a failure-prediction function that continuously monitors key internal performance attributes of the drive. A detected increase in drive temperature, noise, or read/write errors, for example, can provide an indication that the drive is approaching a serious failure condition. With advanced warning, you could take precautionary measures, like moving your data to another drive, before a failure occurs. The result of a S.M.A.R.T. status check is a pass or fail evaluation of the drive's condition. • Quick Drive Test Your My Passport drive has a built-in Data Lifeguard™ diagnostic utility that tests the drive for error conditions. The quick drive test checks the drive for major performance problems. The result of a quick drive test is a pass or fail evaluation of the drive's condition. • 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 S.M.A.R.T. status check and the quick drive test provides a high level of assurance with minimal inconvenience. Then, run all three whenever you encounter disk errors when writing or accessing files. To run drive diagnostics and status checks: 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 check. MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DRIVE - 20