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Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image, Setting the Device Sleep Timer

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MY BOOK DUO USER MANUAL Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image In addition to deleting all of the data on your device, erasing or reformatting the device drives also removes the WD software and all of the support files, utilities, and user manual files. If you ever need to remove and reinstall the WD software on your computer, or move the device to another computer and install the software there, you will need to restore the WD software and disk image on your device drives. To do this, after you have erased or reformatted the drives, go to http://support.wdc.com and see Knowledge Base answer ID 7. Setting the Device Sleep Timer The sleep timer turns off the power to your device after a certain period of inactivity to conserve power and minimize long-term wear on the device drives. 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 5 on page 10. 2. If you have more than one supported device connected to your computer, click the icon of the one that you want to set. 3. Click Sleep Timer to display the Sleep Timer dialog: 4. On the Sleep Timer dialog: a. In the Set Sleep Timer box, select the inactivity time interval at which you want to turn off the device. b. Click Set Timer. Upgrading the Device Capacity Increasing the capacity of your My Book Duo device by installing higher capacity drives is as easy as one-two-three: 1. Use steps 1 through 9 of "Removing and Replacing the Drive" on page 73 to remove both drives. 2. Use steps 10 through 16 to install the new drives. MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DEVICE - 65

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MY BOOK DUO
USER MANUAL
MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DEVICE
– 65
Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image
In addition to deleting all of the data on your device, erasing or reformatting the device
drives also removes the WD software and all of the support files, utilities, and user
manual files.
If you ever need to remove and reinstall the WD software on your computer, or move the
device to another computer and install the software there, you will need to restore the
WD software and disk image on your device drives. To do this, after you have erased or
reformatted the drives, go to
and see Knowledge Base answer
ID 7.
Setting the Device Sleep Timer
The sleep timer turns off the power to your device after a certain period of inactivity to
conserve power and minimize long-term wear on the device drives.
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 5 on page 10.
2.
If you have more than one supported device connected to your computer, click the
icon of the one that you want to set.
3.
Click
Sleep Timer
to display the Sleep Time
r
dialog:
4.
On the Sleep Timer dialog:
a.
In the
Set Sleep Timer
box, select the inactivity time interval at which you want
to turn off the device.
b.
Click
Set Timer
.
Upgrading the Device Capacity
Increasing the capacity of your My Book Duo device by installing higher capacity drives
is as easy as one-two-three:
1.
Use steps 1 through 9 of “Removing and Replacing the Drive” on page 73 to remove
both
drives.
2.
Use steps 10 through 16 to install the new drives.