Western Digital My Book VelociRaptor Duo User Manual - Manual (Page 21)

MY BOOK VELOCIRAPTOR DUO
USER MANUAL
MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DEVICE – 17
2. If you have more than one supported storage device or 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. For individual drives, select the check box for each drive that you want to erase:
• Erase Drive A
• Erase Drive B
b. If you want to perform a secure erase operation on a drive, select its Perform a
secure erase check box.
Note: Selecting this option ensures all data on the device is erased. This will take several
hours to complete. If you do not select this option, the WD Drive Utilities software
performs a quick erase operation and the data might be recoverable using disk
recovery software.
c. If you want to change the name of a volume, type over the name in the Volume
Name box.
d. For individual drives, select the option to specify the file format for each volume:
• HFS+J
• ExFAT
Note that the exFAT (extended File Allocation Table) format is not RAID
configurable.
e. Read the warning about the loss of data when you erase the drive and select the
I understand check box to signify that you accept the risk and activate the
Erase Drive button:
For RAID Array Configurations For Individual Drives