Erasing the drive, Using the drive erase function – Western Digital My Book for Mac (USB 3.0) User Manual User Manual
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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 drive to its original configuration after erasing it.
WD Drive Utilities provides two ways to erase your drive, depending on whether your drive is
locked or not:
Using the Drive Erase Function
To erase your
drive when it
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 drive connected to your computer, select the
one that you want to erase.
3.
Click Drive Erase to display the Drive Erase dialog:
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,
Want 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,