Restoring the wd software and disk image – Western Digital My Book for Mac (USB 3.0) User Manual User Manual
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Wait for the power/activity LED to turn off before disconnecting the drive from the
computer.
Note: If you disconnect the drive after using the power button to turn it off, when
you reconnect it to your running computer, the drive automatically powers
on. If you leave the drive connected to your computer after using the
power button to turn it off, you must press the power button again to turn
it back on.
Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image
In addition to deleting all of the data on your drive, erasing or reformatting it also
removes the WD Security and WD Drive Utilities 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
drive to another computer and install the software there, you will need to restore the WD
software and disk image on your drive. To do this, after you have erased or reformatted
the drive, go to
and see Knowledge Base answer ID 7.