Erasing the drive – Western Digital My Book/My Book Essential (USB 3.0) User Manual User Manual
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3.
On the Drive Settings screen, click Sleep Timer to display the Set Sleep Timer
dialog:
4.
On the Set Sleep Timer dialog:
a. In the Turn off Drive box, select the inactivity time interval at which you want to
turn off the drive.
b. Click Set Timer to save and implement your sleep timer selection.
Erasing the Drive
Note: Erasing your drive also deletes the WD SmartWare software and all of the
support files, utilities, online help and user manual files. You can download
these to restore your My Book to its original configuration after erasing the
drive.
The
WD SmartWare software provides two ways to erase your drive, depending on whether your
My Book drive is locked or not:
Using the Drive Settings Drive Erase Function
1.
Click the Settings tab to display either the WD SmartWare Settings tab display or the
drive management Drive Settings screen (see Figure 11 on page 24).
2.
If you opened the WD SmartWare Settings tab display, click Set Up Drive to display
the WD SmartWare Drive Settings screen.
3.
On the Drive Settings screen, click Drive Erase to display the Erase Drive dialog:
CAUTION!
Erasing your drive permanently deletes all of the data on your drive.
Always make sure that you no longer need any of the data on your drive before
erasing the drive.
IF your drive is . . .
AND you . . .
THEN see . . .
Not locked,
Want to erase the drive,
“Using the Drive Settings Drive
Erase Function” in the following
section.
Locked,
Have forgotten or lost your
password and must erase the
drive,