Western Digital WD SmartWare User Manual - Manual (Page 58)

WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE
USER MANUAL
MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DRIVE – 54
Managing and Customizing the Drive
This chapter includes the following topics:
Checking Drive Health
Naming the Drive
Registering the Drive
Restoring the WD SmartWare Software and Disk Image
Setting the Drive Sleep Timer
Showing or Hiding the Virtual CD Icon
Using the WD Quick View Icon
Checking Drive Status
Monitoring Icon Alerts
Opening the WD SmartWare Software
Safely Disconnecting the Drive
Note: The WD SmartWare software provides the drive settings functions
described in this chapter for older My Book and My Passport drives. For
newer drives, these functions are provided by the WD Drive Utilities
software.
Checking Drive Health
The WD SmartWare software has several built-in diagnostic tools to help make sure that
your supported WD drive is performing well. Run the following tests if you are concerned
that your drive is not operating properly:
Quick SMART Status
SMART is a failure-prediction function that continuously monitors key internal
performance attributes of the drive. A detected increase in drive temperature, noise,
or read/write errors, for example, can provide an indication that the drive is
approaching a serious failure condition. With advanced warning, you could take
precautionary measures, like moving your data to another drive, before a failure
occurs.
The result of a quick SMART status check is a pass-or-fail evaluation of the drive’s
condition.
The SMART status check completes within a second or two.
Quick Drive Test
Your backup target device has a built-in Data Lifeguard™ diagnostic utility that
tests the drive for error conditions. The quick drive test checks the drive for major
performance problems.
The result of a quick drive test is a pass-or-fail evaluation of the drive’s condition.
The quick drive test can take several minutes to complete.
Complete Drive Test
The most comprehensive drive diagnostic is the complete drive test. It tests every
sector for error conditions and inserts bad-sector markers as required.
The complete drive test can take several hours to complete, depending on the size
and data configuration of your drive.
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