Erasing the drive – Western Digital WD SmartWare User Manual User Manual
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WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE
USER MANUAL
MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DRIVE
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The best time to run the drive diagnostics and status checks is on a regular basis, before
you encounter any problems with your drive. And, because they are so fast, running the
quick SMART status check and the quick drive test provides a high level of assurance
with minimal inconvenience. Then, run all three whenever you encounter disk error
conditions when backing up or retrieving files.
1.
On the Home screen, if you have more than one backup target device connected to
your computer, select the icon for the one that you want to check.
2.
Click the Settings tab and Set Up Drive to display the Drive Settings screen (see
Note:
If you see the Software Settings screen instead of the WD SmartWare
Settings tab display with the Set Up Drive button, then you must use the
WD Drive Utilities software to run drive diagnostics and status checks for
the selected device.
3.
On the Drive Settings screen, click Diagnostics to display the Run Diagnostics
dialog:
4.
On the Run Diagnostics dialog, click the button for the test that you want to run:
Quick SMART Status
Quick Drive Test
Complete Drive Test
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 drive to its original configuration after
erasing the drive.
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 the
drive.