Showing or hiding the virtual cd icon – Western Digital WD SmartWare User Manual User Manual
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Showing or Hiding the Virtual CD Icon
The hardware configuration of some My Book and My Passport drives provided the
WD SmartWare software on the virtual CD. Each of these drives adds its own virtual CD
icon to your computer’s file management utility listings. Use the Virtual CD Settings
dialog to enable (show) or disable (hide) the virtual CD icon for these drives.
Note:
Hiding the virtual CD icon also disables password protection for the drive.
If you disable (hide) the VCD icon, you will not be able to create a
password to protect the drive. Or, if you have already created a password,
you will not be able to disable (hide) the VCD icon until you remove
password protection (see “Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature” on
page 40).
1.
On the Home screen, if you have more than one backup target device connected to
your computer, select the icon for the one with the VCD icon that you want to show
or hide.
2.
Click the Settings tab and Set Up Drive to display the Drive Settings screen (see
3.
On the Drive Settings screen, click Virtual CD to display the Virtual CD Settings
dialog:
4.
Select the option that you want:
Enable VCD to show the virtual CD icon
Disable VCD to hide the virtual CD icon
5.
Click Apply VCD Settings to implement your selection.
6.
For your change to take effect, you must power cycle the drive:
For a My Passport drive:
a. Disconnect the USB cable from the drive.
b. Wait ten seconds.
c. Reconnect the USB cable to the drive.
For a My Book drive:
a. Disconnect the USB cable from the drive.
b. Either disconnect the AC power adapter cable or press the drive power
button to off.
c. Wait ten seconds.