Specifying a name for your drive – Western Digital My Passport Studio User Manual User Manual

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MY PASSPORT STUDIO

USER MANUAL

MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING YOUR DRIVE – 41

To customize your drive settings for the best possible performance with the
WD SmartWare software, on the Drive Settings screen (see Figure 12 on page 29):

Specifying a Name For Your Drive

The custom label that you specify remains on your drive even when it is turned off or
disconnected from your computer.

To specify a name for your drive:

1.

On the Drive Settings screen (see Figure 12 on page 29), click Label to display the
Label dialog:

2. Type your label in the Label box.

IF you want to . . .

THEN click . . .

AND see . . .

Create a custom name (label)
that appears on the cover of
your My Passport drive,

Label

“Specifying a Name For Your
Drive” on page 41

Use a password to keep others
from accessing the files on your
drive,

Security

“Password Protecting Your
Drive” on page 28.

Change your password,

Security

“Changing Your Password” on
page 31
.

Remove password protection from
your drive,

Security

“Turning Off the Drive Lock
Feature” on page 32
.

Register your drive to receive free
technical support during the
warranty period and be kept up-to-
date on the latest WD products,

Registration

“Registering Your Drive” on
page 42
.

Perform routine drive diagnostics
and status checks,

Diagnostics

“Checking Drive Health” on
page 46
.

Specify an inactive time interval to
turn off your drive,

Sleep Timer

“Setting the Drive Sleep Timer”
on page 43.

Erase your drive so you can return it
to service if you have implemented
password protection and then lost
or forgotten your password,

Drive Erase

“Erasing Your Drive” on
page 43
.

Enable (show) or disable (hide) the
virtual CD icon for your drive,

Virtual CD

“Showing or Hiding the Virtual
CD Icon” on page 44

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