Western Digital My Passport (Unencrypted drives) User Manual User Manual
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MY PASSPORT
USER MANUAL
MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DRIVE
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• Quick Drive Test
Your My Passport drive 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.
• 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 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 writing or accessing files.
1.
Open the WD Drive Utilities software by clicking either:
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The WD Drive Utilities desktop shortcut icon if you created one when you
installed the application
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Start > All Programs > Western Digital > WD Apps > WD Drive Utilities
2.
If you have more than one supported My Passport drive connected to your
computer, select the one that you want to check.
3. Click Diagnostics to display the Diagnostics dialog:
4.
On the Diagnostics dialog, click the button for the test that you want to run:
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SMART Status
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Quick Drive Test
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Complete Drive Test