Using the wd quick view icon, Checking drive status – Western Digital My Passport Ultra Metal User Manual User Manual

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MY PASSPORT ULTRA METAL EDITION

USER MANUAL

MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DRIVE

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2.

If you have more than one supported drive connected to your computer, select the

one that you want to set.

3.

Click Sleep Timer to display the Sleep Timer dialog:

4.

On the Sleep Timer dialog:

a. In the Set Sleep Timer box, select the inactivity time interval at which you want

to turn off the drive.

b. Click Set Timer.

Using the WD Quick View Icon

After you have installed the WD SmartWare software, the WD Quick View icon displays
in the system tray portion of the Windows taskbar:

You can use the icon to:

Check the drive status

Monitor icon alerts

Open the WD SmartWare software

Safely disconnect the drive

The following sections describe how to use the icon and other ways to do these things.

Checking Drive Status

You can see the drive capacity used and drive temperature status, and find out if the
drive is locked by h

overing the pointer over the WD Quick View icon in the taskbar:

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