Erasing The Drive; Using The Drive Erase Function - Western Digital my passport User Manual

inconvenience. Then, run all three whenever you encounter disk error conditions when
writing or accessing files.
1. Click
Go > Applications > WD Drive Utilities
Diagnose dialog.
2. If you have more than one supported drive connected to your computer, select
the one that you want to check.
3. On the Diagnose dialog, click the button for the test that you want to run:
▪ Run Drive Status Check
▪ Run Quick Drive Test
▪ Run Complete Drive Test

Erasing the Drive

Erasing your drive also deletes the WD software and all of the support
Note:
files and utilities. You can download these to restore your My Passport
for Mac to its original configuration after erasing the drive.
My Passport for Mac provides two ways to erase your drive, depending on whether
it is locked or not:
IF your drive is . . .
Not locked,
Locked

Using the Drive Erase Function

To erase your drive when it is not locked:
1. Click
Go > Applications > WD Drive Utilities
Diagnose dialog.
2. If you have more than one supported drive connected to your computer, select
the one that you want to erase.
3. On the WD Drive Utilities screen, click
dialog.
4. On the drive erase dialog:
a. If you want to change the volume name, type over the name in the
box.
Name
b. Use the Volume Format selector to specify the format for the new volume,
either
HFS+J
c. Read the explanation of the loss of data if you erase your drive. If you want to
save any of the data that is on the drive, back it up to another device before
continuing with the drive erase.
d. Select the
I understand...
activate the
e. Click
Erase Drive
My Passport for Mac
User Manual
AND you . . .
Want to erase the drive,
Have forgotten or lost your
password and must erase the
drive,
or .
exFAT
check box to signify that you accept the risk and
button.
Erase Drive
.
to display the WD Drive Utilities screen,
THEN see . . .
Using the Drive Erase Function
Using Five Invalid Passwords
to display the WD Drive Utilities screen,
to display the drive erase
Drive Erase
Managing and Customizing the Drive
Volume
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