Led Settings; Drive Erase - Western Digital My Book Duo User Manual

2. If you have more than one supported device connected to your computer,
select the one that you want to set.
3. Click
Settings
4. On the Sleep Timer portion of the Settings dialog box, Click the ON/OFF toggle
button to enable or disable this feature.
a. If enabling this feature, Select the time limit for sleep activity to begin from
the
Select Time
5. Click to close the WD Drive Utilities software.
Close

LED Settings

Under the section Settings is the LED Settings feature. This allows you to disable or enable
the LED indicator on the front of the WD device. If the LED is disabled and the device
encounters an error, it will automatically enable the LED so that it can indicate that there is
an issue with the unit. To enable or disable this feature, follow these steps:
1. Open the WD Drive Utilities software.
2. If you have more than one supported device connected to your computer,
select the one that you want to set.
3. Click
Settings
4. On the LED Settings portion of the Settings dialog box, Click the ON/OFF
toggle button to enable or disable this feature.
5. After Clicking the ON/OFF toggle button, a confirmation message dialog box
will open. Click
a. The ON/OFF toggle button will not be in the new position to indicate the
new setting until after you close the confirmation message dialog box.
6. Click to close the WD Drive Utilities software.
Close

Drive Erase

Caution!
Erasing your device deletes all data! This includes the WD software and all of the support
files and utilities that were included with the unit. However, this will not uninstall any of the WD tools
you are currently using. You can download these to restore your device to its original configuration
after erasing it through the
The Drive Erase function is twofold, it will erase the drive and reformat the drive.
The format process can be changed with this utility between NTFS, exFAT and HFS
+J. It is best to use the NTFS Format when a drive or device is connected to a
computer system running a Windows operating system and HFS+J when connected
to a computer system running a macOS / OS X operating system.
1. Open the WD Drive Utilities software.
2. If you have more than one supported device connected to your computer,
select the one that you want to erase.
▪ If the device is locked, you will be prompted to enter the password to
unlock it.
Note:
If five password attempts to unlock the device have failed, you will see the message
Incorrect Attempts
Step 3.
3. Click the
Drive Erase
4. Enter a new volume name in the
My Book Duo
User Manual
on the top menu.
drop-down menu.
on the top menu.
on this confirmation message dialog box.
Close
WD Software and Downloads
. The option to enter a password will not be presented. Continue with
option on the top menu.
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