Managing And Customizing Your Drive; Launching Wd Smartware Software - Western Digital My Book WDBAAG0010HCH User Manual

Managing and Customizing Your Drive

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This chapter includes the following topics:

Launching WD SmartWare Software

Dismounting the Virtual CD
Safely Dismounting the Drive
Displaying the Status, Serial Number, and Temperature
Unlocking the Drive Manually
Disconnecting the Drive Safely
Customizing Your Software Settings
Customizing Your Drive Settings
Updating Your Software
Uninstalling the WD SmartWare Software
After you have installed the WD SmartWare software, the WD SmartWare icon displays
in the bar at the top right of the screen.
Clicking the icon enables you to perform the following actions:
• Launch the WD SmartWare software
• Safely dismount the drive and the virtual CD
• Check the remaining capacity of the drive
• Display the serial number of the drive
• Monitor drive status and temperature
• Unlock the drive manually
The sections below describe how to use the icon and alternative methods to perform
these actions.
Launching WD SmartWare Software
If WD SmartWare is running in the background after it has been installed, you have two
ways to restart it:
• Click the WD SmartWare icon and select Open WD SmartWare:
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