Checking Drive Health - Western Digital My Book WDBAAG0010HCH User Manual

Checking Drive Health

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The data files on your My Book drive are important to you. The WD SmartWare software
has several built-in diagnostic tools to help make sure that your drive is performing well.
Run one of the following tests if you are concerned that your drive is not operating
properly:
Diagnostic Tool
Quick S.M.A.R.T. Status Check
Quick Drive Test
Complete Drive Test
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 S.M.A.R.T. status check and the quick drive test provides a high level of assurance
with minimal inconvenience.
Run all three whenever you encounter disk error conditions when backing up or
retrieving files.
To run drive diagnostics and status checks:
1.
On the Drive Settings screen (see Figure 14 on page 27), click Diagnostics to display
the Diagnostics dialog:
Description
S.M.A.R.T. is a failure-prediction function that continuously
monitors key internal performance attributes of the drive. A
detected increase in drive temperature, noise, or read/write
errors, for example, can provide an indication that the drive
might be approaching a serious failure condition. With
advanced warning, you could take precautionary measures,
like moving your data to another drive, before a failure
occurs.
The result of a quick S.M.A.R.T. status check is a pass or fail
evaluation of the drive's condition.
Your My Book 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.
The most comprehensive drive diagnostic is the complete
drive test. It methodically tests each and every sector for
error conditions, and inserts bad-sector markers as
required.
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