Western Digital My Book WDBACW0030H User Manual page 41

To customize your drive settings for the best possible performance, on either the
WD SmartWare Drive Settings screen or the drive management Drive Settings screen
(see Figure 17 on page 27):
IF you want to . . .
Use a password to keep others
from accessing the files on your
drive,
Change your password,
Remove password protection from
your drive,
Register your drive to receive free
technical support during the
warranty period and be kept up-to-
date on the latest WD products,
Run drive diagnostics and status
checks,
Specify an inactive time interval to
turn off your drive,
Erase your drive so you can retrieve
the space and start over with a fresh
set of backups,
Change the option that checks for
software updates whenever you
reconnect your WD SmartWare
drive to your compute,
Enable the Backup and Retrieve
functions,
THEN click . . . AND see . . .
Security "Password Protecting the
Drive" on page 27.
Security "Changing Your Password" on
page 30.
Security "Turning Off the Drive Lock
Feature" on page 31.
Registration "Registering the Drive" on
page 37.
Diagnostics "Checking Drive Health" on
page 42.
Sleep Timer "Setting the Drive Sleep Timer"
on page 37.
Drive Erase "Erasing the Drive" on
page 38.
Preferences "Setting the Preferences
(Available on either Option" on page 35.
the Software Settings
screen or the drive
management Drive
Settings screen)
Preferences "Enabling the Backup and
(Only available on the Retrieve Functions" on
drive management page 40.
Drive Settings
screen)
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