Using The Drive Erase Function - Western Digital My Book Duo User Manual

The WD Drive Utilities software provides two ways to erase your device drives,
depending on whether your device is locked or not:
IF your device is . . .
Not locked,
Locked

Using the Drive Erase Function

1.
Open the WD Drive Utilities software by clicking either:
The WD Drive Utilities desktop shortcut icon if you created one when you
installed the application
Start > All Programs > Western Digital > WD Apps > WD Drive Utilities
See Figure 4 on page 9.
2. If you have more than one supported device connected to your computer, click the
icon of the one that you want to erase.
3. Click Drive Erase to display the Drive Erase dialog:
For RAID Array Configurations
4. On the Drive Erase dialog:
a. For individual drives, select the check box for each drive that you want to erase:
Erase Drive 1
Erase Drive 2
b. If you want to change the name of a volume, type over the name in the Volume
Name box.
c. Read the warning about the loss of data if you erase your device or a drive.
Important:
If you want to save any of the data that is on the device drives,
back it up to another device before continuing with the drive erase.
d. Select the I understand check box to signify that you accept the risk and
activate the Erase Drive button.
e. Click Erase Drive.
AND you . . .
Want to erase the drive,
Have forgotten or lost your
password and must erase the
drive,
THEN see . . .
"Using the Drive Erase
Function" in the next section.
"Using Five Invalid Passwords"
on page 57.
For Individual Drives
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