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

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

Using the Drive Erase Function

To erase your drive
when it
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 drive connected to your computer, select the
one that you want to erase.
3. Click Drive Erase to display the Drive Erase dialog:
4. On the Drive Erase dialog:
a. Read the warning about the loss of data if you erase your drive.
b. Click the I understand check box to signify that you accept the risk.
c. Click Erase Drive.
After the drive erase operation completes, go to
Knowledge Base answer ID 7 for information about downloading and restoring the WD
software and disk image on your drive.
Note: Erasing your drive also removes your password. If you used a password to
protect your drive, you will need to re-create it after restoring the
software and disk image
page 46.)
AND you . . .
Want to erase the drive,
Have forgotten or lost your
password and must erase the
drive,
is not locked:
. (See "Password Protecting the Drive" on
THEN see . . .
"Using the Drive Erase Function"
in the next section.
"Using the WD Drive Unlock
Utility" on page 59
http://support.wd.com
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