Safely Disconnecting The Drive; Erasing The Drive; Using The Drive Erase Function - Western Digital MY PASSPORT SSD User Manual

1. There are two ways to run WD Drive Utilities:
a. If you have WD Discovery installed and open, you can run WD Drive Utilities
by going to the Apps tab, finding WD Drive Utilities and clicking
b. Otherwise, you can run WD Drive Utilities from the Windows Start menu by
clicking
Start > All Programs > WD Discovery > More WD Apps > WD Drive Utilities
or
Start > All Programs > WD Apps > WD Drive Utilities
2. If you have more than one supported drive connected to your computer, select
the one that you want to check.
3. On the Diagnose dialog, click the button for the test that you want to run:
▪ Run Drive Status Check
▪ Run Quick Drive Test
▪ Run Complete Drive Test

Safely Disconnecting the Drive

Windows and Macintosh operating systems have a means for safely disconnecting
and removing the drive without turning off the system:
▪ Windows has a Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media icon in the system tray
which, when used, ensures that all data is flushed from system cache before
device removal.
▪ Mac users can simply drag the drive icon to the trash before disconnecting it.

Erasing the Drive

Erasing your drive also deletes the WD software and all of the support
Note:
files and utilities. You can download these to restore your My Passport
SSD drive to its original configuration after erasing the drive.
The My Passport SSD drive provides two ways to erase your drive, depending on
whether it is locked or not:
IF your drive is . . .
Not locked
Locked

Using the Drive Erase Function

To erase your drive when it is not locked:
1. There are two ways to run WD Drive Utilities:
a. If you have WD Discovery installed and open, you can run WD Drive Utilities
by going to the Apps tab, finding WD Drive Utilities and clicking
My Passport SSD
User Manual
AND you . . .
Want to erase the drive,
Have forgotten or lost your
password and must erase the
drive,
Managing and Customizing the Drive
.
Open
.
THEN see . . .
Using the Drive Erase Function
Using Five Invalid Passwords
.
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