Setting The Drive Sleep Timer - Western Digital My Book User Manual

3. If you have more than one supported drive connected to your computer, select
the one that you want to register.
4. Click the Register device button.
5. On the Product Registration screen:
a. Type your first name in the First Name box.
b. Type your last name in the Last Name box.
c. Type your email address in the Email box.
d. Select your location in the Select a country box.
e. Select or clear the
whether you want to receive notifications about software updates, product
enhancements, and price discount opportunities.
f. Click
Register device

Setting the Drive Sleep Timer

The drive sleep timer turns off the power to your drive after a certain period of inactivity to
conserve power and minimize long-term wear on the drive.
1. To run WD Drive Utilities:
▪ If you have WD Discovery installed and open, you can run WD Drive Utilities
by going to the Apps tab, finding the application and clicking
▪ Otherwise, you can run an application 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 device connected to your computer,
select the one that you want to set.
3. Select
Settings
My Book
User Manual
Subscribe to all emails from WD
.
to display the
Sleep Timer
check box to specify
.
dialog:
Managing and Customizing the Drive
.
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