Erasing The Drive; Using The Drive Erase Function - Western Digital WDBGCH0010BSL User Manual

4. On the Sleep Timer dialog:
a. In the Sleep Timer box, select the inactivity time interval at which you want to
turn off the drive.
b. Click Set Timer.

Erasing the Drive

CAUTION! Erasing your drive permanently deletes all of the data on the drive.
Always make sure that you no longer need any of the data on your drive before
erasing it.
Note: Erasing your drive also deletes the WD software and all of the support
files, utilities, and user manual files. You can download these to restore
your My Passport to its original configuration after erasing the drive.
WD Drive Utilities provides two ways to erase your drive, depending on whether your
My Passport drive is locked or not:
IF your drive is . . .
Not locked,
Locked,

Using the Drive Erase Function

To erase your
My Passport when the
1.
Click Go > Applications > WD Drive Utilities to display the WD Drive Utilities screen
(see Figure 4 on page 19).
2. If you have more than one supported My Passport 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.
AND you . . .
Want to erase the drive,
Have forgotten or lost your
password and must erase the
drive,
drive is not locked:
MY PASSPORT EDGE FOR MAC
THEN see . . .
"Using the Drive Erase Function"
in the next section.
"Using the WD Drive Unlock
Utility" on page 23.
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