Erasing The Drive; Using The Drive Erase Function - Western Digital WDBGJA0010BBK User Manual

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.
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 My Passport 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 13.)
AND you . . .
Want to erase the drive,
Have forgotten or lost your
password and must erase the
drive,
drive is not locked:
. (See "Password Protecting the Drive" on
MY PASSPORT FOR MAC
THEN see . . .
"Using the Drive Erase Function"
in the next section.
"Using the WD Drive Unlock
Utility" on page 23.
http://support.wdc.com
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and see
WD