Western Digital MY PASSPORT EDGE User Manual page 51

• Quick Drive Test
Your My Passport drive has a built-in Data Lifeguard
the drive for error conditions. The quick drive test checks the drive for major
performance problems.
The result of a quick drive test is a pass or fail evaluation of the drive's condition.
• Complete Drive Test
The most comprehensive drive diagnostic is the complete drive test. It tests every
sector for error conditions, and inserts bad sector markers as required.
The best time to run the drive diagnostics and status checks is on a regular basis, before
you encounter any problems with your drive. And, because they are so fast, running the
SMART status check and the quick drive test provides a high level of assurance with
minimal inconvenience. Then, run all three whenever you encounter disk error conditions
when writing or accessing files.
To run drive diagnostics and status checks:
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 8.
2. If you have more than one supported My Passport drive connected to your
computer, select the one that you want to check.
3. Click Diagnostics to display the Diagnostics dialog:
4. On the Diagnostics dialog, click the button for the test that you want to run:
• SMART Status
• Quick Drive Test
• Complete Drive Test
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