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Registering the device – Western Digital My Book Thunderbolt Duo User Manual User Manual

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MY BOOK THUNDERBOLT DUO

USER MANUAL

MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING YOUR MY BOOK THUNDERBOLT DUO DEVICE

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e. Read the warning about the loss of data when you erase the drive and select the

I understand check box to signify that you accept the risk and activate the
Erase Drive button:

Important:

If you want to save any of the data that is on the device drives,

back it up to another device before continuing with the drive erase.

f.

Click Erase Drive to begin the erase operation.

5.

When prompted, type your password and click OK to continue:

6.

After the drive erase operation completes, click OK to close the completion message

display:

7.

Go to

http://support.wdc.com

and see Knowledge Base answer ID 7 for information

about downloading and restoring the WD software and disk image.

Registering the Device

The WD Drive Utilities software uses your computer’s Internet connection to
register your device.

Registering the device provides free technical support during the

warranty period and keeps you up-to-date on the latest WD products.

To register your device:

1.

Make sure that your computer is connected to the Internet.

2.

Click Go > Applications > WD Drive Utilities to display the WD Drive Utilities

screen (see Figure 3 on page 9).