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Setting the drive sleep timer – Western Digital My Book Studio (USB 3.0) User Manual User Manual

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MY BOOK STUDIO

USER MANUAL

MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DRIVE

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3. Click Diagnostics to display the Diagnostics dialog:

4.

On the Diagnostics dialog, click the button for the test that you want to run:

S.M.A.R.T. Status

Quick Drive Test

Complete Drive Test

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.

To set the inactivity period for the drive:

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 drive connected to your computer, select the

one that you want to set.

3.

Click Sleep Timer to display the Sleep Timer dialog: