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Using the wd quick view icon, Opening the wd smartware software – Western Digital My Book Duo User Manual User Manual

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MY BOOK DUO
USER MANUAL

MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DEVICE

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3.

Use the WD Drive Utilities software to confirm the New Drive status indication and

reconfigure the device. (See “Changing the Device Configuration” on page 61.)

Important:

Only use WD Red™ or WD Green™ hard drives to upgrade the capacity of

your My Book Duo device. Also, both drives must be new, and have the same capacity
for RAID configurations. Using any other hard drive or mixed drive capacities voids the
warranty for your My Book Duo device.

Using the WD Quick View Icon

After you have installed the WD SmartWare software, the WD Quick View icon displays
in the system tray portion of the Windows taskbar:

You can use the icon to:

Open the WD SmartWare software

Check the device status

Safely disconnect the device

Monitor icon alerts

The following sections describe how to use the icon and other ways to do these things.

Opening the WD SmartWare Software

You can start the WD SmartWare software by:

Left- or right-clicking the WD Quick View icon in the taskbar and selecting
WD SmartWare:

Clicking:

Start > All Programs > Western Digital > WD SmartWare > WD SmartWare

Clicking the WD SmartWare desktop shortcut icon if you created one when you
installed the software:

WD Quick View Icon