Restoring the wd smartware software and disk image, Setting the drive sleep timer – Western Digital WD SmartWare User Manual User Manual
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USER MANUAL
MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DRIVE
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5.
On the Register Drive dialog:
a. Type your first name in the First name box.
b. Type your last name in the Last name box.
c. Type your email address in the E-mail address box.
d. Select your language in the Preferred language box.
e. Select or clear the Yes, I want to receive communication... check box to
specify whether or not you want to receive notifications about software updates,
product enhancements, and price discount opportunities.
f.
Click Register Drive.
Restoring the WD SmartWare Software and Disk Image
In addition to deleting all of the data, erasing or reformatting the drive also removes the
WD SmartWare software and all of the support files, utilities, online help and user manual
files.
If you ever need to remove and reinstall the WD SmartWare software on your computer,
or move the drive to another computer and install the software there, you will need to
restore the WD SmartWare software and disk image on the drive. To do this, after you
have erased or reformatted the drive, go to
and see Knowledge
Base answer ID 7.
Setting the Drive Sleep Timer
The drive sleep timer turns off the power to your supported WD drive after a certain
period of inactivity to conserve power and minimize long-term wear on the drive.
1.
On the Home screen, if you have more than one backup target device connected to
your computer, select the icon for the one that you want to set.
2.
Click the Settings tab and Set Up Drive to display the Drive Settings screen (see
Note:
If you see the Software Settings screen instead of the WD SmartWare
Settings tab display with the Set Up Drive button, then you must use the
WD Drive Utilities software to set the sleep timer for the selected device.
3.
On the Drive Settings screen, click Sleep Timer to display the Set Sleep Timer
dialog:
4.
On the Set Sleep Timer dialog:
a. In the Turn off Drive box, select the inactivity time interval at which you want to
turn off the drive.
b. Click Set Timer.