User Manual
Table Of Contents
- My Book User Manual
- WD Service and Support
- Table of Contents
- About Your WD Drive
- Connecting the Drive and Getting Started
- Backing Up Files
- Restoring Files
- Locking and Unlocking the Drive
- Managing and Customizing the Drive
- Managing and Customizing the Software
- Using the Drive with a Mac Computer
- Troubleshooting
- Installing the SES Driver
- Compliance and Warranty Information
- Index
MY BOOK
USER MANUAL
MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DRIVE – 30
Monitoring Icon Alerts
The WD Quick View icon in the Windows taskbar flashes to indicate the status of
supported WD devices:
Safely Disconnecting the Drive
You can safely disconnect the drive by either:
Clicking the WD Quick View icon in the Windows taskbar and selecting the Safely
remove My Book... option:
Right-clicking the drive icon on the WD Security or WD Drive Utilities screen and
selecting the Eject Disk option:
Wait for the power/activity LED to stop flashing before disconnecting the drive from the
computer.
IF the WD Quick View icon flashes . . . THEN the device might be . . .
Green and white Locked or in a format that the WD software
does not understand (non-Windows format in
a Windows environment).
Red and white Overheated.
Power down the device and let it cool for 60
minutes. Power it back up, and if the problem
persists, contact WD Support.
CAUTION! To prevent data loss, close all active windows and applications before
shutting down or disconnecting the drive.