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MY BOOK PRO

USER MANUAL

MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING YOUR MY BOOK PRO – 13

Managing and Customizing Your My Book Pro

This chapter includes the following topics:

Checking Device Health

Managing the RAID Configuration

Erasing the Device Drives

Registering the Device

Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image

Safely Dismounting the Device Drives

The WD Drive Utilities software (see Figure 4 on page 12) makes it easy for you to

manage and customize your drive for the best possible performance:

 Diagnose—Run diagnostics and status checks to make sure your drive is working

properly.

 RAID Management—Check the operational status or change the device drive

configuration.

 Sleep Timer—Turn your drive off during extended periods of inactivity to conserve

power and extend the life of the drive.

 Drive Erase—Erase all of the data on the drive.

 About—See the installed software version, check for software updates, and register

your device to receive free technical support during the warranty period and find out

about product enhancements and price discount opportunities.

Important: To use the drive management functions of the WD Drive Utilities software,

your My Book Pro device must be connected to your computer using the USB

interface. This configuration of the WD Drive Utilities screen signifies that your device is

connected using the Thunderbolt interface:

Click Configuration to see the Configuration dialog explaining that you must switch to

the USB interface to use the WD Drive Utilities drive management functions: