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MY PASSPORT

USER MANUAL

MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DRIVE – 48

Erasing the Drive

Note: Erasing the drive also deletes the WD software and all of the support files,

utilities, and user manual files. You can download these to restore your

My Passport to its original configuration after erasing the drive.

WD Drive Utilities provides two ways to erase your drive, depending on whether your

My Passport drive is locked or not:

Using the Drive Erase Function

To erase your My Passport when the drive is not locked:

1. Open the WD Drive Utilities application by clicking either:

• The WD Drive Utilities desktop shortcut icon if you created one when you

installed the application

• Start > All Programs > Western Digital > WD Apps > WD Drive Utilities

See Figure 4 on page 10.

2. If you have more than one supported My Passport drive connected to your

computer, select the one that you want to erase.

3. Click Drive Erase to display the Drive Erase dialog:

4. On the Drive Erase dialog:

a. Read the warning about the loss of data if you erase your drive.

b. Click the I understand check box to signify that you accept the risk.

c. Click Erase Drive.

After the drive erase operation completes, see “Restoring the WD Software and Disk

Image” on page 51.

Note: Erasing the drive also removes your password. If you used a password to protect

your drive, you will need to re-create it after restoring the

WD software and disk

image

. (See “Password Protecting the Drive” on page 36.)

CAUTION! Erasing your drive permanently deletes all of the data on the drive.

Always make sure that you no longer need any of the data on your drive before

erasing it.

IF your drive is . . . AND you . . . THEN see . . .

Not locked, Want to erase the drive, “Using the Drive Erase

Function” in the next section.

Locked, Have forgotten or lost your password

and must erase the drive,

“Using the WD Drive Unlock

Utility” on page 49.

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