MY BOOK STUDIO
USER MANUAL
MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING YOUR DRIVE – 37
Setting the Drive Sleep Timer
The drive sleep timer turns off the power to your drive after a certain period of inactivity
to conserve power and minimize long-term wear on the drive.
To specify the inactivity period for the sleep timer:
1. On the Drive Settings screen (see Figure 13 on page 26), click Sleep Timer to display
the Set Sleep Timer dialog:
2. In the Sleep Timer box, select the inactivity time interval at which you want to turn
off the drive.
3. Click Set Timer to save and implement your sleep timer selection.
Erasing the Drive
Note: Erasing the drive also deletes the WD SmartWare software and all of the
support files, utilities, online help and user manual files. You can download
these to restore your My Book to its original configuration after erasing the
drive.
The WD SmartWare software provides two ways to erase the drive, depending on whether it is
locked or not:
CAUTION! Erasing the drive permanently deletes all of the data on the drive.
Always make sure that you no longer need any of the data on the drive before
erasing it.
IF the drive is . . . AND you . . . THEN see . . .
Not locked, Want to erase the drive, “Using the Drive Settings Drive
Erase Function” on page 38.
Locked, Have forgotten or lost your
password and must erase the
drive,
“Using the Drive Unlock Utility”
on page 39.
