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USER MANUAL
MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DRIVE
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4.
Click
Registration
to display the Registration dialog:
5.
On the Registration dialog:
a. Type your first name in the
First name
box.
b. Type your last name in the
Last name
box.
c. Type your e-mail 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 you want to receive e-mail notifications about software updates,
product enhancements, and price discount opportunities.
f.
Click
Register Drive
.
Checking Drive Health
WD Drive Utilities provides three diagnostic tools to help make sure that your drive is
performing well. Run the following tests if you are concerned that your drive is not
operating properly:
• SMART Status
SMART is a failure-prediction function that continuously monitors key internal
performance attributes of the drive. A detected increase in drive temperature,
noise, or read/write errors, for example, can provide an indication that the drive
might be approaching a serious failure condition. With advanced warning, you
could take precautionary measures, like moving your data to another drive, before
a failure occurs.
The result of a SMART status check is a pass or fail evaluation of the drive's
condition.
