![]() ![]() Here you will see your computer, and the backup devices you have at your disposal. This program, like the others, is as easy to use as it looks – it just works.įirstly, there is the home tab. Here is where you will manage you backup preferences what will and will not be backed up, where it will be backed up to, frequency of the backup and so on. Now we move to the main program for this device, the WD Smartware itself. Lastly, the ever ignored “Registration” tab, where you can register with WD, stay informed when updates are available, all that good stuff. This is pretty self-explanatory, it does exactly what it sounds like it does. There is also a tab for a quick and easy drive erase feature. You can also set the time to never put the drives to sleep. This will power the drives down to conserve power, and prolong the life of the unit, when it has been at idle for an amount of time, as determined by you. There is a tab where you can change the RAID configuration, and name the volume. This will give you the status and health of your RAID setup, and the status of the drives. Still under the WD Drive Utilities program, there is a tab for RAID management. This may take several hours, and physically scans every part of the drive for bad sectors. WD offers a “Smart Status” that is a constant monitor for problems, there is a quick drive test which takes about two minutes, and there is a complete drive test. Here you can perform diagnostics on your drive, if you are worried that you are having a drive fail. The next program we are looking at here is the WD Drive Utilities. Here is where you can choose to lock your drive with a password. The Security software is as simple as it needs to be – one screen to handle it all. WD certainly has not – their tenure of excellence in this field really shines through with this software a freshman company this is not. So many companies fail badly when it comes to this aspect of their devices. Whatever task I wanted to perform was performed easily and efficiently. This was my first encounter with the software, and a refreshing encounter it was. This also includes the WD Security and WD Drive Utilities software. Set a personalized password to activate hardware encryption and data protection.WD has included its incredibly intuitive software suite, WD Smart Ware with this device.
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