MY PASSPORT
USER MANUAL
MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DRIVE – 44
Checking Drive Status
You can see the drive capacity used and drive temperature status, and find out if the
drive is locked by hovering the pointer over the WD Quick View icon in the taskbar:
Safely Disconnecting the Drive
You can safely disconnect the drive by either:
• Left- or right-clicking the WD Quick View icon in the taskbar, and then clicking the
Safely remove option for your My Passport drive:
• Right-clicking the drive icon on the WD SmartWare Home screen and then
clicking the Safely remove option:
You might hear the drive power down.
Wait for the power/activity LED to turn off before disconnecting the drive from the
computer.
Monitoring Icon Alerts
The WD Quick View icon in the taskbar flashes to indicate drive status:
CAUTION! To prevent data loss, close all active windows and applications before
shutting down or disconnecting the drive.
IF the WD SmartWare icon flashes . . . THEN the drive might be . . .
Green and white, Locked or in a format that the WD SmartWare
software does not understand (non-Windows
format in a Windows environmen t).
Red and white, Overheated.
Power down the drive and let it cool for 60
minutes. Power it back on, and if the problem
persists, contact WD Support.