MY PASSPORT AIR
USER MANUAL
MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DRIVE – 22
4. On the Sleep Timer dialog:
a. In the Sleep Timer box, select the inactivity time interval at which you want to
turn off the drive.
b. Click Set Timer.
Erasing the Drive
Note: Erasing your 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 e rase 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. Click Go > Applications > WD Drive Utilities to display the WD Drive Utilities screen
(see Figure 4 on page 19).
2. If you have more than one supported My Passport drive connected to your
computer, select the one that you want to erase.
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 befo re
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 24.