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USER MANUAL
MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DRIVE – 31
Registering the Drive
The WD Drive Utilities software uses your computer’s Internet connection to register
your drive. Registering the drive provides free technical support during the warranty
period and keeps you up-to-date on the latest WD products.
1. Make sure that your computer is connected to the Internet.
2. Open the WD Drive Utilities software by clicking either:
 The WD Drive Utilities desktop shortcut icon
 Start > All Programs > Western Digital > WD Apps > WD Drive Utilities
See Figure 6 on page 10.
3. If you have more than one supported device connected to your computer, select the
one that you want to register.
4. Click About > Register to display the Register Your Device screen:
5. On the Register Your Device screen:
a. Type your first name in the First name box.
b. Type your last name in the Last name box.
c. Type your email address in the Email box.
d. Select your language in the Preferred Language box.
e. Select or clear the Inform me about... check box to specify whether you want to
receive notifications about software updates, product enhancements, and price
discount opportunities.
f. Click Register Device.
Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image
In addition to deleting all of the data on your drive, erasing or reformatting the drive also
removes the WD software and all of the support files, utilities, online help and user
manual files.