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Introduction
This chapter contains the following sections.
▪ Minimum System Requirements
▪ Supported Operating Systems
▪ Supported Languages
▪ Installation
▪ Usage
▪ WD Black Gaming SSD
▪ Gaming Mode
Minimum System Requirements
The Western Digital SSD Dashboard is a Microsoft Windows application.
Administrative rights are required for installation and execution of the application.
Supported Operating Systems
▪ Windows 7 (32/64 bit; requires a KB hotfix to support NVMe, see https://
support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2990941/update-to-add-native-driver-
support-in-nvm-express-in-windows-7-and-wi)
▪ Windows 8.1 (32/64 bit)
▪ Windows 10 (32/64 bit)
Supported Languages
Seventeen languages are supported:
▪ Czech
▪ Danish
▪ Dutch
▪ English
▪ French
▪ German
▪ Italian
▪ Japanese
▪ Korean
▪ Polish
▪ Portuguese
▪ Russian
▪
Simplified Chinese
▪ Spanish
▪ Swedish
▪ Traditional Chinese
▪ Turkish
Introduction
Western Digital SSD Dashboard
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