User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Accessing Online Support
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Status
- Performance
- Tools
- Firmware Update
- Check for Updates
- Update Using Bootable USB Drive
- Update Using File on My Computer
- Erase Drive—Secure Erase
- Delete User Data with Secure Erase
- Create a Bootable USB Drive for Secure Erase
- Sanitize
- Delete User Data with Sanitize
- Create a Bootable USB Drive with Sanitize
- Erase Drive (WD Black)
- Bootable USB Drive for Erase Drive (WD Black)
- S.M.A.R.T.
- Diagnostic Short Test
- Diagnostic Extended Test
- Drive Details
- System Details
- Settings
- Help
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Introduction
This chapter contains the following sections.
▪ Minimum System Requirements
▪ Supported Operating Systems
▪ Supported Languages
▪ Installation
▪ Usage
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 10 (32/64 bit)
▪ Windows 8.1 (32/64 bit)
▪ Windows 7 (32/64 bit)
◦ Windows 7 requires a Microsoft
Hotfix to support NVMe, see:
MS Hotfix 2990941
◦ Windows 7 requires the support of a graphics driver that supports OpenGL 2.1
or higher.
Supported Languages
Seventeen languages are supported:
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Czech
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Danish
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Dutch
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English
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French
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German
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Italian
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Japanese
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Korean
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Polish
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Portuguese
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Russian
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Simplified Chinese
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Spanish
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Swedish
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Traditional Chinese
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Turkish
Installation
You can download the current version of the Western Digital SSD Dashboard software from
http://support.wdc.com.
After the file has been downloaded, follow these steps to install the application.
Introduction
Western Digital SSD Dashboard
User Manual
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