Setting the drive sleep timer

The drive sleep timer turns off power to your drive after a certain period of inactivity to conserve power and minimize long-term wear on the drive.

1. If you have more than one supported device connected to your computer, select the one that you want to set.
2. Click Sleep Timer to display the Sleep Timer dialog.
3. On the Sleep Timer dialog:
   1. Verify or click the Sleep Timer on/off toggle button to the ON position.
   2. In the Select Time box, select the inactivity period for turning off the drive.

See also:

• About the WD Drive Utilities software
• Registering the drive
• Checking drive health
• Managing the RAID configuration
• Erasing the drive