About the WD SmartWare Virtual CD Manager utility

Use the WD SmartWare Virtual CD (VCD) Manager utility to disable (hide) or enable (show) the WD SmartWare VCD on your My Book or My Passport drive. If you prefer to hide the VCD, options associated with the VCD are no longer available (see Disabled virtual CD options). However, you can re-enable the VCD on your drive at any time. Disabling the VCD prevents it from appearing on your computer, but does not remove it from your My Book or My Passport drive.

Note: Before starting the Virtual CD Manager, make sure your drive has the latest version of the firmware and the WD SmartWare software. The latest versions of the firmware and software are available at http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/updates/?family=wdsmartware.

To run the WD SmartWare Virtual CD Manager:

  1. Double-click WD SmartWare Virtual CD Manager for Windows.exe (a version number is included in the file name) to start the application.
  2. Follow the on-screen instructions to show or hide the VCD on your drive. If multiple drives are connected to your computer, select the drive with the VCD you want to disable or enable.
  3. Turn your drive off and then on for the changes to take effect.

Disabled virtual CD options

When you disable (hide) the VCD on your drive, the following options are unavailable:

To re-enable these options, run the WD SmartWare Virtual CD Manager.exe application and select the Enable option.