Data Lifeguard - Unique Data Protection

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Western Digital understands the importance of the information you save to your hard drive and is committed to protecting it. Data Lifeguard Tools, WD's exclusive combination of hardware features software utilities and services, provide the highest level of data protection available on a hard drive today.

Features integral to our hard drives proactively help protect data by detecting, isolating and repairing problem areas on the hard drive before data loss can occur. Data Lifeguard Tools, a set of software utilities that work in conjunction with the embedded Data Lifeguard features, make hard drive installation, management, diagnostics and repair simple and worry-free. These two components work together to offer superior data protection.

Data Lifeguard Hardware Features

• Embedded error detection and repair features that automatically detect, isolate and repair problem areas that may develop over the extended use of the hard drive.
• S.M.A.R.T. monitors hard drive operation to predict errors before data loss occurs.
• Protective head parking is an exclusive new feature that adds another layer of protection to auto park by safely parking the heads even if other system components lose functionality.
• Environmental protection filters offer added protection to the inside of the hard drive from humidity, temperature and contamination.

Data Lifeguard Tools Software Utilities

• Easily partitions and formats the new hard drive.
• Overcomes operating system and BIOS limitations.
• Quickly and safely copies the contents of the existing hard drive onto the new hard drive.
• Tests drive for Ultra ATA compatibility.
• Can quickly diagnose and repair many drive problems that may arise.

Data Lifeguard, one more reason why no other hard drive manufacturer is more committed to data protection than Western Digital.