Locking And Unlocking The Drive; Password Protecting The Drive - Western Digital my passport User Manual

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Locking and Unlocking the Drive

This chapter includes the following topics:

Password Protecting the Drive

Unlocking the Drive
Changing Your Password
Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature
Password Protecting the Drive
You should password protect your drive if you are worried that someone else will gain
access to your drive and you do not want them to see your files on the drive.
CAUTION!
The WD Security software uses your password to electronically lock and unlock your
drive. If you forget your password, you will not be able to access the data that is on your drive or
write new data to it. You will have to erase the drive before you can use it again.
1. Click
Go > Applications > WD Security
Security dialog.
2. If you have more than one supported device connected to your computer, select
the one that you want to create a password for.
3. Read the warning about the possibility of data loss if you forget your password.
4. Type your password in the
5. Retype your password in the
6. Type a hint to help remember your password in the
7. Select the
WD Security software to remember your password for the selected drive on this
computer.
Important:
first time you restart your computer or disconnect and reconnect the drive after
creating a password, your operating system requests permission to allow the
WD Security software to access your password:
Click
Always Allow
8. Click
Set Password
your drive.
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Verify Password
Enable auto unlock for this computer...
If you select the
Enable auto unlock for this computer...
to avoid this dialog in the future.
to save your password and enable hardware encryption for
to display the WD Security screen, Set
box, using up to 25 characters.
.
Password Hint
check box if you want the
Locking and Unlocking the Drive
box.
check box, the
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