Turning Off The Drive Lock Feature - Western Digital My Book User Manual

3. On the Edit security settings dialog, select the Change password option to
display the change password dialog.
4. On the change password dialog:
a. Type your current password in the
b. Type your new password in the
c. Retype your new password in the
d. Type a hint to help remember your new password in the
e. Select or clear the
whether you want the software to remember your new password for the
selected drive on this computer.
f. Click
Update Security Settings
After changing a password, the drive remains unlocked for as long as you continue your
current work session. Then the WD Security software:
▪ Locks the drive when you shut down your computer, disconnect your drive, or your
computer goes into the sleep mode
▪ Requires you to type your password to unlock the drive when you restart your computer
or reconnect your drive, UNLESS you selected the Enable auto unlock for this computer...
check box when you changed your password

Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature

1. Click
Start > All Programs > Western Digital > WD Apps > WD Security
WD Security screen.
2. If you have more than one supported drive connected to your computer, select
the one with the password that you want to remove to display the Edit security
settings dialog.
3. On the Edit security settings dialog, the Remove password option is selected by
default:
a. Type your password in the
b. Click
Update Security Settings
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Current Password
New Password
Verify Password
Enable auto unlock for this computer...
.
box.
Password
.
Locking and Unlocking the Drive
box.
box, using up to 25 characters.
box.
Password Hint
check box to signify
to display the
box.
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