With The Wd Drive Unlock Utility; Changing Your Password - Western Digital MY PASSPORT SSD User Manual

2. If you have more than one supported device connected to your computer, select
the one that is locked to display the Unlock Drive dialog.
3. On the Unlock Drive dialog:
a. Type your password in the Password box.
b. Click Unlock Drive.

With the WD Drive Unlock Utility

Whenever you connect your password-protected drive to a computer that does not have
the WD Security or WD Drive Utilities software installed, you can use the WD Drive Unlock
utility to unlock the drive. The WD Drive Unlock utility is on a virtual CD drive that appears
in your computer's file management utility display.
1. Start the WD Drive Unlock utility by either:
▪ Using your computer's file management utility to open the WD Unlocker
virtual CD and double-clicking the WD Drive Unlock.exe file
▪ Clicking
Start > Computer
under Devices with Removable Storage
2. On the WD Drive Unlock utility screen:
a. Type your password in the Password box.
b. Select the Enable auto unlock for this computer... check box if you want the
WD Drive Unlock utility to remember your password on this computer.
c. Click Unlock Drive.

Changing Your Password

1. There are two ways to run WD Security:
a. If you have WD Discovery installed and open, you can run WD Security by
going to the Apps tab, finding WD Security and clicking
b. Otherwise, you can run WD Security from the Windows Start menu by
clicking
Start > All Programs > WD Discovery > More WD Apps > WD Security
Start > All Programs > WD Apps > WD Security
2. If you have more than one supported device connected to your computer, select
the one with the password that you want to change to display the Edit security
settings dialog.
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 My Passport SSD software to remember your new
password for the selected drive on this computer.
f. Click
Update Security Settings
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and double-clicking the WD Unlocker virtual CD icon
Current Password
New Password
Verify Password
Enable auto unlock for this computer...
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Open
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box.
box, using up to 25 characters.
box.
Password Hint
check box to signify
Locking and Unlocking the Drive
or
box.
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