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When you create a password, the drive begins to protect your data.
Note:
This listing appears:
▪ The next time you shut down and restart your computer
▪ When you remove and reconnect the My Passport Ultra drive
▪ Your computer exits the sleep mode, depending on its configuration
The listing appears regardless of whether the drive is locked or not, or whether
you selected the Enable auto unlock for this computer... check box when you
created your password. It remains as long as you have password protection
enabled for the drive.
Unlocking the Drive
After you have created a password to keep others from accessing the files on your
drive, unless you selected the Enable auto unlock for this computer... check box,
you will have to type your password to unlock the drive whenever:
▪ You shut down and restart your computer
▪ You disconnect and reconnect the drive to your computer
▪ Your computer exits the sleep mode
You will have to do this even if you do not have the My Passport Ultra software
installed on your computer.
Depending on the software configuration of your computer, there are two ways to
unlock the drive, using either the:
▪ WD Security or WD Drive Utilities software
▪ WD Drive Unlock utility
With the WD Security or WD Drive Utilities Software
Whenever you shut down and restart your computer or disconnect and reconnect the drive
to your computer, starting either the My Passport Ultra or WD Drive Utilities software
displays the Unlock Drive dialog:
This happens either:
▪ Automatically if you only have the one locked My Passport Ultra drive connected to your
computer
▪ When you select the locked drive on either the WD Security or WD Drive Utilities screen
if you have more than one supported drive connected to your computer
To unlock the drive:
1. Use the Apps tab in WD Discovery to run the software.
▪ Click
WD Discovery > More WD Apps > WD Security (or WD Drive Utilities or WD
.
Backup)
▪ If WD Discovery is not installed, click
Utilities or WD Backup)
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:
My Passport Ultra
User Manual
WD Apps > WD Security (or WD Drive
.
Locking and Unlocking the Drive
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