Turning Off The Drive Lock Feature - Western Digital MY PASSPORT WDBYFT0040BBK User Manual

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▪ 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. To run WD Security:
▪ If you have WD Discovery installed and open, you can run WD Security by
going to the Apps tab, finding the application and clicking
▪ Otherwise, you can run an application 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 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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