Unlocking The Drive Manually; The Wd Smartware Software Is Not Available - Western Digital WDBAAC2500ACH - My Passport Elite User Manual

Unlocking the Drive Manually

The following situations require you to unlock the drive manually:

• The WD SmartWare software is not available

• Your computer exits the sleep mode
The WD SmartWare Software is Not Available
• You uninstalled the software and left the drive locked.
• You moved your drive to another computer, and need to unlock it without
installing the software.
To unlock the drive using the virtual CD:
1.
Double-click the WD SmartWare virtual CD on the desktop.
2. Double-click the DriveUnlock icon:
The WD SmartWare Drive Unlock screen displays.
3. Type your password in the Password box.
If you created a password hint when you created your password, click the Password
hint pointer to see the hint.
4. Click Unlock.
Note: If you click Exit, you will not be able to access the files on your drive.
5. At the Your drive is now unlocked prompt, click Exit to close the WD SmartWare
Drive Unlock screen and display the WD SmartWare Home screen.
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