Turning Off The Drive Lock Feature - Western Digital WDBBEP0010BBK User Manual

Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature

To remove password protection from your drive:
1.
Click the Settings tab to display either the WD SmartWare Settings tab display or the
drive management Drive Settings screen (see Figure 4 on page 13).
2. If you opened the WD SmartWare Settings tab display, click Set Up Drive to display
the WD SmartWare Drive Settings screen.
3. On the Drive Settings screen, click Security to display the Your Drive is Secure
dialog:
4. On the Your Drive is Secure dialog:
a. Type your password in the Password box.
b. Select the Remove security option.
c. Click Update Security Settings to remove password protection from your drive
and redisplay the Set Security dialog.
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