Using The Wd Drive Unlock Utility - Western Digital My Passport Slim WDBGMT0010BAL User Manual

Using the WD Drive Unlock Utility

To erase your drive when it is locked and you have forgotten or lost your password:
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 Unlock.exe application
• Clicking Start > My Computer, and double-clicking the WD Unlocker virtual CD
listed under Devices with Removable Storage
2. Make five attempts to unlock the drive by:
a. Typing a password in the Password box.
b. Clicking Unlock Drive.
3. The fifth invalid password attempt displays the too many password attempts dialog:
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