Locking And Unlocking The Device; Password Protecting The Device - Western Digital My Book Duo User Manual

Locking and Unlocking the Device

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This chapter includes the following topics:

Password Protecting the Device

Unlocking the Device
Changing Your Password
Turning Off the Device Lock Feature
Password Protecting the Device
You should password protect your device if you are worried that someone else will gain
access to it and you do not want them to see your files.
CAUTION! The WD Security software uses your password to electronically lock and
unlock your device. If you forget your password, you will not be able to access the data
that is on your device or write new data to it. You will have to erase the device drives
before you can use it again.
Note: The password protection feature is not available for Individual
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Open the Set Security dialog by clicking either:
The WD Security desktop shortcut icon if you created one when you installed the
application
Start > All Programs > Western Digital > WD Apps > WD Security
Drives (JBOD) configurations.
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