Password Protecting The Drive - Western Digital My Book User Manual

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Locking and Unlocking the Drive
This chapter includes the following topics:

Password Protecting the Drive

Unlocking the Drive
Changing Your Password
Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature
Password Protecting the Drive
You should password protect your drive if you are worried that someone else will gain
access to your drive and you do not want them to see your files on the drive. A password
can be used to lock and unlock your drive. Depending on your location¹, using a password
may encrypt your data.
The software uses your password to electronically lock and unlock your drive. If you forget your
password, you will not be able to access the data that is on your drive or write new data to it. You
will have to erase the drive before you can use it again.
1. Click
Start > All Programs > Western Digital > WD Apps > WD Security
WD Security screen, Set Security dialog.
2. If you have more than one supported drive connected to your computer, select
the one that you want to create a password for.
3. Read the warning about the possibility of data loss if you forget your password.
4. Type your password in the
5. Retype your password in the
6. Type a hint to help remember your password in the
7. Select the
WD Security software to remember your password for the selected drive on this
computer.
8. Click
Set Password
After creating a password, the drive remains unlocked for as long as you continue your current
work session. Then the software:
▪ Locks the drive when you shut down your computer or disconnect your drive. Sleep mode
locks the drive if power to the USB port is off.
▪ 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 created your password
Note:
This listing appears:
▪ The next time you shut down and restart your computer
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Not all of Western Digital's products contain active data encryption. For some markets,
like Russia, the encryption is disabled and cannot be enabled by the end user.
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Verify Password
Enable auto unlock for this computer...
to save your password.
When you create a password, the drive begins to protect your data.
box, using up to 25 characters.
box.
Password Hint
check box if you want the
Locking and Unlocking the Drive
to display the
box.
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