Turning Off The Drive Lock Feature - Western Digital WDBAAA2500Axx - My Passport Essential User Manual

Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature

To remove password protection from your drive:
1.
Click Security on either the WD SmartWare Drive Settings screen or the drive
management Drive Settings screen (Figure 16 on page 25) to display the Your Drive
is Secure dialog:
2. Type your password in the Password box.
3. Select the Remove security option.
4. Click Save Security Settings to remove password protection from your drive and
redisplay the Set Security dialog.
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