Unlocking The Drive Without The Wd Smartware Software - Western Digital My Book User Manual

2. Select the My Book drive and then click Unlock Drive:
3. Type your password in the Password box and click Unlock on the WD SmartWare
Drive Unlock utility screen:
4. At the Your drive is now unlocked prompt, click Exit to close the WD SmartWare
Drive Unlock utility screen.

Unlocking the Drive Without the WD SmartWare Software

Whenever you connect your password-protected drive to a computer that does not have
the WD SmartWare software installed, you can use the WD SmartWare Drive Unlock
utility to unlock the drive there. The WD SmartWare software provides the Drive Unlock
utility on a "virtual" CD drive (VCD) that appears on your desktop whenever the drive is
password protected:
1.
Double-click the WD Unlocker VCD icon and double-click the Drive Unlock
application on the screen that appears:
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