Unlocking The Drive; With The Wd Security Or Wd Drive Utilities Software - Western Digital My Passport Ultra User Manual

WD Unlocker utility virtual CD (VCD) as a device in your computer's file
management utility listing:
This listing appears:
The next time you shut down and restart your computer
When you remove and reconnect the My Passport drive
Your computer exits the sleep mode, depending on its configuration
The listing appears regardless of whether the drive is locked or not, or
whether you selected the Enable auto unlock for this computer... check
box when you created your password. It remains as long as you have
password protection enabled for the drive.

Unlocking the Drive

After you have created a password to keep others from accessing the files on your drive,
unless you selected the Enable auto unlock for this computer... check box, you will
have to type your password to unlock the drive whenever:
You shut down and restart your computer
You disconnect and reconnect the drive to your computer
Your computer exits the sleep mode
You will have to do this even if you do not have the WD Security software installed on
your computer.
Depending on the software configuration of your computer, there are two ways to unlock
the drive, using either the:
WD Security or WD Drive Utilities software
WD Drive Unlock utility

With the WD Security or WD Drive Utilities Software

Whenever you shut down and restart your computer or disconnect and reconnect the
drive to your computer, starting either the WD Security or WD Drive Utilities software
displays the Unlock Drive dialog:
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