Western Digital My Book Elite User Manual - Manual (Page 38)

MY BOOK ELITE
USER MANUAL
LOCKING AND UNLOCKING YOUR DRIVE – 33
Unlocking Your Drive with the WD SmartWare Software
Whenever you shut down and restart your computer, or disconnect and reconnect the
drive to your computer, the WD SmartWare software displays a Drive is locked
message in place of the content gauge for your My Book drive:
To unlock your drive using the WD SmartWare software:
1. As prompted, click the My Book image above the Drive is locked message to open
the WD SmartWare drive unlock screen:
2. Type your password in the Password box.
3. Click Unlock to unlock your drive and enable the WD SmartWare software.
Unlocking Your 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 still access the virtual CD partition on
your drive, and install the WD SmartWare software as usual. You will not be able to
access the data portion of your drive until you unlock it.