Western Digital My Book Elite User Manual - Manual (Page 39)

MY BOOK ELITE
USER MANUAL
LOCKING AND UNLOCKING YOUR DRIVE – 34
To unlock the drive without the WD SmartWare software installed:
1. Start the WD SmartWare Drive Unlock utility by either:
• Using your computer’s file management utility to open the WD SmartWare virtual
CD and double-clicking the Unlock.exe file
• Clicking Start > My Computer and double-clicking the WD SmartWare icon
under Devices with Removable Storage
2. Type your password in the Password box.
3. Click Unlock to unlock your drive.
4. At the Your drive is now unlocked prompt, click Exit to close the WD SmartWare
Drive Unlock utility screen.
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 (see Figure 17 on page 32) to display the Your
Drive is Secure dialog:
2. Type your password in the Password box.
3. Select the Remove security option.
4. Click Update Security Settings to remove password protection from your drive and
redisplay the Set Security dialog.