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Turning off the drive lock feature – Western Digital My Book Essential User Manual User Manual

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MY BOOK ESSENTIAL

USER MANUAL

LOCKING AND UNLOCKING THE DRIVE

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5.

Type a hint to help remind yourself of your new password in the New password hint

box.

6.

Click Update Security Settings to change your password.

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 27) 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.

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