Western Digital My Book Duo User Manual - Manual (Page 55)

MY BOOK DUO
USER MANUAL
LOCKING AND UNLOCKING THE DEVICE – 50
With the WD SmartWare Software
Whenever you shut down and restart your computer, or disconnect and reconnect the
device to your computer, unless you selected the Enable auto unlock for user: check box
when you created your password, the WD SmartWare Pro software displays a Drive is
locked message in place of the content gauge for your device:
1. If the WD SmartWare Pro Unlock your drive dialog does not appear automatically,
click the drive image above the Drive is locked message to display it:
2. Type your password in the Password box.
3. Click Unlock.
With the WD Drive Unlock Utility
Whenever you connect your password-protected device to a computer that does not
have the WD software installed, you can use the WD Drive Unlock utility to unlock the
device there. The WD Drive Unlock utility is on a virtual CD drive that appears in your
computer’s file management utility display.
1. Start the WD Drive Unlock utility by either:
Using your computer’s file management utility to open the WD Unlocker virtual
CD and double-clicking the WD Drive Unlock.exe file
Clicking Start > My Computer and double-clicking the WD Unlocker virtual CD
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