Western Digital WD SmartWare User Manual - Manual (Page 40)

WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE
USER MANUAL
SECURING THE DRIVE – 36
Securing the Drive
This chapter includes the following topics:
Password Protecting the Drive
Unlocking the Drive
Changing Your Password
Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature
Note: The WD SmartWare software provides the security functions for older
My Book and My Passport drives. For newer drives, these functions are
provided by the WD Security software.
Password Protecting the Drive
You should password protect your drive if you are worried that someone else will gain
access to your drive and you do not want them to see your files on the drive.
Password protection is not available on non-WD drives and unencrypted WD drives.
1. On the Home screen, if you have more than one external drive connected to your
computer, select the icon for the one that you want to create a password for.
2. Click the Settings tab and Set Up Drive to display the Drive Settings screen (see
Figure 4 on page 18).
Note: If you see the Software Settings screen instead of the WD SmartWare
Settings tab display with the Set Up Drive button, then you must use the
WD Security software to create a password for the selected drive.
3. On the Drive Settings screen, click Security to display the Set Security dialog:
CAUTION! The WD SmartWare software uses your password to electronically lock and
unlock your drive. If you forget your password, you will not be able to access the data
that is on your drive or write new data to it. You will have to erase the drive before you
can use it again.
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