Western Digital My Passport Studio User Manual - Manual (Page 33)

MY PASSPORT STUDIO
USER MANUAL
LOCKING AND UNLOCKING YOUR DRIVE – 28
Locking and Unlocking Your Drive
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This chapter includes the following topics:
Password Protecting Your Drive
Unlocking Your Drive
Changing Your Password
Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature
Password Protecting Your 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 be able to access your content on the
drive.
You can reach the Security dialogs for password management during the initial getting
started process or from the Settings tab and the Drive Settings screen within the
WD SmartWare application. On the Security dialogs, you can:
• Create a password
• Change a password
• Eliminate the need for a password
To create a password and keep others from accessing the files on your drive, as an
example from the Settings tab:
1. Click the Settings tab to display the Settings screen (see Figure 6 on page 22).
2. Click Set Up Drive to display the Drive Settings screen (see Figure 12 on page 29).
3. 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.