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Using the wd drive unlock utility – Western Digital My Passport Slim User Manual User Manual

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Using the WD Drive Unlock Utility

To erase your drive when it is locked and you have forgotten or lost your password:

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 Unlock.exe application

Clicking Start > My Computer, and double-clicking the WD Unlocker virtual CD

listed under Devices with Removable Storage

2.

Make five attempts to unlock the drive by:

a. Typing a password in the Password box.

b. Clicking Unlock Drive.

3.

The fifth invalid password attempt displays the too many password attempts dialog: