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RESETTING YOUR DRIVE AND PASSWORD 111 Resetting Your Drive and Password This chapter includes the following topics: Manually Resetting the Drive Restoring Factory Settings Using the Dashboard You can perform a system-only reset of your drive two ways: manually and on the dashboard's Admin page. When the drive resets, your data remains but settings such as your password return to default values.You can perform a system and disk reset on the Admin page. Manually Resetting the Drive For a system only reset, the battery has to have at least a 25% charge. 1. With the power ON, hold down the Power and WPS buttons at the same time for around 10 seconds until the drive reboots and the Power and Battery Status LED flashes white. 2. Wait until the Wi-Fi LED is blue before reconnecting. Restoring Factory Settings Using the Dashboard 1. Click the Admin icon on the navigation bar to display the Admin screen. . WARNING! Interrupting the factory restore process may damage the My Passport Wireless drive. Wait until after the reboot to use the drive again. 47 MY PASSPORT WIRELESS USER MANUAL

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RESETTING YOUR DRIVE AND PASSWORD
47
MY PASSPORT WIRELESS
USER MANUAL
Resetting Your Drive and Password
This chapter includes the following topics:
Manually Resetting the Drive
Restoring Factory Settings Using the Dashboard
You can perform a system-only reset of your drive two ways: manually and on the
dashboard’s Admin page. When the drive resets, your data remains but settings such as
your password return to default values.You can perform a system and disk reset on the
Admin page.
Manually Resetting the Drive
For a system only reset, the battery has to have at least a 25% charge.
1. With the power
ON
, hold down the
Power
and
WPS
buttons at the same time for
around 10 seconds until the drive reboots and the Power and Battery Status LED
flashes white.
2.
Wait until the Wi-Fi LED is blue before reconnecting.
Restoring Factory Settings Using the Dashboard
1. Click the
Admin
icon on the navigation bar to display the Admin screen.
.
WARNING!
Interrupting the factory restore process may damage the
My Passport Wireless drive. Wait until after the reboot to use the
drive again.
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