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MY PASSPORT ELITE USER MANUAL Unlocking Your Drive Without the WD SmartWare Software Whenever you connect your password-protected drive to a computer that does not have the WD SmartWare software installed, you can still access the virtual CD partition on your drive, and install the WD SmartWare software as usual. You will not be able to access the data portion of your drive. To unlock the drive without the WD SmartWare software installed: 1. Start the WD SmartWare Drive Unlock utility by either: • Using your computer's file management utility to open the WD SmartWare virtual CD and double-clicking the Unlock.exe file • Clicking Start > My Computer and double-clicking the WD SmartWare icon under Devices with Removable Storage 2. Type your password in the Password box. If you provided a password hint when you created your password, click the Password hint pointer to see the hint. 3. Click Unlock to unlock your drive. If you click Exit, you will not be able to access the files on your drive. 4. At the Your drive is now unlocked prompt, click Exit to close the WD SmartWare Drive Unlock utility screen. LOCKING AND UNLOCKING YOUR DRIVE - 31

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MY PASSPORT ELITE
USER MANUAL
LOCKING AND UNLOCKING YOUR DRIVE – 31
Unlocking Your Drive Without the WD SmartWare Software
Whenever you connect your password-protected drive to a computer that does not have
the WD SmartWare software installed, you can still access the virtual CD partition on
your drive, and install the WD SmartWare software as usual. You will not be able to
access the data portion of your drive.
To unlock the drive without the WD SmartWare software installed:
1.
Start the WD SmartWare Drive Unlock utility by either:
•
Using your computer’s file management utility to open the WD SmartWare virtual
CD and double-clicking the Unlock.exe file
•
Clicking
Start
>
My Computer
and double-clicking the WD SmartWare icon
under
Devices with Removable Storage
2.
Type your password in the
Password
box.
If you provided a password hint when you created your password, click the
Password hint
pointer to see the hint.
3.
Click
Unlock
to unlock your drive.
If you click
Exit
,
you will not be able to access the files on your drive.
4.
At the
Your drive is now unlocked
prompt, click
Exit
to close the WD SmartWare
Drive Unlock utility screen.