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Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature

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WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE USER MANUAL Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature To remove password protection from your drive: 1. On the Home screen, if you have more than one external device connected to your computer, select the icon for the one that you want to remove password protection from. 2. Click the Settings tab and Set Up Drive to display the Drive Settings screen (see Figure 4 on page 15). 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 remove password protection from the selected external device. 3. On the Drive Settings screen, click Security to display the Your Drive is Secure dialog: 4. On the Your Drive is Secure dialog: a. Type your password in the Password box. b. Select the Remove security option. c. Click Update Security Settings. SECURING THE DRIVE - 27

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WD SMARTWARE SOFTWARE
USER MANUAL
SECURING THE DRIVE
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Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature
To
remove password protection from your drive:
1.
On the Home screen, if you have more than one external device connected to your
computer, select the icon for the one that you want to remove password protection
from.
2.
Click the
Settings
tab and
Set Up Drive
to display the Drive Settings screen (see
Figure 4 on page 15).
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 remove password protection from the selected external device.
3.
On the Drive Settings screen, click
Security
to display the Your Drive is Secure
dialog:
4.
On the Your Drive is Secure dialog:
a.
Type your password in the
Password
box.
b.
Select the
Remove security
option.
c.
Click
Update Security Settings
.