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Unlocking the Drive, With the WD Security or WD Drive Utilities Software

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MY PASSPORT ULTRA USER MANUAL WD Unlocker utility virtual CD (VCD) as a device in your computer's file management utility listing: This listing appears: The next time you shut down and restart your computer When you remove and reconnect the My Passport drive Your computer exits the sleep mode, depending on its configuration The listing appears regardless of whether the drive is locked or not, or whether you selected the Enable auto unlock for this computer... check box when you created your password. It remains as long as you have password protection enabled for the drive. Unlocking the Drive After you have created a password to keep others from accessing the files on your drive, unless you selected the Enable auto unlock for this computer... check box, you will have to type your password to unlock the drive whenever: You shut down and restart your computer You disconnect and reconnect the drive to your computer Your computer exits the sleep mode You will have to do this even if you do not have the WD Security software installed on your computer. Depending on the software configuration of your computer, there are two ways to unlock the drive, using either the: WD Security or WD Drive Utilities software WD Drive Unlock utility With the WD Security or WD Drive Utilities Software Whenever you shut down and restart your computer or disconnect and reconnect the drive to your computer, starting either the WD Security or WD Drive Utilities software displays the Unlock Drive dialog: LOCKING AND UNLOCKING THE DRIVE - 22

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MY PASSPORT ULTRA
USER MANUAL
LOCKING AND UNLOCKING THE DRIVE
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WD Unlocker utility virtual CD (VCD) as a device in your computer’s file
management utility listing:
This listing appears:
±
The next time you shut down and restart your computer
±
When you remove and reconnect the My Passport drive
±
Your computer exits the sleep mode, depending on its configuration
The listing appears regardless of whether the drive is locked or not, or
whether you selected the
Enable auto unlock for this computer...
check
box when you created your password. It remains as long as you have
password protection enabled for the drive.
Unlocking the Drive
After you have created a password to keep others from accessing the files on your drive,
unless you selected the
Enable auto unlock for this computer...
check box, you will
have to type your password to unlock the drive whenever:
±
You shut down and restart your computer
±
You disconnect and reconnect the drive to your computer
±
Your computer exits the sleep mode
You will have to do this even if you do not have the WD Security software installed on
your computer.
Depending on the software configuration of your computer, there are two ways to unlock
the drive, using either the:
±
WD Security or WD Drive Utilities software
±
WD Drive Unlock utility
With the WD Security or WD Drive Utilities Software
Whenever you shut down and restart your computer or disconnect and reconnect the
drive to your computer, starting either the WD Security or WD Drive Utilities software
displays the Unlock Drive dialog: