Western Digital My Book Elite User Manual - Manual (Page 36)

MY BOOK ELITE
USER MANUAL
LOCKING AND UNLOCKING YOUR DRIVE – 31
Locking and Unlocking Your Drive
This chapter includes the following topics:
Password Protecting Your Drive
Unlocking Your Drive
Turning Off the Drive Lock Feature
Changing Your Password
Password Protecting Your Drive
You should password protect your drive if you are worried that someone else will gain
access to your drive and you do not want them to see your files on the drive.
You can reach the Set Security dialog for password management during the initial
getting started process or from the WD SmartWare Settings tab, Drive Settings screen.
There, you can:
• Create a password
• Change a password
• Eliminate the need for a password
To create a password and keep others from accessing the files on your drive, as an
example from the Settings tab:
1. Click the Settings tab to display either the WD SmartWare Settings screen or the
drive management Drive Settings screen (see Figure 17 on page 32).
2. If you opened the WD SmartWare Settings screen, click Set Up Drive to display the
WD SmartWare Drive Settings screen (see Figure 17 on page 32).
3. On either screen, click Security to display the Set Security dialog:
4. Type your password in the Choose a password box.
5. Retype your password in the Verify password box.
CAUTION! The WD SmartWare software uses your password to electronically
lock and unlock your drive. If you forget your password, you will not be able to
access the data that is on your drive or write new data to it. You will have to erase
the drive before you can use it again.
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