Unlocking your drive without the w – Western Digital My Book Elite User Manual User Manual

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MY BOOK ELITE

USER MANUAL

USING THE DRIVE WITH A MAC

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To unlock the drive manually, using the WD SmartWare icon:

1.

Click the WD SmartWare icon in the bar at the top-right corner of the screen.

2.

Select the My Book drive and then click Unlock Drive:

3.

Type your password in the Password box and click Unlock on the WD SmartWare

Drive Unlock screen:

4.

At the Your drive is now unlocked prompt, click Exit to close the WD SmartWare

Drive Unlock screen.

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 use the WD SmartWare Drive Unlock
utility to unlock the drive there. The WD SmartWare software provides the Drive Unlock
utility on the WD SmartWare virtual CD drive (VCD) that appears on your desktop:

To unlock the drive without the WD SmartWare software installed:

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