Western Digital My Book Studio/Studio LX User Manual - Manual (Page 37)

MY BOOK STUDIO AND STUDIO LX
USER MANUAL
LOCKING AND UNLOCKING YOUR DRIVE – 32
Unlocking Your Drive with the WD SmartWare Software
Whenever you shut down and restart your computer, or disconnect and reconnect the
drive to your computer, the WD SmartWare software displays the Please provide your
password prompt:
To unlock your drive:
1. 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.
2. Click Unlock to unlock your drive and enable the WD SmartWare software Backup,
Retrieve, and Drive Settings functions.
Clicking Cancel leaves the drive locked and inhibits access to the data on the drive
and the
WD SmartWare Backup, Retrieve, and Drive Settings functions.
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 file
• Double-clicking the WD SmartWare virtual CD on the desktop and double-
clicking the DriveUnlock icon