Western Digital My Passport Elite User Manual - Manual (Page 35)

MY PASSPORT ELITE
USER MANUAL
LOCKING AND UNLOCKING YOUR DRIVE – 30
9. Click Save Security Settings to save your password and enable password protection
for your drive.
Unlocking Your Drive
After you have created a password to keep others from accessing the files on your drive,
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 SmartWare software installed on
your computer.
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 Unlock My Passport
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.
CAUTION! After creating a password, the drive remains unlocked for as long as
you continue your current work session. Then, the WD SmartWare software:
• Locks the drive when you shut down your computer, disconnect your drive, or the
computer goes into the sleep mode
• Requires you to type your password to unlock the drive when you restart your computer
or reconnect your drive