Western Digital My Passport Wireless User Manual - Manual (Page 52)

RESETTING YOUR DRIVE AND PASSWORD
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MY PASSPORT WIRELESS
USER MANUAL
Resetting Your Drive and Password
This chapter includes the following topics:
Manually Resetting the Drive
Restoring Factory Settings Using the Dashboard
You can perform a system-only reset of your drive two ways: manually and on the
dashboard’s Admin page. When the drive resets, your data remains but settings such as
your password return to default values.You can perform a system and disk reset on the
Admin page.
Manually Resetting the Drive
For a system only reset, the battery has to have at least a 25% charge.
1. With the power ON, hold down the Power and WPS buttons at the same time for
around 10 seconds until the drive reboots and the Power and Battery Status LED
flashes white.
2. Wait until the Wi-Fi LED is blue before reconnecting.
Restoring Factory Settings Using the Dashboard
1. Click the Admin icon on the navigation bar to display the Admin screen.
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WARNING! Interrupting the factory restore process may damage the
My Passport Wireless drive. Wait until after the reboot to use the
drive again.
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