Western Digital My Passport Ultra Metal User Manual - Manual (Page 52)

MY PASSPORT ULTRA METAL EDITION
USER MANUAL
LOCKING AND UNLOCKING THE DRIVE – 47
With the WD SmartWare Software
Whenever you shut down and restart your computer, or disconnect and reconnect the
drive to your computer, unless you selected the Enable auto unlock for user: check box
when you created your password,
the WD SmartWare software displays a Drive is locked
message in place of the content gauge for your drive:
1. If the WD SmartWare Unlock your drive dialog does not appear automatically, click
the drive image above the Drive is locked message to display it:
2. Type your password in the Password box.
3. Click Unlock.
With the WD Drive Unlock Utility
Whenever you connect your password-protected drive to a computer that does not have
the WD Drive Utilities, WD Security, or WD SmartWare software installed, you can use
the WD Drive Unlock utility to unlock the drive there. The WD Drive Unlock utility is on a
virtual CD drive that appears in your computer's file management utility display.
1. Start the WD Drive Unlock utility by either:
Using your computer’s file management utility to open the WD Unlocker virtual
CD and double-clicking the WD Drive Unlock.exe file
Clicking Start > My Computer and double-clicking the WD Unlocker virtual CD
icon under Devices with Removable Storage