With WD Security, you have the possibility to set a password for your Western Digital drive and encrypt the piece of hardware so as to secure your data and prevent others from accessing your important files. And if it's not enough and you still cannot remember the security key, your data might be lost forever. You have to remember that WD Security cannot retrieve a forgotten or lost password, so all you have left in this unfortunate situation is the password hint. Using the 'auto unlock' option, you can set WD Security to automatically unlock your drive.Ĭonfiguring a new password is extremely easy, as you just have to enter the desired security key in the designated fields and save the security settings. A compatible drive is automatically detected by WD Security, which displays its name, storage capacity and drive letter in the main window, alongside security settings. It is a simple and practical means of securing dtaa on your WD drives, with just a few clicks.Īfter installing the application, you need to attach a supported WD drive.

The letter should be different from WD unlocker.

WD Security makes it possible for you to password-protect your WD drives and thus protect them from unauthorized access. To do this: right click on WD unlocker and assign a new letter, restart computer and unlock My Passport and go to disk management and right click on My Passport and you should now have the option to add or change letter to My Passport.

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