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MY BOOK ESSENTIAL 

USER MANUAL

LOCKING AND UNLOCKING YOUR DRIVE – 29

9.   Click Save Security Settings to save your password and enable password 

protection for 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

•   Disconnect and reconnect the drive to your computer

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 Book 
prompt:

To unlock your drive:

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.

Clicking Cancel leaves the drive locked and inhibits access to the Backup and 
Retrieve functions.