Western Digital's security software allows a password to be set on the external drive, encrypting it.
Click Apply to unlock a BitLocker encrypted drive without password. Here is a workaround to unlock WD My Passport or any other WD password protected HDD's on linux. chipster314 wrote: The fact that there is a forum for an portable hard drive says it all. A Full Guide to Hard Drive Password Removal and Recovery Once your hard drive is password protected, you can refer to this guide on how to unlock hard drive with password. There is nothing anyone here can do and even if they can do anything they will want the drive in their possession.
People also ask, what is WD SmartWare and do I need it? Confirm that you have the right to the file and click ‘Unlock PDF!’. WD Drive Unlock.exe is known as WD Drive Unlock.exe and it is developed by Western Digital, it is also developed by Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Now SmartUnlock.exe doesn't open in Fedora. After you have formatted the Hard Disk, you can start dumping whatever data it is that you find crucial again into your freshly reformatted WD Passport. Practically you can only unlock WD My Passport drive by erasing all your data, but that also involves a trick. So far we haven't seen any alert about this product. They remain, even after erasing or reformatting the drive.” But this would take, as mentioned in the WD KB link you provided, about only 20MB. Select a method to delete the partition, hit OK. You can think of the WD My Book series as the desktop (3.5") brothers of WD My Passport. Double click on WD security and and a box for ""Edit Security Setting" will pop-up. Select the BitLocker USB and click the Unlock button on the navigation bar. If you’d like to disable all the WD nonsense (i.e. Decrypt the hard drive and remove write-protection by using the same tool that was used for encryption. As a member, you receive exclusive content, community access, behind-the-scenes updates, and the pride of fueling work that matters to you. Data Recovery: How to change or remove encryption on WesternDigital Ultra External Hard Drive using WD Security. The VCD looks like an actual CD volume and appears on the screen each time you connect your WD drive to the computer. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. No file can be recovered when you erase a password protected WD My Passport.
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