They implemented the security, they will know how, if at all, how to crack it. I realizes there were threads related to the same issue, but its not what i am looking for. I have a new 4tb my book external drive that im ready to toss in the trash. I had the same issue with my 4tb wd my book external drive and i did the. If you currently find yourself locked out of your wd external hard. After the formatting is complete, right click on the drive and select delete. I went to the wd knowledge base site to find out how to get rid of the thing and read that wd did not know how to get rid of it, but was. If the school pcs wont allow the unlocker application to run, all you can do is remove the password from the drive. So i picked up a 750gb wd my passport at bb a couple days ago, oblivious to the added drive locksmart bu crap on. After it was recognized by my surface book and software was installed, i opened the wd app.
I just bought a my passport and set it up with a password. To check whether the usb port is ok, you can unplug wd hard drive and connect it to another usb port to see if it is able to be recognized by windows 10. How can i unlock wd external hard drive without losing all data. After installing the wd my book software to manage the external drive i noticed there was an additional drive letter. This has worked for me a few times to remove the old password an external drive. Her files are backedup on a wd my book essential external hard drive. It installed a pointless virtual cd drive on my system. Western digital my book opening the case removing the. Remove wd unlocker partition from wd my book super user. Fix wd external hard drive not working recognizedshowing. Selfencrypting western digital hard drives easy to crack more login.
When connection port is dead or damaged, you will not see wd hard drive in windows 10. There is no function in the unlock software that allows me to permanently unlock it. How to unlock a wd external drive without a password ccm. The program to restore is password protectected and we have no way of getting that information. Its a shot in the dark but has anyone worked with the newer usb3 connected drives and would you know if bypassing the wd unlock is possible with this setup. Right click wd virtual cd xxxx usb device where xxxx is a number. Upon the fifth failed attempt, you will be prompted to erase your drive. Connect your hard drive that you want to remove wd unlocker from. Whenever i plug this device into a computer, there is a virtual cd unit that pops up called wd unlocker, and im trying to remove it physically, instead of just hiding it i found many guides on. I then have to restart my pc a bunch of times to get the wd unlocker to come up again. I have a mybook essential western digital external hard drive. You can follow belowoffered methods to get problems fixed right now.
Wd drive utilities and wd security, are contained within the wd drive utilities and the wd security zip files and installs custom western digital software for wd usb and firewire enabled external hard drives. In recent weeks, it has become impossible for me to safely remove my external drives. Wd cant force the school to install the unlocker application on their. Fix wd external hard drive not working responding issue.
I can log into my book live, but when i go to file explorer my book live doesnt appear. If the school pcs won t allow the unlocker application to run, all you can do is remove the password from the drive. Find out the most possible events, causing wd hard drive not recognized in windows 10, take responding. My passport ultra portable hard drive user manual western digital. Follow the onscreen instructions and wait for the drive to be extended. View topic unlock wd my book essential hddguru forums. Hdd guru forums view topic wd my passport drive unlock. The system interprets unlocker as a virtual cd rom which doesnt make sense to me. Wd security auto unlock feature, stech anfo,how to unlock hard disk password,how to remove auto unlock drive for this user external drive western digital,my passport,western digital,western. This post will cover how to remove wd smartware virtual driver from wds mybook. Millions of people around the world trust their data to my book desktop storage. My book drive, with the wd backup, wd drive utilities, and wd security. Right click on the partition from which the western digital wd unlocker partition was created and select extend volume from the context menu. This is a partition on the my book drive that contains the software that will allow you to unlock the drive.
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Similar to deletion, a quick reformat won t get rid of the data stored in your external drive right away. Plug your external hard hard drive to your computer and unlock it with the. How to remove password lock on wd mybook 1tb super user. Wd cant force the school to install the unlocker application on their computers. Hey, im having problems with my 1 tb wd my book essential drive external usb hdd.
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The unlocker vcd remains hidden unless you set a password, and hides itself again when you remove a password, but it cannot be removed from the drive. Sign up for our newsletter and receive a coupon for your next order. I shut down all programs that might possibly be using it, and the message still persists. Ive only had it for a couple months and now its not showing up on my macbook pro. My book duo, my passport, my passport ultra wd backup, my passport ultra metal, my passport for mac, my passport for mac, and my passport air.
Unlock western digital hdd using master password techno krat. I have a western digital external hard disk, which i. How to unlock usb drive decrypt write protected usb. Western digital hard drive data recovery definitive guide. The wd smartware software provides the drive unlock utility on a virtual cd drive that appears under my computer in your windows explorer display whenever the drive is password protected.
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Its now my understanding that mhdd is unable to assist unless were dealing with an ata drive and ive a hunch that a usb3 to sata convertor cable won t help our situation either. Unlock my book without wd smartware external drives for. Wd external hard drive wont safely remove or eject from. To uninstall wd unlocker, you would need to have wd security installed.
Plug your external hard hard drive to your computer and unlock it. On a separate pc using windows 10 it works fine discussion in windows 10 drivers and hardware started by billhowell2, aug 19, 2018. Why wont my computer boot when i connect my usb drive to the computer before. It seems that the actual led is on the cpu board, and wd used a small piece of plastic to bring the light over to the front of the unit. I use this drive unlocked as i am the only one using the drive and no password required. Instead, the space your lost data took is now marked as available to be reused. With windows 10 i went to settings, devices, connected devices, add a device. Problem with wd my book wd unlocker showing twice when in. Today i spent nearly half day in trying to unlock western digital hdd.
How to delete wd unlocker udf partition so far i have not been successful or am i able to find any information showing how to remove a western digital wd unlocker partition. I run unlocker on the drives, and unlocker shows no activity or actions that i can. It always says that it is being used by another program. Tips for getting started with the wd my book backup drive. If the lock issue is caused by other facts like corruption or usb port damaged, try to. If you dont do this, you may lose data on the hard drive and it may get damaged. On the edit security settings dialog, the remove password option is selected by. Before disconnecting your drive, right click on the wd quickview icon in the system tray near the clock in the task bar and select safely remove my book. How to disable the western digital vcd smartware on mypassport. When wd external hard drive, usb or other brands of storage devices are not working or not responding to any operations in your pc, dont worry. I have to manually unlock the drive every time i use it. So if someone steals the hard drive out of my external drive they won t be able to read my data. Apparently some ransomware hacking attacks can corrupt any attached usb etc drives, so i wish to remove the my passport backup drive. Solved wd my passport usb external hdd now shows up as.
Unlocking a wd my external hard drive heres a quick rundown of the tools that you can use to use to unlock your wd external hard drive. My wd passport ultra 2tb external hard drive is not showing up in explorer when i plug it into the usb port in a normal way. How to unlock wd passport on catalina external drives for mac. How to remove auto unlock drive for this user external drive. I have a wd 3tb my book using wd unlocker for the drive. If you want to remove password with mhdd you have to use dispwd it locks out drive forever, unlock is only till you reboot. Western digital my book opening the case removing the drive i recently needed to removed the drive from a western digital my book external usbesata drive enclosure. I checked disk utility to see if it shows up there and it doesnt. When your usb flash drive or pen drive is locked, its officially said to be write protected, read only or encrypted. Cannot safely remove external drives windows 10 forums. Wd my passport usb external hdd now shows up as local disk. If, on the other hand they steal the whole external hard drive, they will have the encryption chip too and can just plug it into their usb and read everything of mine. Unlocking the drive without the wd smartware software whenever you connect your passwordprotected drive to a computer that does not have the wd smartware software installed, you can use the wd smartware drive unlock utility to unlock the drive there. Like an, i set up a password lock when i first installed the drive not realizing that rendered it useless for backups.
I have to connect it through a bizarre way to make it show up in explorer. If the school pcs wont allow the unlocker application to run, all you can. What happens is i plug in my drive to power and the drive. Unfortunately, this wasnt an obvious process and this excellent article by scott cramer didnt apply to the newer version 1 tb drive enclosure i have. I use to be very loyal to western digital as ive always found their products very reliable and cost effective.