When i plug it in it tells me i must run the unlock application from the wd smartware cd associated. Need unlock executable from vcd wd portable drives wd. How do i reset my windows 10 local account password. How do i remove this smartware software from my drive. Im locked out i was changing my girlfriends laptop from a microsoft account login back to a local account log in. Tried to initialize but says disk is password protected i had used the wd smartware password feature.
Usingthesecureharddrive thischapterprovidesinformationabouthowtousethesecureharddrive. Usb secure lets you password protect your usb drives, ssd drives, external drives and memory cards. It would be nice if i can remove this smartware from my drive. How to unlock a wd external drive without a password ccm. I forgot my wd my passport password, need help removingresetting the password.
A usb smart drive is often defined as a usb drive that has intelligent installed software features that help it to interact with a computer or other host device. If you asking to completely remove the vcd, that not possible since it built into the firmware. I forgot my wd my passport password, need help removing. Password forgotten wd portable drives wd community. While there are several security measures in place, like locking down the usb connection until a password is entered and salting the password, they dont go very far in protecting the data. I was using mypassport elite fine with no issues, until i accidentally disconnected it from my pc without using the safely remove usb drive option. Impossible unsatisfied with regular old usb password protection devices, myidkey kicks things up a few notches with biometrics, bluetooth, and voice. The only person i knew about smartware bypass was einstein on hddguru but last i heard it was a closed off project. Hi, that meeans i cant do anything but to loose all the data save in the passport essential. Okay, so we all know that the wd smartware device wasnt madee with a reset password option, but what i wouldlike to find out is, if the company would created a downloadable program to reset your password for those of us who have forgotten them. Password saver usb pin number and password security device. Its jus as simple as we think although all your data will be erased but you could recover the data using third party recovery party easeus, recuva the question is how to unlock the forgotten password of wd my passport. View topic for those who had doubt in my smartware solution.
Access the data without the password, a default password will be forced in memory address replacing the unlock. Now the vcd drive wont mount, vista does not detect it, only disk management sees it as a one block uninitialized disk. Usb dongle generates and enters your passwords so you don. If its a smartware password im not sure if reallymine is the tool for. It may be possible to reverse engineer the driver and work out how the chip is accessed but that is not a trivial task. The driver that came with the hardware knows how to access this chip. Any copy, reuse, or modification of the content should be sufficiently credited to ccm. How to lock usb flash drive for better data security usb.
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