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Thoroughly research any product advertised on the sites before you decide to download and install it. Watch out for ads on the sites that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Products). The pages appear to be providing accurate, safe information. Next, you can drag the WD Drive Security icon. To use it, you will first have to close the current version of the WD Drive Utilities. The software is compatible with macOS 12 Monterey/macOS 11 Big Sur/macOS 10.15 Catalina/macOS 10.14 Mojave. Standard Disclaimer: There are links to non-Microsoft websites. One of the easiest ways to unlock a WD external hard drive is by using the WD Drive Utilities for Mac. If you will wait to choose if I solved your problem, I will keep working with you until it's resolved.
Wd my passport ultra 1tb drive not detected on pc, how to fix it i have a wd my passport ultra 1tb portable drive for storing movies, photos, and important personal files. Right-click the windows start menu and select disk management. Feel free to ask back any questions and keep me posted. Hello joeyq99, If you have setup the password on the WD My Passport Ultra drive using WD Security, it is recommended to install WD Security on your computer and try to unlock the drive using it. If your product is not listed above, please visit the product page. As a result of the feedback, weve developed some improvements to the software. If the WD passport is not detected either on your current or the new PC, replace the WD drive with a new one. If the WD Passport drive shows up, it is the damaged USB hub that stops WD from showing up. After connecting the device, make sure that you're My Passport device is displayed in the DEVICES section. WD My Passport Go 500GB USB 3.0 Setup First, connect your Western Digital My Passport Go 500GB USB device to the computer using a USB cable.
During that time weve been listening to our customers. Reconnect the WD drive via a new USB hub or to a new PC. Western Digital My Passport Go Setup and Driver Download. Īs to the WD drive, it's flagging the backup software that comes preinstalled on the drive, so if you don't want that you can delete it, and if necessary wipe the drive of all traces and reformat in Disk Mgmt as shown here: Mac users click here Weve been shipping our new My Book and My Passport drives with WD SmartWare software for a few months now. There are so many trying to get out that it often overloads the servers so you may have to try repeatedly, or contact Microsoft Support by one of these methods. When the drive is connected to a PC, a virtual CD (VCD) partition runs (via autorun) an unlocker utility WD Drive Unlock.exe, that allows password entry. Western Digitals security software allows a password to be set on the external drive, encrypting it. It's more appropriate for company PC's that want the extra restrictions and protection. Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Western Digital WD My Passport 2 TB external hard drive. I'm not sure why they released S mode on store PC's for consumers. I'm Greg, an installation specialist, 10 year Windows MVP, and Volunteer Moderator here to help you.