Click 'Update Security Settings' to confirm. Select the 'Change Password' radio button and reconfigure your password and password hint as needed. Anybody know how to unlock a WD My Passport HDD in Ubuntu Ive looked online at all the answers and none of them work. To change the security settings for your drive in the future, launch the WD Security utility and enter your password. Ubuntu can see the drive but when running the exe file to unlock it I get some message from ubuntu saying it isn’t a zipped file. The WD security only puts a password on the hard drive.

I have tried the WD utilities, WD Discovery, and WD Security. I tried the password I had before the upgrade and it still wont unlock.

When I upgraded to an OS, the hard drive suddenly got locked up. Check the 'Enable Auto Unlock for User ' box to disable password protection when you are logged into the current Windows user account.Ĭlick 'Save Security Settings' to apply your chosen password to the drive. mrrod December 30, 2011, 8:07am 1 I just installed Ubuntu (now dual booting with windows 7) and I would like to access my passport. I have a WD My Passport for MAC 1 TB hard drive. Enter your chosen password twice, as well as a password hint to display should you forget it. It can also be launched in the future using the WD Security shortcut on the desktop.Ĭheck the 'I Understand' box to confirm you understand the consequences of applying a password to your drive. This script let you unlock, change password and erase Western Digital Passport devices on Linux platform. Thanks to: Dan Lenski for pysg (Python2) 0-duke and derekhe for wdpassport-utils (Python2) tvladyslav for Python3 migration of pysg and wdpassport-utils Intro. The WD Security utility is the one that offers password protection for your drive.Ĭlick 'Finish' when the wizard has completed its tasks to close the dialog, and WD Security launches automatically. WD Passport Ultra Complete Utilities for Linux. Place a check next to all of the programs you'd like to install and then click 'Next' to begin the installation process. Click 'Next' to dismiss the opening screen of the setup wizard, check the box to accept the license agreement and then click 'Next' again.

Unlock wd my passport on ubuntu