Here is the link to the Western digital downloads page then click on either the My Book Essential ( USB 3.0 ) or the My Book Essential link depending on which drive you own ( hint the USB 3.0 are recent new drives and the other is the older drives ) on the next page click on the WD Smartware Utilities (VCD & Firmware) for Windows link (see screenshots below) and read all instructions carefully.
WD Security is a tool from Western Digital which allows you to add password protection to your hard drives or solid state drives.
- Couple months back I install windows 7 in my pc; one of my book essential (the 500 G) that has a lot of data fail to recognized by window 7 the other one is works wonderfully. I try refresh with my computer management and scan for hardware changes, and it keep telling me the device driver software was not successfully installed-unidentified.
- The utility supports numerous devices from the My Book and My passport ranges of devices. To see if your drive is is among them, check the official download page, as it provides an up-to-date.
With a simple installation of WD Security, these devices can be secured easily. Simply attach your Western Digital drive to a system. The main application will recognize the drives that it supports and display some details about it including the name, storage capacity and an icon.
Setting up a password for your drive is a simple task. The program will ask you to enter the same password twice to lock it. Lost and forgotten passwords cannot be retrieved, so make sure you keep it in a safe place. You can have WD Security provide you with a hint.
The level of security provided with WD Security is 256-bit AES encryption so you’ll have some protection against anybody attempting to access important files on your storage media.
WD Security 2.0.0.76 on 32-bit and 64-bit PCs
This download is licensed as freeware for the Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) operating system on a laptop or desktop PC from data encryption software without restrictions. WD Security 2.0.0.76 is available to all software users as a free download for Windows.
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Wd My Book Driver Download For Windows 7
- WD Security Download
- Freeware Data Encryption Software
- Major release: WD Security 2.0
- Drive Protection Software
