Format Older My Passport Locked Drive

Hi,

I have an older My Passport external drive that has it password locked. I have not been able to unlock it and have given up hope.

I needed to format it but Win 10 only recognizes it as a CD drive (Wd Smartware).

I do not care about the contents. I just want to format it so I can use it again.

I have gone thru DOS & computer management but no luck. How can I format it ?

Hello,

if you type and incorrect password 5 times it will ask you if you want to erase it. Just click “yes” and then try to format it.

That is what I have been trying to do but it has yet to ask me to format it :frowning: