Full factory reset MyPassport Wireless. How?

[rvhooij]

Hi,

I want to do a full reset of the WD MP Wireless, but I am not able to connect it through WIFI.
How can I ‘rewind’ it back to the factory/first startup settings.

Thank you for answering. Don’t know what to do

Regards,

Richard/Amsterdam/Netherlands

[Stangen]

As stated in the Manual, page 46 (eng ver) a manual reset (not formatting the drive):

Manually Resetting the Drive
For a system only reset, the battery has to have at least a 25% charge.

1. With the power ON, hold down the Power and WPS buttons at the same time for around 10 seconds until the drive reboots and the Power and Battery Status LED flashes white.
2. Wait until the Wi-Fi LED is blue before reconnecting.

Changes all administrative settings back to their default values, returns the administrator password to none, and renames the drive to MyPassport. Your content remains intact.

[mike27oct]

Nice of Stangen to recite the section of user manual. I am going to suggest Richard download the complete user manual from the WD Support site in whatever language he wants it in. Every MPW owner needs to have a copy of the complete manual to refer to!