Lost password? How to recover my files?

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Hi there,

I know this problem has occured to many of them here, and am one of them too.

I need help, i set the p-assword when i bought “myPassport” now I lost that password. And it’s not allowing me to unlock drive.

What are the chances to re-gain my files? If I erase the data then can i able to retrieve the contents thru 3rd party Data recovery software.

Please advise ?

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There is no reset if you can’t remeber the password you’re out of luck.

Joe

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I second that, no password = no files

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Yup! 256bit encription code is very difficult to break.

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Heck with this WD, also knew that it’ll prompt for erasing data. If i selected it to erase, are there any chances to restore the data using data recovery tool ?

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without knowing the original password there is no way to get any data off of it. thats what Hardware Encryption was designed for.

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Thank you guys for taking time for reply to my questions.

Fortunately I could able to unlock my drive with my password. Took a while to recollect the password from my memory.

Anyways, Now I see there’s hidden 30 mb partition allocated for WD tool. How can I remove this hidden partition forever.

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I don’t think you can delete it but only hide it. I think they have a download for that.

Joe