My book essentials 1TB

[gman33]

How can  format a password protected mybook. Don’t need the data

[Alucardx23]

If you don’t remember the password just enter any incorrect password 5 times to get the option to format it, to get that option you need to have smartware installed.

http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/wdsmartwareupdate/