Stop sharing of Public and Download Folder - How?

WD External Drives External Drives for PC
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Hello people,

I just bought 1TB drive and connected it to the network.

I have created the users and Share folders as I need however,

There are a few extra shares that came built-in like ‘Download’ and ‘Public’

I tried to delete them from Advanced Mode - Home - Folder Shares

But it won’t let me to do so.

How can I delete or stop these folders from being shared as I dont want

other network users to mess with my drive.

Thank You.

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Someone atleast help.

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How has this issue come along? I want to buy a My Book Essential to share files on via my LAN network. I would like to know if it’s just as easy as a harddrive without the SmartWare (password protection) module.

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To all people still searching/awaiting an answer, I recenty contacted Western Digital’ support. This is the response I got from them:

Dear Sir/Madam,

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In response to your inquiry; when setting up the WD Smartware software it gives you the option to password protect it, this is not a requirement it is an option, to access the drive you have to enter your password first. If you remove the security feature then it will never ask you for a password.

Answer Title: How to set up security in order to lock and unlock a WD (+ SmartWare) external drive
Answer Link: http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=3741

I hope that we have met your expectations today and that you are satisfied with our service. If you have any further questions, please reply to this email and we will be happy to assist you further.

Sincerely,