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WD My Book Essential External Drive for PC

I cannot back up from my PC to external hard drive because there is a message to say it is locked. 

How do I unlock my external hard drive?

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Can you please provide the model number of your drive? This will help us to identify your drive and see the utilities that it might have.

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