Showing or hiding the WD SmartWare virtual CD

Use the Virtual CD Settings dialog to enable (show) or disable (hide) the WD SmartWare™ virtual CD (VCD) of your My Book or My Passport drive. The WD SmartWare VCD is enabled (shown) by default.

Note: If your drive is password protected and you want to hide the WD SmartWare VCD, you must remove password protection first. Then, after hiding the VCD, you will not be able to password protect the drive until you re-enable (show) the VCD.

IMPORTANT! Your My Book or My Passport drive must have the latest firmware version installed before you can show or hide the VCD. If your firmware has not been updated, the WD SmartWare software displays a Download Firmware Updater link to the WD firmware update website. In this case, click the link to download and install the the latest firmware version before using the Virtual CD Settings dialog.

To show or hide the VCD:

1. If you have password-protected your drive, remove your password as follows:
   1. Click Security to display the Your Drive is secure dialog.
   2. Type your password in the Password box.
   3. Select the Remove security option.
   4. Click Update Security Settings to remove password protection from your drive.
2. Click Virtual CD to display the Virtual CD Settings screen.
3. Select the option that you want:
   • Enable VCD to show the VCD
   • Disable VCD to hide the VCD
4. Click Apply VCD Settings to apply the change.
5. As prompted, power cycle your My Book or My Passport drive off and then on for the change to take effect.