The auto unlock process can take 5 minutes or longer if the drive is connected to the computer at the time of reboot or power on. The drive will auto unlock upon logoff and login, power off and power on or after the computer has been rebooted with the drive connected.'enable auto lock on THIS drive, for THIS computer, for THIS user profile' The drive will only auto unlock when connected to the computer with the user account logged in where the auto lock setting was enabled.Avoid un-authorized access to an unlocked drive by password protecting the computer login and locking the computer screen when not in use. The drive will auto unlock and be accessible to anyone using the currently logged-in user profile on that computer only.For more details, please refer to Answer ID 20814: WD My Book is Not Detected by WD Security.
The auto unlock setting on a password protected drive using WD Security allows the drive to auto unlock for this computer and User: (wd_drive_user). Information about the auto unlock feature or WD Security software on password protected drives.*ENDĪ WD Security password protected drive does not auto unlock while connected to a computer.
