WD My Passport ext. drive is locked

ssal

ssal

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I picked up an external drive (WD My Passport, 500 gb) in a yard sale for $5. Good deal, right?

But when I plugged it in to my computer, it said the disk is locked and the WD Unlocker popped up and asked for password.

I don't have the password. I don't care about the data in this drive.

Is there a way to format it and use it as fresh? I went into Disk Management and it said the drive needs to be initialized. When I tried, it said "Access is denied".

Appreciate the help.
 
you can format it using linux i think password remove on it bcz wd security work only in windows or mac os
 
raza said:
use ubuntu or linux mint live usb or dvd then try to format it
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I am stuck!

I tried to download the ubunto UUI to my USB. In the download popup, the 2nd item is selecting desktop ISO dropdown.

What am I suppose to select (which file/directory)?
 
voyagerfan99 said:
Download the ISO and then use YUMI to install it onto the flashdrive.

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/
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I following the link. Inserted a 2GB USB in the Windows 10 machine. Downloaded the file and run it.
I got stuck here. What should I do in Step 3?
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Be sure you select the correct usb drive, then browse to the ISO file and click Create.
 
ssal said:
These is only one USB which was showed on #1.
What exactly I am looking for in #3? Is there some ISO file on my computer, or in their site?
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Did you download the ISO for ubuntu? Because unless you did that you can't do anything.
 
voyagerfan99 said:
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/thank-you?country=US&version=15.10&architecture=amd64
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Thanks for the link.
I downloaded the ISO file and created a boot USB and booted from it. It looks good.
I went into the file option and saw the WD drive on the list. I clicked on it and was able to see 5 files in the disk (Extra, WDSmartware, Autorun.inf, Unlock.exe and WDQuickformat.exe). I right clicked and selected format. Right after it started, it returned an error about not about to initialize (some track or section not zero, something like that). I tried deleted or moving the five files to a folder but there is no option to delete it or creating a new folder.

Any suggestion on how to wipe this drive clean and format it?
 
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