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A small portion of drive space on your new My Passport or My Book hard drive has been used to create a Virtual CD (VCD). The VCD contains the WD SmartWare installation software, the encryption and password protection application, User Manuals, and other resource files. The VCD looks like an actual CD volume and appears on the screen each time you connect your WD drive to the computer.
The VCD is necessary if you wish to install WD SmartWare or if you want to use the encryption and password protection features on the drive.
If you don't wish to run WD SmartWare or use the security features, you can disable the VCD following the steps below. The VCD can be re-enabled by running the VCD manager.
Virtual CD (VCD) Manager Instructions
IMPORTANT: The following precautions must be performed before installing the firmware update:
- All AntiVirus software MUST be disabled
- All Anti-Spyware software MUST be disabled
- ANY and ALL programs that would require drive access during the update MUST be disabled
Failure to perform these precautions may cause data corruption/loss and/or drive failure.
How to install the Virtual CD Manager
Windows® XP, Windows Vista®, Windows 7
STEP 1: Firmware Update: Release 1.032 (11/16/09) Before running the Virtual CD Manager, you must first update the firmware on your hard drive. - Disconnect all other external drives from the computer except for the My Book or My Passport hard drive you want to update.
- Download the Firmware Updater for Windows.
- Unzip the file and double click to open the Firmware Updater.
- Click Continue to update the firmware.
- Verify the attached drive's serial number located on the back of the drive.
- Click Update Firmware.
- Click Accept the End User's License Agreement (EULA). The updater will scan the drive; this may take a few minutes.
- Once the updater is finished, click Exit.
- Turn off the drive - For My Passport, disconnect the USB cable. For My Book disconnect both USB and power cables.
- Wait 10 seconds. Reconnect the USB/power cables.
STEP 2: Download and run the VCD Manager - Download VCD Manager for Windows.(WDSmartWareVirtualCDManagerforWindows-v1.0.7.4.zip) to your desktop.
- Unzip the utility (Extract the file using an extraction utility.)
- Double click WDSmartWareVirtualCDManagerforWindows-v1.0.7.4.exe.
- Click Continue to disable the VCD.
- Once the utility has found your drive, click Configure Drive and then click Exit.
- Turn off the drive - For My Passport, disconnect the USB cable. For My Book disconnect both USB and power cables.
- Wait 10 seconds. Reconnect the USB/power cables that have been disconnected in the previous step.
- Verify that the VCD no longer appears.
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