Recover Files from WD My Passport. Download the trial edition of WD My File Recovery software for free and launch it on your system. Now, select your Western Digital My Passport hard drive and click Scan button. Wait for the software to scan the drive completely and get back your deleted or lost files. The Volume Label field can be customized in order to give the volume a desired name, such as My Book or WD Black 1. Check the box labeled Perform a quick format and click Next. Click Finish to begin formatting the drive.

Thanks for these instructions; they are useful but I'm still stuck with the final steps, i.e. I see that there are several format options as follows: MacOS Extended (Journaled) MacOS Extended (Journaled Encrypted) MacOS Extended (Case Sensitive Journaled) MacOS Extended (Case Sensitive Journaled Encrypted) Then there is also the Scheme to choose from: GUID Partition Map Master Boot Record Apple Partition Map And finally there are some security options: Fastest vs. Most Secure Any help anyone out there can provide would be appreciated. Thanks for these instructions; they are useful but I'm still stuck with the final steps, i.e. I see that there are several format options as follows: MacOS Extended (Journaled) MacOS Extended (Journaled Encrypted) MacOS Extended (Case Sensitive Journaled) MacOS Extended (Case Sensitive Journaled Encrypted) Then there is also the Scheme to choose from: GUID Partition Map Master Boot Record Apple Partition Map And finally there are some security options: Fastest vs. Most Secure Any help anyone out there can provide would be appreciated. Apple Footer • This site contains user submitted content, comments and opinions and is for informational purposes only.

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