How to remove disablehide the Virtual CD VCD for Windows or Mac OSX on a WD My Book or WD My Passport. Answer ID 3. 83. 5. This answer explains how to disablehide the WD Smart. Ware VCD on a My Book or My Passport drive using either Windows or Mac OSX. Please note that this is different from uninstalling the WD Smart. Ware software from the computer. END. Operating System and Preferred Method. Uninstall Osx Snow Leopard' title='Uninstall Osx Snow Leopard' />Instructions. Windows 1. Vista and XP using WD Smart. Ware. Click here for Instructionsinstructions will appear below this tableWindows 1. Vista and XP without using WD Smart. Ware. Click here for Instructionsinstructions will appear below this tableMac OSX 1. Leopard, 1. 0. 6. Snow Leopard, 1. Lion, and 1. Mountain Lion using WD Smart. Ware. Click here for Instructionsinstructions will appear below this tableMac OSX 1. Leopard, 1. 0. 6. Snow Leopard, 1. Lion, and 1. Mountain Lion without using WD Smart. Ware. Click here for Instructionsinstructions will appear below this tableLinuxUnix. Click here for Instructionsinstructions will appear below this tableHow to DisableEnable VCD with Smart. Program Blocked By Group Policy Windows 7. Ware Installed in Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows XPOn your My Passport or My Book hard drive is a small portion of drive space which has been used to create a Virtual CD VCD which appears on your computer as an actual CD volume. Depending on your model of drive the content of the VCD will vary, however it will always contain the WD Unlocker application, and it appears on the screen each time you connect your WD drive to the computer. The VCD cannot be disabled if you wish to use the Drive Lock feature. If you dont wish to use the Drive Lock feature, you can safely disable the VCD. The VCD can be re enabled at any time you want to enable the Drive Lock function. To disable the VCD, follow the steps below. Download and install the latest version of WD Smartware from the Western Digital website. Once updated launch the WD Smartware software. Click on the Settings Tab. Select Set Up Drive. Uninstall Osx Snow Leopard' title='Uninstall Osx Snow Leopard' />Click on the Virtual CD button on the left side of the screen. On the right side of the screen, click the radial button for either Enable VCD if you want to show the VCD, or Disable VCD if you wish to hide it. Click on Apply VCD Settings. Power Cycle your drive. Open My Computer Windows XP, Computer Windows Vista and Windows 7, or File Explorer Windows 8, and verify that the VCD does not appear. Apple may not want you to install macOS on a PC, but it can be done. Heres our guide to running macOS on any computer. How to DisableEnable VCD without Smart. Ware Installed in Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows XPOn your My Passport or My Book hard drive is a small portion of drive space which has been used to create a Virtual CD VCD which appears on your computer as an actual CD volume. Depending on your model of drive the content of the VCD will vary, however it will always contain the WD Unlocker application, and it appears on the screen each time you connect your WD drive to the computer. The VCD cannot be disabled if you wish to use the Drive Lock feature. If you dont wish to use the Drive Lock feature, you can safely disable the VCD. The VCD can be re enabled at any time you want to enable the Drive Lock function. To disable the VCD, follow the steps below. Download the VCD Manager for Windows utility from our website. Unzip the executable. Extract the file using an extraction utilityDouble click WDSmart. Ware. Virtual. CDManagerfor. Uninstall Osx Snow Leopard' title='Uninstall Osx Snow Leopard' />Windows v. Wait for the program to extract. QuickTime is an extensible multimedia framework developed by Apple Inc., capable of handling various formats of digital video, picture, sound, panoramic images, and. Stellar Wipe Mac. File eraser Mac utility to wipe selected files, folders or data from the entire hard drive on Mac OSX. Completely wipes Internet browsing data. Vista OSX Leopard v1. ENGLISH wants convert VISTA or XP in MAC OS LEOPARD without consume much memory, and with a easy installation with only 12 steps. Click Continue. Once the utility has found your drive, verify the serial number shown is the same as the one you wish to hide the VCD on and click Configure Drive. Click Exit. Power Cycle the drive. Open My Computer Windows XP, Computer Windows Vista and Windows 7, or File Explorer Windows 8, and verify that the VCD does not appear. How to DisableEnable VCD with Smart. Ware Installed in Mac OSX 1. Leopard, 1. 0. 6 Snow Leopard, 1. Lion, or 1. 0. 8. Mountain LionOn your My Passport or My Book hard drive is a small portion of drive space which has been used to create a Virtual CD VCD which appears on your computer as an actual CD volume. Depending on your model of drive the content of the VCD will vary, however it will always contain the WD Unlocker application, and it appears on the screen each time you connect your WD drive to the computer. The VCD cannot be disabled if you wish to use the Drive Lock feature. Uninstall Osx Snow Leopard' title='Uninstall Osx Snow Leopard' />If you dont wish to use the Drive Lock feature, you can safely disable the VCD. The VCD can be re enabled at any time you want to enable the Drive Lock function. To disable the VCD, follow the steps below. Download and install the latest version of WD Smartware from the Western Digital website. Reason 5 Music Studio Portable Light there. Once updated launch the WD Smartware software. Click on the Settings Tab. FW1884 Mac OS Drivers v. SoftLCD for Mac OSX 129. KB fw1884softlcdosx14. CalibratedQ MXF Import is a QuickTime component for Importing and Playback of MXF Files within Final Cut Pro, QuickTime Player, and CatDV. As a photographer you know perfect color is essential. ColorMunki Photo ensures your files can be captured, viewed, shared, printed and reproduced accurately every time. MS Paint, the first app you used for editing images, will probably be killed off in future updates of Windows 10, replaced by the new app Paint 3D. Microsoft lists. Since writing my post on configuring multiple versions of Python on OSX with Virtualenv and Macports, Ive switched from Macports to Homebrew as my package. Uninstall Osx Snow Leopard' title='Uninstall Osx Snow Leopard' />Select Set Up Drive. Click on the Virtual CD button on the left side of the screen. On the right side of the screen, click the radial button for either Enable VCD if you want to show the VCD, or Disable VCD if you wish to hide it. Click on Apply VCD Settings. Power Cycle the drive. Open Finder and verify that the VCD does not appear. How to DisableEnable VCD without Smart. Ware Installed in Mac OSX 1. Leopard, 1. 0. 6 Snow Leopard, 1. Lion, or 1. 0. 8. Mountain LionOn your My Passport or My Book hard drive is a small portion of drive space which has been used to create a Virtual CD VCD which appears on your computer as an actual CD volume. Depending on your model of drive the content of the VCD will vary, however it will always contain the WD Unlocker application, and it appears on the screen each time you connect your WD drive to the computer. The VCD cannot be disabled if you wish to use the Drive Lock feature. If you dont wish to use the Drive Lock feature, you can safely disable the VCD. The VCD can be re enabled at any time you want to enable the Drive Lock function. To disable the VCD, follow the steps below. Download the VCD Manager for Mac utility from our website. Open the application folder. Double click Virtual CD Manager. Wait for the program to launch. Click Continue. Once the utility has found your drive, verify the serial number shown is the same as the one you wish to hide the VCD on and click Configure Drive. Click Exit. Power Cycle the drive. Open Finder and verify that the VCD does not appear. How to DisableEnable the VCD in Linux or Unix. Neither the VCD Manager or WD Smart. Ware is available for Linux or Unix. As a result, there is no known way to disable the Virtual CD VCD in these operating systems. Western Digital technical support only provides jumper configuration for internal hard drive and physical installation support for hard drives used in systems running the LinuxUnix operating systems. For setup questions beyond physical installation of your Western Digital hard drive, please contact your LinuxUnix vendor. You may also wish to post on our Community Forums for assistance from other users of our products who may be able to assist you with your issue. 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