Previous Topic Next Topic

Can WD My Passport external Hard Disk be traced?

Closed
CH - Aug 24, 2017 at 11:59 AM
RolandJS
Posts
21
Registration date
Saturday August 26, 2017
Status
Member
Last seen
October 19, 2017
 - Aug 26, 2017 at 04:51 PM
I lost my harddisk somehow can it is possible that the manufacturer or cops can trace it.Please help me

2 replies

Answer 1 / 2
xpcman
Posts
19532
Registration date
Wednesday October 8, 2008
Status
Contributor
Last seen
June 15, 2019
 1,968
Aug 24, 2017 at 01:14 PM
unless you installed special tracking software there is no way to trace your hardware.
0
CH
Aug 24, 2017 at 04:15 PM
I doesn't install software by myself but can it be traced by WD MY SECURITY or WD MY UTILTY software as they came pre-installed so is their any chances they can track it for me
0
Answer 2 / 2
RolandJS
Posts
21
Registration date
Saturday August 26, 2017
Status
Member
Last seen
October 19, 2017
 1
Aug 26, 2017 at 04:51 PM
I might be wrong, however, I thought those WD utilities are concerned only with hard-drive encryption and maybe the backup/restore operations.
0