Windows 10: how do I restore a system image from a Western Digital external drive locked with their...

I reformatted a crashed drive and created a USB recovery drive.


I successfully reinstalled Windows 10 on the drive but I really would prefer to restore the drive from a disk image I created some time ago.


Unfortunately the disk image is on a a Western Digital external drive that is locked with their unlock.exe program which cannot be disabled or deleted.


As far as I can see, the "repair disk/troubleshoot/system image recovery" provides no options for accessing a disk image on a locked drive.


Any suggestions on how to proceed?

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anywhere.

 

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Western Digital USB Backup Drive and MS Auto Optimization

I have a Western Digital external USB drive that automatically backs up files.

After upgrading to Win 10 I was surprised to see that it was listed with C:, etc. and it appears to be there because Win 10 intends to analyze and optimize it. I don't think Win 10 should be messing with the files on the Western Digital drive because the
WD s/w will probably not be able to retrieve anything. Thanks.

Two questions:

- is Win 10 going to try and optimize the WD drive and files?

- if so, how do I remove it from the list?