Need help!!!

[Bob Gaither]

I have an external hard drive I can’t unlock.  Four years of my business is locked up in there!  Here are the details:

	-You were recommended to me by a friend who works on computers.
	-I have above average computer knowledge & skills, having had a computer repair business
	   (Mac, Windows, hardware, software).  I tell you this hoping you will know I’m not
	   computer illiterate (though not your caliber!) & can see hope in helping me.
	-I have a 4 year old landscaping business & depend on my computer more than I realized,
	   until now…

Here is the hardware I’m using:
	
	-13” MacBook Pro (Yosemite)
	-WD “My Passport for Mac” external hard drive

And here’s my dilemma:

	-My previous external hard drive (Maxtor) failed a couple of weeks ago.
	     Last time backed up was mid October, but can’t access it.
	-Purchased the WD Passport a little over a week ago.
		-I installed it, & put a password on it when the installation prompted
		   me to do so, not even thinking I don’t really need it.  Brain freeze…
	-Macbook hard drive failed this last weekend.
		-Apple Store confirmed this last Monday.
		-I installed same day & took to Apple to get Yosemite back on.
		-Went home, attached the WD Passport…can’t remember the
		   password.  I had put it on my computer quickly, in a sub-folder
		   in Mac Mail, but didn’t transfer it to a more accessible location.

     I have been nearly dead in the water without access to this information.  WD tells me there is no way to recover & will have to wipe the drive and start over.   Chris, my friend here, thinks that one of your applications can help.  I can’t take a chance of losing this information, & I’m a small business owner who can’t afford data recovery services.  If you have the time, could you have someone call me & help me work through this?  I’m at my wits end…

Regards,
	Bob Gaither
	Gaither Enterprises
	Knoxville TN
	(865) 766-9564