Yes, but for niche scenarios.

Why specifically v1.80? Western Digital released subsequent versions (1.85, 2.0, etc.) that introduced two significant changes:

Thus, wd-discovery-v1.80.zip is preserved as a "time capsule" utility—one that allows technicians to unlock password-protected WD external drives or disable the automount feature of the virtual CD without triggering a destructive firmware patch.

When you extract and run the executable inside wd-discovery-v1.80.zip, you unlock the following capabilities:

Once you have safely acquired wd-discovery-v1.80.zip, follow these steps:

Do not run this software on a machine with other critical drives connected. Unplug all non-essential USB devices. The utility can sometimes misinterpret drive signatures.