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Folder share is not accessible during volume rebuild. Looking to get an external hard drive for backups and i cant decide. A scheduled task is added to windows task scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times the schedule varies depending on the version. The equivalent specd wd red 8tb nas hard disk drive 5400 rpm class sata 6 gbs 128mb cache 3. However, i use it in a mac environment and it was very simple to reformat it for mac os x. The wd system tray utility starting reporting it as degraded. Apr 07, 2020 western digitals my book lives on with the pro model being the quickest external raid storage solution created by wd. Wd mybook live duo raid 0 fails to mount data volume cant. My book raid manager by western digital technologies. Western digital today announced an upgraded version of the wd my book live that can host two internal hard drives. There was no way to select physical drive 1, so i am assuming uh oh that.
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Western digital my book 8tb and my passport 4tb external hdds. It includes the autobackup software, but im using leopard 10. Unlike some other people with this problem, my hard drive isnt showing up on my pc windows 7 or my husbands macbook air, and although it has a flashing blue light when plugged in, it isnt making that spinning sound, which has me worried it might be a gonner. Compra western digital wd my book duo hard disk desktop usb 3. Click accept to accept the license agreement and continue with the installation. I have the drives plugged into a pci 94 controller card. Wd my book mac edition 2tb external desktop hard drive usb 2. The new nas server is called my book live duo and comes in 4tb or 6tb capacities. Unita di storage western digital mybook duo 12 tb tutto digitale. Western digital wdg2t0n my book premium edition ii 1. Apr 11, 2017 i ran into some serious issues with my wd my book duo raid hard drive. Wd 4 tb my passport for mac portable hard drive time machine ready with password protection.
Western digital wd my book duo hard disk desktop usb 3. Windows 7 asks me to install a driver for wd called ses device. Reconfigure the drive to raid1 for redundancy data mirroring, or use it as two independent drives jbod with the included wd drive utilities software. You can use the wd drive utilities software to customise the way your drive works and setup automatic backups to ensure you dont lose documents, photos, videos and other files. Hi guys, i have western digital external hdd 2 tb green that seems to have stopped working.
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To configure or change the raid setting, click on a device from the. Hdd size limit blue ring nas hacking wd mybook world ed. Often it will prompt me with raid error please run wd software or something to that effect which is not exactly what you want to hear when the entire point of. Wd my book external drive not working posted in external hardware.
Cannot run backup to wd my book after installing 360 v 5. Insert the external hard disk and check if the driver is getting install or not. My book raid manager by western digital technologies should. I ran into some serious issues with my wd my book duo raid hard drive. Western digital wdg2t0n my book premium edition ii 1 tb. This item wd my book mac edition 2tb external desktop hard drive usb 2.
I have a degraded wd my book usb external raid configured for raid 1 mirror, with a total capacity of 1tb for the raid volume. Wd diagnostics by western digital technologies should i. To launch wd raid manager, click the wd drive manager menu extra icon and point to wd my book. Frankly, i thought that it was necessary to use the wd software. Is there a way to switch to letting os x mavericks manage the raid 1. Solved western digital world book edition 2 problem with. The applications installer is commonly called wddrivemanager225. Wd my book studio i just got the newersmaller my book studio made formatted for the mac. Wd raid manager for mac wd raid manager is a tool designed to help you easily manage your raid system, including changing the raid configuration and formatting the device.
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Wd 20tb my book duo desktop raid external hard drive usb 3. The wd my book duo raid drive makes it easy to keep a backup copy of your important files. If youre feeling brave, you can follow the advice of other answers here and take the thing apart and check each individual d. Performance benchmarks western digital my book 8tb and. Based on what i ahve been reading, it seems as though os x can do it. Wd my book external drive not working external hardware. Seagate 8 tb expansion amazon special edition usb 3. Dotato del software wd backup per windows e della compatibilita con apple time machine per mac, lhard disk per desktop my book puo eseguire il backup di. View online or download western digital wd5000e032 my book pro user manual. Now through the raid settings the only way to activate this disk into a raid 1 formation is to submit that the second disk must be in raid 1, but the warning is. Our experts are ready to recover data from your failed western digital my book drive. Western digital wd5000e032 my book pro pdf user manuals. One is older, just usb and firewire and its connected by usb. How to fix an error in raid configuration on a western.
I downloaded and ran the data lifeguard diagnostics utility and it ran a diag on physical drive 2 with a status of passed. External works fine on win 7 but the raid software that allows you to configure does not work. I have a wd my book live duo device which i used as a network drive with a raid1 configuration. Wd ships my book duo, an 8tb raid storage system for. Wd mybook live duo raid 0 fails to mount data volume. The most popular version among the software users is 2. This free mac application was originally produced by western digital. Make sure this fits by entering your model number usb 2. The things that the my passport option has in favor is the portability and not having to use an extra wall socket to power it up it only uses its usb 3 cable. The first interesting comparison in the table below is between the my book with the 5400 rpm helioseal drive and the gtechnology gdrive with thunderbolt over usb 3. If you want to install the backup software now, doubleclick the wd anywhere backup icon in the my book studio edition ii screen and follow the instructions as prompted. View and download western digital wd serial ata raid controller quick install manual online. Wd my book mac edition 2tb external desktop hard drive usb. My book raid manager runs on the following operating systems.
Wd ships my book duo, an 8tb raid storage system for desktop. It is backing up the drive via time machine as i am typing this and its very fast via fw800 and as. Restart the computer, let vista find the drivers by it self. The bundle identifier for wd raid manager for mac is com. Wd my book premium edition 1tb external windows 7 help forums. My book western digital archivia western digital store. You have to plug the drive into an available usb port connected directly to the motherboard. Western digitals my book lives on with the pro model being the quickest external raid storage solution created by wd. Do western digital external drives still have issues.
Product title wd 6tb my book desktop external hard drive usb 3. Windows 10 wd mybook not recognized anywhere on my dell. Wd 12tb my book duo desktop raid external hard drive usb 3. Why isnt my wd my book external hard drive being recognized. Wd offers my book mirror edition desktop raid macworld. There seems to be a lot of information online specifying that even if users dont set a password to encrypt their data on a wd external, the data is still encrypted and locked to the enclosure. I can access the nas drive via the wd dashboard in the web browser via its ip number and access all functions. If your product is not listed above, please visit the product page. The most frequent installation filenames for the software are. Jun 24, 2014 wd announces the availability of the usb 3.
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