The drive receives power and the light will blink on and off constantly. For shipping to the united kingdom visit this page wd my book 8tb. My book is a series of external hard drives produced by western digital. Ive bought my my book pro ii several days ago with the only aim. Yup, im aware of the recent problems western digital has with the actual cloud implementation of their my cloud networkattached storage devices. When jbodd as two 2 tb disks, they mount, and then unmount 3 seconds later, remount and reunmount until they stop mounting. Windows 7 loses contact with western digital my book mirror 2. When you plug it in, an icon should show up in my computer windows or on the desktop mac.
All in a sleek enclosure that complements your modern desktop. I am trying to decide between a generic external case and the western digital one. How to stop my my book 3tb from going to sleep wd community. After shutting down the computer from start\shut down the led status light on the wd external drive continues to flash slowly.
Perhaps an app can try to read from the drive every x amount of time to keep it awake. We delete comments that violate our policy, which we encourage you to read. When this happens, i restart the computer, and the drive usually reappears. Creating a video playlist on 2tb wd my book live how. What im curious about is whether the wd my cloud nas system is a viable alternative to their my book external portable hard drives for local. If your product is not listed above, please visit the product page. Wd my book usb windows wd my book usb 2 windows pc 2. Any advantages for nas local storage with wd my cloud. Just open it up and copy the files you want to it just like any other drive.
Appears listed on the hard drive, but does not load. I love it and it works like i charm, except for one issue. Just activate password protection and set your own personalized password. And if i click on it, tells me the perimeter is incorrect so cannot access to the wd my book 2. I am thinking of buying the western digital my book essential external hard drive maybe 160 gb. Zur messung des schreib durchsatzes haben wir ein gro. This will prevent the hard drives within the wd mybook live duo from going to low power sleep mode, and will make the drive more readily accessible. However, i use it in a mac environment and it was very simple to reformat it for mac os x. My book avtv instantly add dedicated storage to your recordable tv.
Users all around the world complain on problems when using some models of wd my book external drives usbfirewire and this is the reason im writing this note in english. I have the exact same problem with a wd my passport pro 4 tb. The bar that determines the space of the used or free disk does not appear. I have been working on it for two weeks but i could not a find any way to disable the sleep. Jan 15, 2017 i got a my book 1140 2tb, when i connect it to my computer also tried on 2 other laptops, 1. The problem i have is the annoying sleep mode, ive scoured the web for weeks trying to find a way to turn it off or disable it but cant find any answers. Im ruhemodus sind es 11,7 watt, im betrieb 14,8 watt. Led after shutdown external drives for pc wd community. From the knowledge base sleep and standby modes computers that go to sleep or standby mode will cause the backup job to stop. The wd windows 8 app makes it easy to discover the digital media stored on your my book drive with your windows 8 computer.
You would have to remove the drive from the nas enclosure and connect it directly to a pc using a usb conversion adapter in order to wipe it with a secure delete tool. I have it connected to my system via usb 3 running windows 7 professional. Perfectly paired with wd bac wd 4tb my book desktop external hard drive usb 3. The wd drive utilities desktop shortcut icon if you created one when you installed the application start all programs western digital wd apps wd drive utilities see figure 4 on page 8. I wanted to use it in raid1 mirrored mode as my external storage and backup.
Unable to read device, usb module not working hey, i have a 2 tb wd my book external hdd, and recently it has stopped working. Password protection with hardware encryption the my book drive s builtin 256bit aes hardware encryption with wd securitysoftware helps keep your content private and safe. The software they include is sometimes utilities to do backups automatically. Western digital my book external hard drive my book is a series of external hard drives produced by western digital. Im not concerned about that my dsl is too slow for online cloud storage to be a factor anyway. The wd 8tb my book duo external hard drive is one of the bigger dual drives in the my book line but theres also a 12tb version. Product overview secure your precious memories on my book desktop storage.
Wd 2tb elements portable external hard drive usb 3. I bought 2 4tb my book essentials, i took the disk out and replaced them with a 250gb seagate, and a hsgt 2tb. Softraid every time my external western digital my book 10tb wakes up from sleep. Western digital external hard drives my book currys. Solving wd my book standby mode issue r a d z i s h e v. But i cant get it to go into standby mode blue light. While the wd my book and wd passport family drives feature power management and sleep behavior settings, this is not the case for the wd elements family, and depends on system settings. Problem installing western digital my book and element 2tb. Fur versand nach osterreich, besuchen sie bitte wd my book 8tb. Western digital my book problem question and answer dti. With wd s windows 8 app, its easy to discover the digital media stored on your my book drive with your windows 8 computer. This high performance external hard drive comes equipped with up to 6 tb of storage capacity for storing your important files, documents and other media contents. Wds automatic, continuous backup software works quietly in the background to help protect your data using minimal pc resources.
Experience the convenience of alexa, now on your pc. My book features up to 4 tb capacity, to store and protect all the chapters of your digital life. Protect your files with wd smartware automatic, continuous backup. If you have more than one supported drive connected to your computer, select the one that you want to set. The pdf user manual states that a slow flashing led means system standby mode.
Unless otherwise stated, the content of this page is licensed under creative commons attributionsharealike 3. Hey, i have a 2 tb wd my book external hdd, and recently it has stopped working. Ive never used the wd software, so i cant provide details on that. Preventing the computer from sleeping or going into standby mode will allow the backup process to complete in a timely manner. Seagate stgy8000400 desktop 8tb external hard drive hdd usb 3. My book drives are designed to look like a standard black hardback book, with the exception of the. This is my second my book my first one is a 1 tb yes that old. Is there a way to either prevent the drive from sleeping. Wd my book essential wdbacw0020hbk hard drive 2 tb usb. Jun 27, 2007 i am thinking of buying the western digital my book essential external hard drive maybe 160 gb. Drive keeps going to sleep external drives for pc wd. Wd my book essential wdbacw0020hbk hard drive 2 tb. The answer to the question will wd backup work if the computer is asleep is obviously no.
Just in case i want to put in a larger drive later, or if the internal one fails. Wd my book 6tb desktop hard drive expand your desktop pc storage capacity with the wd my book 6tb usb 3. I have tried this in the past with this particular drive and it did not work. There have been a couple firmware updates since then its been a couple years and now it appears to work properly. Mybook io error when waking up from sleep softraid. Steht im windows store kostenlos zum download bereit. Wd earsgreen 2tb cannot disable power savinghead parking. Western digital tech had me use disk management my computercomputer management to reassign the my book drive from f. Unfollow wd my book 2tb to stop getting updates on your ebay feed.
Wd backup when computer is asleep wd software wd community. When formatted in raid 0, it mounts as a 4 tb disk and stays mounted as expected. Apr 23, 2009 when you plug it in, an icon should show up in my computer windows or on the desktop mac. Your content is automatically displayed and organized so you can easily locate and enjoy your photos, videos and music.
Nov 07, 2009 i successfully installed windows 7 on my computer this week, but the computer sometimes loses contact with my western digital mirror 2 terabyte hard drive. Fur versand nach deutschland, besuchen sie bitte wd my book 8tb. Essential edition, home edition, office edition, mirror edition, studio edition, premium edition, elite edition, pro edition and the world edition. Like the earlier question i have a 1tb western digital my book hard drive and when i plug it in to the usb port the computer detects and the instillation wizard pops up saying that it has been successfully installed but i cannot find my hard drive. My book live wont go into standby mode wd community. I was wondering if anyone knew if the hard drive is user replaceable. Drives not waking after sleep external drives for mac wd. Wd external drive automatically unmounts ask different. Btw i emailed a company xl development and they wrote back. It can be configured in raid 0, 1 or as a jbod drive. Wd 2 tb elements portable external hard drive usb 3. The head was definitely still parking itself quite frequently and not the 5.
Only the one i was was recording was hd though, i will try to avoid this type of use, as it. How to prevent wd mybook live duo from going to sleep. My book features up to 4 tb capacity, to store and protect all the chapters of. Ive switched off my laptop and the only thing the my book is connected to is my router, so it should go to sleep, but it has had a green light on it all day, which blinks now and again. Ive got intel rst with link power disabled, but i believe. Essential edition, home edition, office edition, mirror edition, studio edition, premium edition, elite edition, pro edition, av dvr live edition, and the world edition. Wd my book essential wdbacw0020hbk hard drive 2 tb usb 3. Magyarorszagra torteno kiszallitasert tekintse meg ezt a termekoldalt. Standby modus deaktivieren externe laufwerke wd community. This item wd 4tb my book desktop external hard drive usb 3. Reduce transfer time by up to 3 times when compared to usb 2.
Can i replace the hard drive on a western digital my book. Those nas devices usually have their own software and proprietary file system running that prevent secure delete tools from working properly. Thanks lj50 the problem is the program does not see the drives on the network and i do not see how while using that diagnostic to browse for additional drives. Forum category hacking wd mybook world ed my book live. Windows 7 loses contact with western digital my book.
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