Appears when the wd smartware software cannot find a valid volume or. Cant find mybook in windows hacking wd mybook world ed. I can connect fine from any xp or 2003 system with no problems at all. Mar 06, 2009 the western digital my book world edition is a fast, plugandplay, simpletouse nas server that unfortunately lacks many features and has subpar remote access performance. Western digital released yesterday a firmware update for the mybook world edition i and ii network drives, to version 01.
I have tried connecting the my book directly to my computers ethernet port it does the same thing. Sep 21, 20 page 1 of 2 my book world edition white light not responding posted in external hardware. The wd my book world editions sevenpage quick install guide is about as simple as it gets in terms of getting a product set up and operational. How to setup my book world edition ii i found some help about how to do this but a it was spread across many different sources and b wasnt always accurate, so i decided to post my own howto and how not to for the mbweii. Twice now i have had problems formatting a new western digital my book external drive under 10. Remove the 4 screws holding the hard drive to the metal carrier. I have had problems with a wd my book world ii before mapping drives. In attempting to map the drive for the my book using the vista pc the drives drop down menu gives me three folders. From memory it was peculiar to one workstation as im pretty sure my laptop could map and browse to it. I can access the admin account on my router but that is the limit of my knowledge.
My pc running xp could see the device but was not able to map the drives. Hi there i am having issues with my external hard drive wd my book. Western digital wd tv live user manual pdf download. They have more options in terms of security as to their drives could be set in raid. May 20, 2009 the wd my book world editions sevenpage quick install guide is about as simple as it gets in terms of getting a product set up and operational quickly. Wd my book world edition nas device page 3 hothardware. Wd my book external hard drive stoped working posted in external hardware. Wd my book world edition missing files yahoo answers.
Apr 29, 2012 the 2tb drive is the wd caviar that came from my mybook world edition. Cannot map wd mybook nas drive windows 10 microsoft community. Connect the removed physical drive to usb port using whatever adapter you have and power up the drive. In our 30 years of experience, we have successfully recovered viable data from hard drives, solid state drives, raid arrays and more. No matter from which win 7 system i try to connect from, with all security software shut off, it wont accept my password even though i know its correct. Western digital wd tv live user manual pdf download manualslib. Hard drive replacement for western digital my book world. When i click on network on the pc, the macbook doesnt show up. Western digital my book opening the case removing the drive. Cannot map wd mybook nas drive windows 10 microsoft. The western digital my book world edition is a fast, plugandplay, simpletouse nas server that unfortunately lacks many features and has subpar remote access performance.
Mybookworld white light not able to map drives wd community. I have a mybook world edition white light 2tb nas i dont think its a world edition 2. Apr 19, 2017 hi there, i use my mybook world edtion in my lan since a few years, i was always able to access it via my local lan since yesterday it seems like the device doenst boot properly anymore as soon as i turn it ob, it starts working and it sounds like it boots normally, but however, i cannot access it via network, no chance to reach it i rebooted it a few times i used the reset switch. I have a wd mybookworld 2tb network drive that was purchased and installed on my network as a backup drive for windows computers.
My book world edition user manual getting started 4 getting started format and configuration my book world edition is preformatted as a linux file system. My book drives are designed to look like a standard black hardback book, with the exception of the. Western digital my book recovery hard drive data recovery. Cannot map wd mybook nas drive windows 10 since updating to windows 10 wish i hadnt i can no longer access files on my nas drive. From it you can stream photos, music, and videos to your home entertainment centre all you need is the my book world edition drive and a digital media adapter or a game console like an xbox 360 or playstation 3, and.
Apr 16, 2010 my book world edition 1 my dad installed this on our network and i tried to access it. The next day i went to transfer more files to it and it was like the files werent there. I want to use time machine software to backup my macs. I want to use time machine software to backup my macs to the network drive. Wd my book external hard drive stoped working external hardware. According to the manual, the mybook supports both the cifssmb and the nfs protocols. Mapping western digital my book world edition whitelight super. Hi have a my world book white light wd link can find the device and i can access via configure. I am running one computer with vista and will have two with xp put on the network as soon as they are back from the shop. For more information, see drive management on page 41. Cant map my book world white light in win 10 wd community. Mapping drive to wd my book world tech support guy. Its a white book, western digital my book world device.
Oct 23, 2008 while back i got a wd my book home edition and one day it just stopped working. I have a 1tb wd mybook world edition white light version with a 1tb wd mybook connected via the usb port on the we. While back i got a wd my book home edition and one day it just stopped working. I uploaded some files to it and deleted them from my computer. Buy wd my book world edition 1 tb network attached storage. I recently needed to removed the drive from a western digital my book external. Wd mybooklive smb problems support roon labs community.
Essential edition, home edition, office edition, mirror edition, studio edition, premium edition, elite edition, pro edition, av dvr live edition, and the world edition. The first time this happened, i found an obscure firmware update at western digitals forums. From it you can stream photos, music, and videos to your home entertainment center. If the wd my book world edition get its ip address via dhcp and the device reboots for any reason, there is chance that the devices ip address. Unable to see any of the folder shares to map to a drive. Thanks, i just bought a western digital my book essential 500gb about 10 minutes ago on. Here is how to get at your data from a failed 1tb wd my book world blue ring.
Im sorry but i cant for the life of me remember the fix. So to me, it simply means my pc cant read the wd any longer. How to recover data from bricked wd my book world edition. Pulled it out yesterday thinking yes, this is the day i set it up and then things went dow. How do i mount a wd mybook world network drive in linux. Oct 31, 2009 i am attempting to set up a my book world ii on my network. Our experts are ready to recover data from your failed western digital my book drive. I cant connect to my wd mybook world edition from win 7.
When i used my enclosure, fdisk produced a list with my four partitions right at the bottom. My book world edition can be your homes central media hub. The secret to reformatting a western digital wd 1tb my. Setting up ssh on western digital my book world devices. I needed to set it up to allow the backup scripts ssh access without a password. Hello, i have two my book world edition white light network hdds from wd and theyve worked fine. Im trying to set up 4 machines to connect via mapped network drives without the need for a usernamepassword to be supplied.
Im planning to replace the hard drives on my wd my book world edition ii. I can see it as a device, but cannot go into file explorer and move files around etc. May 20, 2009 if the wd my book world edition get its ip address via dhcp and the device reboots for any reason, there is chance that the devices ip address could change. Ah, ive ended up with one of those nas wd world editions blue rings, 2tb without a cd. From it you can stream photos, music, and videos to your home entertainment centre all you need is the my book world edition drive and a digital media adapter or a game console like an xbox 360 or playstation 3, and your masterpiece is there on the big screen. Wd my book studio 4tb mac external hard drive storage usb 3.
Help rescuing the data from my mybook world edition avforums. Hi, i have an imac computer with the latest snow leopard os as the main computer, this is connected to an airport extreme, which in turn is connected to an edimax ar7084ga router, the latter is turned off wirelessly and is only used for the modem, i have a wd mybook network drive connected to the airport extreme via an ethernet cable, my windows xp os connects faultlessly to the internet. Since your device is a nas not a computer, you cannot install on it a running programs. Western digital my book world edition 1tb home network. Page 1 of 2 my book world edition white light not responding posted in external hardware. Downloads download software and updates for your wd product at.
Click on the name of the attached storage device in the map network share list, then select an available drive letter. The other day it decided that it no longer wants to boot up i think maybe the internal power has gone tried another power adapter but it still buzzes and beeps, and clicks and does that little whir that drivers do when they start up, except it stops abruptly then repeats. Wd my book external hard drive stoped working external. Give the my book a local static ip and open the port that is uses for the ftp through the routers firewall toward the static ip. Oct 05, 2010 i have a wd mybookworld 2tb network drive that was purchased and installed on my network as a backup drive for windows computers. Hello, i have two my book world edition white light network hdds from wd. Uses your web browser to connect to the wd online store at. Hi, ive searched for a solutiion on this to no avail, so if im repeating a topic, my apologies in advance. Western digital my book external hard drive my book is a series of external hard drives produced by western digital. I have a my book world drive that appears to be working correctly. Install optware packages its essential for the enduser to install. I am attempting to set up a my book world ii on my network. I have followed one of the faqs on the western digital web site which mentions accessing the shared storage manager and followed the procedure. Nov 15, 2015 i have had problems with a wd my book world ii before mapping drives.
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My goal is only transferring the data to another nas. We cannot deliver certain products outside mainland uk details. The computer is connected to the router, the macbook is connected to a wap, which is connected to a switch, which is connected to the router. The dualdrive model my book world edition ii is preconfigured for maximum capacity as a large single spanned volume. Read speeds up to 2000mbs to decrease load times and get you into the game faster. The wd netcenter and wd my book world edition hard drive uses a proprietary file system and cannot be reformatted as fat32, ntfs, or a macintosh file system. Wd my book studio 2tb mac external hard drive storage usb 3. From what i gather, the mybook live is hardly a fullfeatured nas, but anyway. There are a couple of things id like to try to do, and would like some opinionsoptions. My book world edition 1 my dad installed this on our network and i tried to access it. The file system on the wd netcenter and the wd my book world edition hard drive supports access from windows, macintosh and most linux based computer systems through a samba network.
Im hoping this post will prove very useful when the hard drive arrives and i get started using it as i have been warned by some other users about formatting problems regarding this. My book is a series of external hard drives produced by western digital. All you need is the my book world edition drive and a digital media adapter or a game console like xbox 360 or playstation. Hi there, i use my mybook world edtion in my lan since a few years. Hi, i have an imac computer with the latest snow leopard os as the main computer, this is connected to an airport extreme, which in turn is connected to an edimax ar7084ga router, the latter is turned off wirelessly and is only used for the modem, i have a wd mybook network drive connected to the airport extreme via an ethernet cable, my. On the connect to dropbox dialog box click sign in. My book duo desktop raid storage user manual western digital. All you need is the my book world edition drive and a digital media adapter or a game console like xbox 360 or playstation 3, and your masterpiece is there on the big screen. I cannot connect to it via the network router or directly connecting to the. Use a client ftp to connect from the outside to the nas. Hi there, i use my mybook world edtion in my lan since a few years, i was always able to access it via my local lan since yesterday it seems like the device doenst boot properly anymore as soon as i turn it ob, it starts working and it sounds like it boots normally, but however, i cannot access it via network, no chance to reach it i rebooted it a few times i used the reset switch.
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