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Sep 25, 2008 actually, my situation is a bit different i believe my wd world edition 500gbi bought it refurb about 2 years ago has a bad hdd, and it was failing to boot, even if it booted up, it worked only for 1minute or less before freezing. Replace hard drive in mybook world blue ring other. Hi all, i have an old mybook world blu ring, single drive, it was the 500gb version, the hard drive was removed a few years ago an now is missed, but bot the enclusure and the hard drive was working good. Wd wdh1nc0n 1tb my book world edition network hard drive. Wd introduces my book world edition ii 1tb external hard. Wd my book world edition white solved windows 10 forums. Switch to raid1 configuration for redundancy and to mirror data on the wd red drives inside.
Essential edition, home edition, office edition, mirror edition, studio edition, premium edition, elite edition, pro edition, av dvr live edition, and the world edition. Inside are two hard disk drive mechanisms, configured outofthebox in raid level 1 mirrored mode. Wd my book world edition white light 3 tb upgrade disassembly. How to fix bricked wd my book world edition white light or. Wd mybookworld ii edition 2 tb other network drives wd. They also feature an extra usb host port to allow to use usb drive. Only top led is blinkingflashing and mbwe doesnt appear in my network environment. My book world edition can be your homes central media hub. 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. Western digital my book world edition ii 4tb dualdrive. Wd offers my book mirror edition desktop raid computerworld. My book drives are designed to look like a standard black hardback book, with the exception of the. If your product is not listed above, please visit the product page. Luckily, some of the necessary data already been backing up on another nas synology 2bay drive.
Several weeks ago, when cleaning the house, i am accidentally drop my wd mybook world when trying to rearrange its location in the house. Similar situation is withwd my book world edition i white light or with my previous hdd that has stopped working. How to recover data from bricked wd my book world edition. Jun 15, 2014 i had a failing wd mybook external hard drive, but instead of just throwing away the whole thing, i simply replaced the hard drive that resides inside the case. Restore the software on a mybook world edition hard drive. Where the sharespace has four drives the my book has only one, but the software and.
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Using this appliance is like carrying as much as a terabyte of content with you wherever you go and knowing that your personal content is safe at home. The my book duo drive has massive capacity for storing photos, videos, documents and music. Im planning to replace the hard drives on my wd my book world edition ii. Apr 10, 2009 without a doubt, the 1tb western digital my book world edition is the easiest to use nas ive ever tried. Is it possible to change hdd for 4 gb wd red ifixit. Few things are more upsetting than having a piece of hardware that doesnt work. Western digital my book opening the case removing the. Raid0 mode provides superfast performance with up to 360mbs2 sequential read speeds using the usb typec port. When i use one old and one new hd in the box, box boots up, in the configration menu old hd 1tb new one 2tb shows and as usual raid 1 capacity is 1tb. Theres virtually no setup, its remotely accessible and works flawlessly on both. In that case i solder oxe800 ic and finally my device began to work. In march, western digital announced an extension to their my book studio edition ii dualdrive storage system. You can change or replace harddisk with another sata drive.
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This ending up damaging the hard disk causing me a lot of data lost. Replace hard drive in mybook world blue ring wd community. How to recover or rebuild firmware of bricked wd my book world edition white light or installreplace brand new hard disk s. Feb 14, 2015 forum forum my book world edition white light replace 1tb for 2tb or 4tb. This 1tb drive attaches to your network with a gigabit ethernet connection for fast data transfers. A usb typec port with all cables included makes it universally compatible supports. Upgrading wd my book world edition ii white light 2tb to.
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Wd mybook essential enclosure and non wd replacement drive. I have a my book home edition 1 tb, and unfortunatly i tried to update the firmware. I had a failing wd mybook external hard drive, but instead of just throwing away the whole thing, i simply replaced the hard drive that resides inside the case. The dualdrive model my book world edition ii is preconfigured for maximum capacity as a large single spanned volume. How to recover or rebuild firmware of bricked wd my book world edition white light or installreplace brand new hard disks also following questions will find. Hey all, i have a spare wd mybook enclosure and a spare 500gb seagate sata drive. Available in various editions from essential, to premium to world edition. 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 9. However, the world book white edition ii is only compatible with wd green hdds which are no longer produced. First connects the hard disk that will replace broken hard disk, followed by opening disk management application in windows. This is a dead no longer functioning western digital mybook usb external hard disk drive. Designed for home users, creative professionals, workgroups, and anyone looking for shared storage, the western digital wdg1nc0n my book world edition 1 tb ethernet network storage system offers a surprisingly simple and secure way to access and share your data, presentations, and photos at home, in the office, and anywhere in the world even when your local computer. I am thinking of buying the western digital my book essential external hard drive maybe 160 gb.
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My book is a series of external hard drives produced by western digital. Wd my book world edition white after building a pc with win 10, ive not had my wd my book world edition used for a good while, decided to plug it in and install the drivers etc. Ive bought the wd caviar red to replace the current hard drive. Western digital my book opening the case removing the drive i recently needed to removed the drive from a western digital my book external usbesata drive enclosure. I do have another 500gb disk available to replace the hdd. Also i have added a heat sink to absorb heat for oxe800 sata to ethernet controller. Designed for home users, creative professionals, workgroups, small offices and anyone looking for shared storage, wd s my book world edition ii offers a surprisingly simple and secure way to access and share data, pictures, and music at home, in the office and anywhere in the world even when your local computer is turned off. To remove the cover of the my book, you will need a flathead screwdriver.