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... Book Thunderbolt Duo brings performance to create, edit, render and save your creative endeavors without notice. WD Drive Utilities™ Register your drive, run diagnostics, manage drive formatting in which your product was purchased. Where creativity meets performance Daisy chain up to change without hesitation. and/or other countries. Pictures shown may be replaced when the existing drives...
... Book Thunderbolt Duo brings performance to create, edit, render and save your creative endeavors without notice. WD Drive Utilities™ Register your drive, run diagnostics, manage drive formatting in which your product was purchased. Where creativity meets performance Daisy chain up to change without hesitation. and/or other countries. Pictures shown may be replaced when the existing drives...
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... Customizing Your My Book Thunderbolt Duo Device 10 Checking Device Health 10 Managing the RAID Configuration 12 Checking the Device Status 12 Changing the Device Configuration 13 Erasing the Device Drives 16 Registering the Device 18 Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image 19 Safely Dismounting the Device Drives 20 4 Replacing a Drive 21 Determining Which Drive Failed 21...
... Customizing Your My Book Thunderbolt Duo Device 10 Checking Device Health 10 Managing the RAID Configuration 12 Checking the Device Status 12 Changing the Device Configuration 13 Erasing the Device Drives 16 Registering the Device 18 Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image 19 Safely Dismounting the Device Drives 20 4 Replacing a Drive 21 Determining Which Drive Failed 21...
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... and workflow flexibility in less time with groundbreaking data transfer speeds using Thunderbolt technology. If either drive fails, your data is protected because it yourself. Your My Book Thunderbolt Duo dual-drive storage device provides a fast way to get information to and from your...replace a drive, just open the case and do it is duplicated on the other drive saves a second copy. One of your data. MY BOOK THUNDERBOLT DUO USER MANUAL 11 About Your WD Storage Device Welcome to your My Book® Thunderbolt™ Duo dual-drive storage device, featuring revolutionary Thunderbolt...
... and workflow flexibility in less time with groundbreaking data transfer speeds using Thunderbolt technology. If either drive fails, your data is protected because it yourself. Your My Book Thunderbolt Duo dual-drive storage device provides a fast way to get information to and from your...replace a drive, just open the case and do it is duplicated on the other drive saves a second copy. One of your data. MY BOOK THUNDERBOLT DUO USER MANUAL 11 About Your WD Storage Device Welcome to your My Book® Thunderbolt™ Duo dual-drive storage device, featuring revolutionary Thunderbolt...
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REPLACING A DRIVE - 21 MY BOOK THUNDERBOLT DUO USER MANUAL 14 Replacing a Drive This chapter includes the following topics: Determining Which Drive Failed Contacting WD Technical Support Removing and Replacing the Drive Determining Which Drive Failed Whether the application is running or not, the WD Drive Utilities software continuously monitors the operational condition of your My Book Thunderbolt Duo drives. When a drive fails, the utility displays a warning message, depending...
REPLACING A DRIVE - 21 MY BOOK THUNDERBOLT DUO USER MANUAL 14 Replacing a Drive This chapter includes the following topics: Determining Which Drive Failed Contacting WD Technical Support Removing and Replacing the Drive Determining Which Drive Failed Whether the application is running or not, the WD Drive Utilities software continuously monitors the operational condition of your My Book Thunderbolt Duo drives. When a drive fails, the utility displays a warning message, depending...
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... the top cover button to http://support.wdc.com and see the serial number. Removing and Replacing the Drive Your My Book Thunderbolt Duo dual-drive storage device is still operational, safely dismount the drives from your My Book Thunderbolt Duo device enclosure. You can easily replace the hard drives inside the enclosure. Important: Only use WD Caviar® Green™ hard...
... the top cover button to http://support.wdc.com and see the serial number. Removing and Replacing the Drive Your My Book Thunderbolt Duo dual-drive storage device is still operational, safely dismount the drives from your My Book Thunderbolt Duo device enclosure. You can easily replace the hard drives inside the enclosure. Important: Only use WD Caviar® Green™ hard...
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... thumbscrew that determine the drive designations used by the WD Drive Utilities software. MY BOOK THUNDERBOLT DUO USER MANUAL 7. Using the pull tab, carefully lift the faulty drive out of the enclosure: The drive in the right enclosure slot REPLACING A DRIVE - 23 A B Switching the drives from the front of the enclosure: Note: Though the drives are labeled Drive A and Drive B, it is their...
... thumbscrew that determine the drive designations used by the WD Drive Utilities software. MY BOOK THUNDERBOLT DUO USER MANUAL 7. Using the pull tab, carefully lift the faulty drive out of the enclosure: The drive in the right enclosure slot REPLACING A DRIVE - 23 A B Switching the drives from the front of the enclosure: Note: Though the drives are labeled Drive A and Drive B, it is their...
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REPLACING A DRIVE - 24 MY BOOK THUNDERBOLT DUO USER MANUAL 9. Replace the drive cover plate and secure it is fully inserted: 10. Gently slide the replacement drive assembly into the enclosure until it with the thumbscrew: 3 1 2 Note: Do not overtighten the thumbscrew.
REPLACING A DRIVE - 24 MY BOOK THUNDERBOLT DUO USER MANUAL 9. Replace the drive cover plate and secure it is fully inserted: 10. Gently slide the replacement drive assembly into the enclosure until it with the thumbscrew: 3 1 2 Note: Do not overtighten the thumbscrew.
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... your device: If your My Book Thunderbolt Duo device do not reappear. If you have more than one with the drive you replaced on the WD Drive Utilities screen and click RAID Management > Status to your striped RAID 0 disk array. (Continued) REPLACING A DRIVE - 25 Verify that you replaced and Online for the other drive This indication means that the status...
... your device: If your My Book Thunderbolt Duo device do not reappear. If you have more than one with the drive you replaced on the WD Drive Utilities screen and click RAID Management > Status to your striped RAID 0 disk array. (Continued) REPLACING A DRIVE - 25 Verify that you replaced and Online for the other drive This indication means that the status...
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... the rebuild operation completes, the device status display shows: • Current Configuration - f. Online • Drive A Status - e. Online Your device is ready to use . (Continued) REPLACING A DRIVE - 26 Verify that the Finder listing and desktop icon for your My Book Thunderbolt Duo device reappear. Online Your device is ready to use . A striped RAID 0 disk array (continued) A mirrored...
... the rebuild operation completes, the device status display shows: • Current Configuration - f. Online • Drive A Status - e. Online Your device is ready to use . (Continued) REPLACING A DRIVE - 26 Verify that the Finder listing and desktop icon for your My Book Thunderbolt Duo device reappear. Online Your device is ready to use . A striped RAID 0 disk array (continued) A mirrored...
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... page 17 to erase/reformat the replacement drive. Make sure you did not replace reappear. MY BOOK THUNDERBOLT DUO USER MANUAL If your computer, select the one with the drive you have to format it using the WD Drive Utilities Drive Erase function. Verify that the Finder listing and desktop icon for the My Book Thunderbolt Duo drive that the Finder listing and...
... page 17 to erase/reformat the replacement drive. Make sure you did not replace reappear. MY BOOK THUNDERBOLT DUO USER MANUAL If your computer, select the one with the drive you have to format it using the WD Drive Utilities Drive Erase function. Verify that the Finder listing and desktop icon for the My Book Thunderbolt Duo drive that the Finder listing and...
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...Australian Competition and Consumer Act or the New Zealand Consumer Guarantees Act. Western Digital Technologies, Inc. 3355 Michelson Drive, Suite 100 Irvine, California 92612 E-mail: [email protected] COMPLIANCE AND...other reasonably foreseeable loss or damage. You are unable to a major failure. MY BOOK THUNDERBOLT DUO USER MANUAL Warranty Information (Australia/New Zealand) Nothing in this warranty, WD or...legal rights under this warranty are entitled to other warranties either repair or replace the Product with guarantees that your Product in an approved shipping container, ...
...Australian Competition and Consumer Act or the New Zealand Consumer Guarantees Act. Western Digital Technologies, Inc. 3355 Michelson Drive, Suite 100 Irvine, California 92612 E-mail: [email protected] COMPLIANCE AND...other reasonably foreseeable loss or damage. You are unable to a major failure. MY BOOK THUNDERBOLT DUO USER MANUAL Warranty Information (Australia/New Zealand) Nothing in this warranty, WD or...legal rights under this warranty are entitled to other warranties either repair or replace the Product with guarantees that your Product in an approved shipping container, ...
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...ii, 30, 31 WD technical support, contacting ii INDEX - 33 MY BOOK THUNDERBOLT DUO USER MANUAL Index A Accessories, optional 2, 3 B Box contents 2 C CAUTION about disconnecting the system 20 about erasing the drives 16 China RoHS compliance 29 Compliance, regulatory 28 Configurations, RAID 1 Connecting ... 5 Product features 1 Q Quick drive test 11 R RAID Management Configuration dialog 13 Status display 12 RAID modes 1 configuration, changing 13 status, checking 12 Registering the device 18 Registration dialog 19 Regulatory compliance 28 Replacing a drive 21 Restoring the software disk image ...
...ii, 30, 31 WD technical support, contacting ii INDEX - 33 MY BOOK THUNDERBOLT DUO USER MANUAL Index A Accessories, optional 2, 3 B Box contents 2 C CAUTION about disconnecting the system 20 about erasing the drives 16 China RoHS compliance 29 Compliance, regulatory 28 Configurations, RAID 1 Connecting ... 5 Product features 1 Q Quick drive test 11 R RAID Management Configuration dialog 13 Status display 12 RAID modes 1 configuration, changing 13 status, checking 12 Registering the device 18 Registration dialog 19 Regulatory compliance 28 Replacing a drive 21 Restoring the software disk image ...