Quick Install Guide (pdf)
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... Une « déclaration de conformité » aux directives applicables a été déposée auprès de Western Digital Europe. MaschinenlärminformationsVerordnung 3. Consultare il manuale d'uso in dotazione al CD per EN ISO 7779. Consulte o manual do usuário... lukien EMC-direktiivi (2004/108/EC), sekä alijännitedirektiivi (2006/95/EC). My Book® Studio Edition™ II Technical Support Services support.wdc.com www.westerndigital.com 800.ASK.4WDC 800.832.4778 +800.6008.6008 00800.27549338 +31.880062100 North ...
... Une « déclaration de conformité » aux directives applicables a été déposée auprès de Western Digital Europe. MaschinenlärminformationsVerordnung 3. Consultare il manuale d'uso in dotazione al CD per EN ISO 7779. Consulte o manual do usuário... lukien EMC-direktiivi (2004/108/EC), sekä alijännitedirektiivi (2006/95/EC). My Book® Studio Edition™ II Technical Support Services support.wdc.com www.westerndigital.com 800.ASK.4WDC 800.832.4778 +800.6008.6008 00800.27549338 +31.880062100 North ...
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Table of Contents 1 WD Service and Support 1 Registering Your WD Product 1 2 Getting Started 2 Kit Contents 2 Optional Accessories 2 Compatibility 3 Recording Your WD Product Information 3 Precautions 4 3 About Your WD Drive 5 Format and Configuration 5 LED ...
Table of Contents 1 WD Service and Support 1 Registering Your WD Product 1 2 Getting Started 2 Kit Contents 2 Optional Accessories 2 Compatibility 3 Recording Your WD Product Information 3 Precautions 4 3 About Your WD Drive 5 Format and Configuration 5 LED ...
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MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 1 WD Service and Support Should you prefer, please contact WD at the best telephone number shown below. Accessing Online Support Visit our product support website at register.wdc.com. Register online at support.wdc.com and choose from these topics: ...and Data Recovery Information. • Knowledge Base - Search by keyword, phrase, or answer ID. • Installation - WD SERVICE AND SUPPORT - 1 Download drivers, software, and updates for the entire warranty period and our extensive knowledge base is free for your first telephone ...
MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 1 WD Service and Support Should you prefer, please contact WD at the best telephone number shown below. Accessing Online Support Visit our product support website at register.wdc.com. Register online at support.wdc.com and choose from these topics: ...and Data Recovery Information. • Knowledge Base - Search by keyword, phrase, or answer ID. • Installation - WD SERVICE AND SUPPORT - 1 Download drivers, software, and updates for the entire warranty period and our extensive knowledge base is free for your first telephone ...
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... cable (9-pin to 6-pin) • AC adapter* • Quick Install Guide • Software CD Software CD Quick Install Guide My Book Studio Edition II FireWire 800 cable FireWire 800 to 400 cable USB cable AC adapter (U.S.-only)* or Global AC adapter configurations* *This product may ship with ... accessories for extra assurance of data safety. Optional Accessories For more information on your WD product. Outside the U.S., visit support.wdc.com. This user manual provides step-by-step installation instructions and other important information regarding your region. only).
... cable (9-pin to 6-pin) • AC adapter* • Quick Install Guide • Software CD Software CD Quick Install Guide My Book Studio Edition II FireWire 800 cable FireWire 800 to 400 cable USB cable AC adapter (U.S.-only)* or Global AC adapter configurations* *This product may ship with ... accessories for extra assurance of data safety. Optional Accessories For more information on your WD product. Outside the U.S., visit support.wdc.com. This user manual provides step-by-step installation instructions and other important information regarding your region. only).
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MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL Compatibility Macintosh • Any of the device. FireWire 800 or 400 port - Important: For highest performance and reliability, it from recognizing the ... user's hardware configuration and operating system. * For a list of compatible eSATA cards, search our knowledge base at support.wdc.com for setup and technical support. USB port - See our Knowledge Base Article# 2754 at support.wdc.com for answer ID# 1524. † Windows XP/2000 has a known limitation that you install the latest...
MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL Compatibility Macintosh • Any of the device. FireWire 800 or 400 port - Important: For highest performance and reliability, it from recognizing the ... user's hardware configuration and operating system. * For a list of compatible eSATA cards, search our knowledge base at support.wdc.com for setup and technical support. USB port - See our Knowledge Base Article# 2754 at support.wdc.com for answer ID# 1524. † Windows XP/2000 has a known limitation that you install the latest...
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...drive and restore the system. Disconnect and power down My Book. Each section represents approximately 17 percent of the drive. MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 3 About Your WD Drive Format and Configuration This WD device is preformatted to cool down for 1-2 hours then ... Over-temperature condition* * If this drive is preformatted, the first section is illuminated upon installation. ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 5 This product also supports RAID 1 (Mirrored) mode for extra data protection with Macintosh operating systems and is pre-configured for RAID 0 (Striped) mode for Windows" on...
...drive and restore the system. Disconnect and power down My Book. Each section represents approximately 17 percent of the drive. MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 3 About Your WD Drive Format and Configuration This WD device is preformatted to cool down for 1-2 hours then ... Over-temperature condition* * If this drive is preformatted, the first section is illuminated upon installation. ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 5 This product also supports RAID 1 (Mirrored) mode for extra data protection with Macintosh operating systems and is pre-configured for RAID 0 (Striped) mode for Windows" on...
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Interfaces MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL Power button LED FireWire eSATA Kensington® Security Slot USB FireWire - USB - The industry standard interface for most Windows-based computers. Kensington ... host computer. Connection to a USB 1.1 device transfers data at FireWire 400 speed (up to 3 Gb/s data transfers. USB 2.0 is equipped with a Kensington Security Slot, which supports a standard Kensington security cable (sold separately). FireWire 800 has a maximum data transfer rate of 800 Mb/s and is equipped with USB 1.1. Up to 480 Mb...
Interfaces MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL Power button LED FireWire eSATA Kensington® Security Slot USB FireWire - USB - The industry standard interface for most Windows-based computers. Kensington ... host computer. Connection to a USB 1.1 device transfers data at FireWire 400 speed (up to 3 Gb/s data transfers. USB 2.0 is equipped with a Kensington Security Slot, which supports a standard Kensington security cable (sold separately). FireWire 800 has a maximum data transfer rate of 800 Mb/s and is equipped with USB 1.1. Up to 480 Mb...
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... the wall adapter to the system, and WD Drive Manager will appear in the My Book Studio Edition II screen and follow the instructions as prompted. 11. Click Accept to the DC power input at support.wdc.com for your AC power receptacle. 13. Connect the adapter's DC cable plug to ...accept the license agreement and continue with a different AC adapter configuration, depending on your computer. 14. Your My Book Studio Edition II is the correct plug type for ...
... the wall adapter to the system, and WD Drive Manager will appear in the My Book Studio Edition II screen and follow the instructions as prompted. 11. Click Accept to the DC power input at support.wdc.com for your AC power receptacle. 13. Connect the adapter's DC cable plug to ...accept the license agreement and continue with a different AC adapter configuration, depending on your computer. 14. Your My Book Studio Edition II is the correct plug type for ...
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... on your computer and wait for the operating system to load. 2. Your My Book Studio Edition II is the correct plug type for this device 5. MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL eSATA Note: The eSATA interface does not support WD Drive Manager 1. Verify that plug type of the product. The unit will power ... power adapter is now installed and ready to install the backup software now, double-click the WD Anywhere Backup icon in the My Book Studio Edition II screen and follow the instructions as prompted. 6. Connect the adapter's DC cable plug to your computer. 10. SETTING UP - 10
... on your computer and wait for the operating system to load. 2. Your My Book Studio Edition II is the correct plug type for this device 5. MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL eSATA Note: The eSATA interface does not support WD Drive Manager 1. Verify that plug type of the product. The unit will power ... power adapter is now installed and ready to install the backup software now, double-click the WD Anywhere Backup icon in the My Book Studio Edition II screen and follow the instructions as prompted. 6. Connect the adapter's DC cable plug to your computer. 10. SETTING UP - 10
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...My Computer and is recommended that you use . Go to complete the process. The Windows 2000 and Windows XP Disk Management utility cannot support the format of a FAT32 partition larger than 32GB. Dynamic partitions cannot be created on an external hard drive. Click Next to verify ...FAT16 or FAT32). Click Finish to support.microsoft.com and search for Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 184006 for additional information. 19. After the formatting process completes, My Book appears as the file system (you selected. 20. SETTING UP - 15 MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL Note: In ...
...My Computer and is recommended that you use . Go to complete the process. The Windows 2000 and Windows XP Disk Management utility cannot support the format of a FAT32 partition larger than 32GB. Dynamic partitions cannot be created on an external hard drive. Click Next to verify ...FAT16 or FAT32). Click Finish to support.microsoft.com and search for Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 184006 for additional information. 19. After the formatting process completes, My Book appears as the file system (you selected. 20. SETTING UP - 15 MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL Note: In ...
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...WD RAID Manager, click the WD Drive Manager menu extra icon and point to WD My Book. This product also supports RAID 1 (Mirrored) mode for maximum capacity and accelerated performance. My Book Studio Edition II is preformatted for HFS+ (Journaled) and is a tool designed to help you proceed, make sure to ...back up all files stored in My Book onto another storage device. MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 6 WD RAID Manager for Mac WD RAID Manager is preconfigured for RAID 0 (Striped) mode for data protection which dedicates half the...
...WD RAID Manager, click the WD Drive Manager menu extra icon and point to WD My Book. This product also supports RAID 1 (Mirrored) mode for maximum capacity and accelerated performance. My Book Studio Edition II is preformatted for HFS+ (Journaled) and is a tool designed to help you proceed, make sure to ...back up all files stored in My Book onto another storage device. MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 6 WD RAID Manager for Mac WD RAID Manager is preconfigured for RAID 0 (Striped) mode for data protection which dedicates half the...
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... formats the disk as a single volume using a partition map type which best matches the Macintosh model the drive is currently connected to support.wdc.com and search for answer ID# 1787. Select the desired RAID configuration and device format and click Configure. 3. The HFS+ ... with an HFS Extended w/ Journal volume using the format and RAID type specified. For information on how to make your action. MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 1. On Macintosh computers with Intel processor(s), a GUID Partition Table is created. When prompted to authenticate your My Book bootable ...
... formats the disk as a single volume using a partition map type which best matches the Macintosh model the drive is currently connected to support.wdc.com and search for answer ID# 1787. Select the desired RAID configuration and device format and click Configure. 3. The HFS+ ... with an HFS Extended w/ Journal volume using the format and RAID type specified. For information on how to make your action. MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 1. On Macintosh computers with Intel processor(s), a GUID Partition Table is created. When prompted to authenticate your My Book bootable ...
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...supports RAID 1 (Mirrored) mode for maximum capacity and accelerated performance. Select the desired RAID configuration by clicking RAID 0 or RAID 1 (the following completion of the new RAID setting. Select Quick NTFS format if you want the drive formatted automatically following example shows RAID 1). Configuring RAID My Book Studio Edition...device. 1. To configure or change the RAID setting, select the device from the menu and click Next. 2. MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 7 WD RAID Manager for Windows WD RAID Manager is preconfigured for RAID 0 (Striped) mode for data ...
...supports RAID 1 (Mirrored) mode for maximum capacity and accelerated performance. Select the desired RAID configuration by clicking RAID 0 or RAID 1 (the following completion of the new RAID setting. Select Quick NTFS format if you want the drive formatted automatically following example shows RAID 1). Configuring RAID My Book Studio Edition...device. 1. To configure or change the RAID setting, select the device from the menu and click Next. 2. MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 7 WD RAID Manager for Windows WD RAID Manager is preconfigured for RAID 0 (Striped) mode for data ...
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... is written to which will otherwise prevent successful safe shutdown. MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 8 Turning Off/Disconnecting the Device Auto-off My Book turns off automatically when you may disconnect the device safely. CAUTION: eSATA does not support Safe Shutdown. Windows Right-click on , first follow these steps to turn...
... is written to which will otherwise prevent successful safe shutdown. MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 8 Turning Off/Disconnecting the Device Auto-off My Book turns off automatically when you may disconnect the device safely. CAUTION: eSATA does not support Safe Shutdown. Windows Right-click on , first follow these steps to turn...
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... and disconnect all of the computer before handling the device. REPLACING A DRIVE - 27 MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 9 Replacing a Drive My Book Studio Edition II is a limited user-serviceable product which require replacement. When contacting Technical Support, have received the replacement drive(s), follow the steps below to release the latch and open the...
... and disconnect all of the computer before handling the device. REPLACING A DRIVE - 27 MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 9 Replacing a Drive My Book Studio Edition II is a limited user-serviceable product which require replacement. When contacting Technical Support, have received the replacement drive(s), follow the steps below to release the latch and open the...
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How to install My Book Studio Edition II on a Windows or Macintosh computer use My Book Studio II Edition with your computer system service My Book Studio Edition II to replace a hard drive change the RAID setting of a WD My Book Studio Edition II format the drive to Mac OS ... ID 1691 1717 1709 1465 287 207 34 1787 1425 1729 TROUBLESHOOTING - 30 10 MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL Troubleshooting If you have problems when installing or using this product, visit our support Web site at support.wdc.com and search our knowledge base for more help.
How to install My Book Studio Edition II on a Windows or Macintosh computer use My Book Studio II Edition with your computer system service My Book Studio Edition II to replace a hard drive change the RAID setting of a WD My Book Studio Edition II format the drive to Mac OS ... ID 1691 1717 1709 1465 287 207 34 1787 1425 1729 TROUBLESHOOTING - 30 10 MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL Troubleshooting If you have problems when installing or using this product, visit our support Web site at support.wdc.com and search our knowledge base for more help.
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... Caviar are trademarks of someone other companies. © 2009 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL Warranty Information Obtaining Service WD values your business and always attempts to provide you originally purchased the Product or visit our product support Web site at support.wdc.com for Product return. To conclusively establish the...
... Caviar are trademarks of someone other companies. © 2009 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL Warranty Information Obtaining Service WD values your business and always attempts to provide you originally purchased the Product or visit our product support Web site at support.wdc.com for Product return. To conclusively establish the...
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Index MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL A Auto-off 25 C Capacity gauge 4 CE compliance 30 Compatibility, system 2 Compliance, regulatory 30 Configuring RAID 16, 21 Connecting the device 7, 9 D Device connecting 7, 9 ... 25 Safe Shutdown 25 Safety compliance 30 Service, WD 30, 32 Software supplied on CD 6 WD RAID Manager-Mac 16 WD RAID Manager-Windows 21 Support, WD 32 System compatibility 2 T Troubleshooting 29 Turning off the device 25 U UL 30 Underwriters Laboratories Inc. 30 USB 5 W Warranty 30 Warranty, limited 31 WD service...
Index MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL A Auto-off 25 C Capacity gauge 4 CE compliance 30 Compatibility, system 2 Compliance, regulatory 30 Configuring RAID 16, 21 Connecting the device 7, 9 D Device connecting 7, 9 ... 25 Safe Shutdown 25 Safety compliance 30 Service, WD 30, 32 Software supplied on CD 6 WD RAID Manager-Mac 16 WD RAID Manager-Windows 21 Support, WD 32 System compatibility 2 T Troubleshooting 29 Turning off the device 25 U UL 30 Underwriters Laboratories Inc. 30 USB 5 W Warranty 30 Warranty, limited 31 WD service...
Product Specifications
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... the detailed terms and conditions of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. One gigabyte (GB) = one trillion bytes. Studio Edition and WD GreenPower Technology are registered trademarks in the U.S. Back up important projects to upgrade a drive? Want to multiple destinations including file servers, portable drives and My Book. See at support.wdc.com/warranty for 5-years, unless...
... the detailed terms and conditions of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. One gigabyte (GB) = one trillion bytes. Studio Edition and WD GreenPower Technology are registered trademarks in the U.S. Back up important projects to upgrade a drive? Want to multiple destinations including file servers, portable drives and My Book. See at support.wdc.com/warranty for 5-years, unless...