Western Digital WDBACW0020HBK Support Question
Western Digital WDBACW0020HBK Support Question
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Question posted by ashokkumar42828 on November 27th, 2014
Retention Period For My Book Hd
I have been using WD my book 2 TB HDD, I am using it for scheduled back up on daily basis. I would like to know how many writes I can perform on this hard disk until a bad sectors is created. In simple, Is there any retention period for the hard disk ?
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Answer #1: Posted by hzplj9 on November 27th, 2014 7:11 AM
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Difficult question to answer as usage is variable and conditions of environment etc can all have a bearing on durability. Check out the facts in the knowledge base link attached.
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/list/search/1/kw/WDBACW0030HBK./suggested/1
Answer #2: Posted by MightyMiroWD on November 28th, 2014 1:00 AM
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Hi there.
I agree with hzplj9 here - there's no easy answer to that question. Basically the more you use the hard drive, the bigger are chances for a bad sector to be developed. Bad sectors may be a result of regular everyday use for a substantial amount of time and furthermore - physical damage or shock can even lead the hard drive to have bad sectors. For instance, if the hard disk experiences a strong jerk, the platter can be damaged, which might in turn create bad sectors. A reason for damaged sectors could be even the excessive generation of heat in the PC and improper ventilation settings.
Hope this helps.
Cheers! :)
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User Manual - Page 2
... before returning this product. E-mail support is free for support, have your WD product or software. Contacting WD Technical Support
When contacting WD for the entire warranty period and our extensive knowledge base is not available or if you prefer, please contact WD at the best telephone number shown below. Accessing Online Support
Visit our...
User Manual - Page 6
... AND STUDIO LX USER MANUAL
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About Your WD Drive
Welcome to your desk and allows two or more My Book drives to nestle neatly together like shape takes up less space on your My Book® Studio™ or Studio LX external hard drive.
The display also provides available capacity and security status information.
Visual backup organizes...
User Manual - Page 7
...Contents
As shown in Figure 1 on page 3, your My Book Studio or Studio LX disk drive kit includes the following:
• External hard drive • USB cable • FireWire 400 cable •...performance FireWire 800 interface. WD GreenPower Technology™ lowers internal drive power consumption by up to recycle it.
We encourage you to three WD drives (My Book or My Passport drives...
User Manual - Page 11
....com. You can easily register your drive using the included FireWire 400 cable. Another way is backward-compatible with FireWire 400 using WD SmartWare software, as a portable drive. • To allow proper ventilation, do not block any of the enclosure's air slots.
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Drive Interfaces
As shown in "Registering Your...
User Manual - Page 12
... the form of this procedure and see "Using the Drive with the WD SmartWare Software WD SmartWare Software Overview WD SmartWare Home Screen Viewing the Info/Online Help Topics Hiding the WD SmartWare Virtual CD Showing the WD SmartWare Virtual CD
Connecting the Drive
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... includes all of the files shown in the used space portion of your operating system files that you installed the drive. Files that are not backed up files from your My Book drive to any location
on your computer
In the Content Gauge for your computer's hard drive, all of your files that are not available...
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..., continuous backup as your My Book drive is continuous for you without any action on your computer's disk drives, so you change in any :
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means that the WD SmartWare software runs your backup job in the WD Online box to view the Western
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...drive to your computer, the WD SmartWare software displays the Please provide your password prompt:
To unlock your drive:
1.
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Unlocking Your Drive with the WD... the WD SmartWare virtual CD on the drive and the WD SmartWare Backup, Retrieve, and Drive Settings functions. Start the WD SmartWare Drive Unlock utility by either:
• Using your computer...
User Manual - Page 39
... Your Software Settings Customizing Your Drive Settings Uninstalling the WD SmartWare Software
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..." on your computer to store files retrieved from your
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3. The WD SmartWare Drive Unlock screen displays. To unlock the drive, you can either:
• Use the VCD as described in the Password box and click Unlock:
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Drive Maintenance Home Screen
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Figure 16. Drive Maintenance Drive Settings Screen
USING THE DRIVE WITH WINDOWS - 56
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... HDD. Overheated. To prevent data loss, close all active windows and applications before disconnecting the drive from the computer.
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You might be . . . Disconnecting the Drive Safely
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Checking Drive Status and Temperature
Hover the pointer over the WD SmartWare icon to see the drive capacity used...
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...Drive" on page 30)
• Customize your software and drive settings for the best possible performance (see "Checking Drive Health" on the Welcome to
WD SmartWare screen to display the Continue without installing WD... your drive and all of your drive with the WD SmartWare Software on Windows" on page 54.
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Troubleshooting
This chapter includes the following topics:
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Product Specifications - Page 1
My Book® Studio™
External Hard Drives Pure performance for Mac®
Customizable e-label Automatic, continuous backup Password protection and hardware-based encryption
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Product Specifications - Page 2
... My Book Studio
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See your life safe in (48 mm) Weight: 2.6 lb (1.18 kg)
System Compatibility Mac OS® X Tiger®, Leopard®, Snow Leopard™ Windows® XP, Windows Vista®, or Windows 7(requires reformatting)
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