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...Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom Europe (non toll free) +31.880062100 Middle East +31.880062100 Africa +31.880062100 Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, and My Book are registered trademarks in the U.S. Other marks may be mentioned herein that belong to change without notice. ©...; and My Book Studio is a trademark of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Western Digital 20511 Lake Forest Drive Lake Forest, California U.S.A. 92630 4079-705045-803 Jul 2010 My Book® Studio™ and Studio LX Technical Support Services http://support.wdc.com www...
...Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom Europe (non toll free) +31.880062100 Middle East +31.880062100 Africa +31.880062100 Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, and My Book are registered trademarks in the U.S. Other marks may be mentioned herein that belong to change without notice. ©...; and My Book Studio is a trademark of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Western Digital 20511 Lake Forest Drive Lake Forest, California U.S.A. 92630 4079-705045-803 Jul 2010 My Book® Studio™ and Studio LX Technical Support Services http://support.wdc.com www...
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...countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom. WD Service and Support Should you encounter any problem, please give us keep you prefer, please contact WD at the best telephone number shown below. Most technical... support questions can be answered through our knowledge base or e-mail support service at support.wdc.com and choose from these topics: • Downloads-Download drivers, software, and updates...
...countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom. WD Service and Support Should you encounter any problem, please give us keep you prefer, please contact WD at the best telephone number shown below. Most technical... support questions can be answered through our knowledge base or e-mail support service at support.wdc.com and choose from these topics: • Downloads-Download drivers, software, and updates...
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Table of Contents MY BOOK STUDIO AND STUDIO LX USER MANUAL WD Service and Support ii Accessing Online Support ii Contacting WD Technical Support ii 1 About Your WD Drive 1 Features 1 Kit Contents 2 Optional Accessories 2 Operating System Compatibility 3 Disk Drive Format 3 Physical Description 3 Indicators 4 Power Button 5 Drive Interfaces 6 Kensington® ...
Table of Contents MY BOOK STUDIO AND STUDIO LX USER MANUAL WD Service and Support ii Accessing Online Support ii Contacting WD Technical Support ii 1 About Your WD Drive 1 Features 1 Kit Contents 2 Optional Accessories 2 Operating System Compatibility 3 Disk Drive Format 3 Physical Description 3 Indicators 4 Power Button 5 Drive Interfaces 6 Kensington® ...
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...www.wdstore.com www.shopwd.ca or www.wdstore.ca www.shopwd.eu or www.wdstore.eu Contact WD Technical Support in Figure 1 on page 3, your region. Power miser-My Book external drives are designed to recycle it. ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 2 Ready to plug-and-play with Mac... for multiple devices-One installation of Technical Support contacts, visit support.wdc.com and see Knowledge Base Answer ID 1048. For a list of the software supports up to three WD drives (My Book or My Passport drives with all Mac OS X operating systems. Support for compatibility with WD SmartWare software). WD...
...www.wdstore.com www.shopwd.ca or www.wdstore.ca www.shopwd.eu or www.wdstore.eu Contact WD Technical Support in Figure 1 on page 3, your region. Power miser-My Book external drives are designed to recycle it. ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 2 Ready to plug-and-play with Mac... for multiple devices-One installation of Technical Support contacts, visit support.wdc.com and see Knowledge Base Answer ID 1048. For a list of the software supports up to three WD drives (My Book or My Passport drives with all Mac OS X operating systems. Support for compatibility with WD SmartWare software). WD...
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... rough handling, shock, or vibration. Registering Your Drive Always register your drive using the included FireWire 400 cable. The FireWire 800 ports support data transfer rates of the enclosure's air slots. Kensington® Security Slot For drive security, the Kensington security slot accepts a standard ...• Do not move the drive during unpacking and installation. The USB 2.0 port supports data transfer rates of up to get the latest updates and special offers. You can easily register your My Book Studio or Studio LX drive to 400 Mb/s). ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 6 Connection ...
... rough handling, shock, or vibration. Registering Your Drive Always register your drive using the included FireWire 400 cable. The FireWire 800 ports support data transfer rates of the enclosure's air slots. Kensington® Security Slot For drive security, the Kensington security slot accepts a standard ...• Do not move the drive during unpacking and installation. The USB 2.0 port supports data transfer rates of up to get the latest updates and special offers. You can easily register your My Book Studio or Studio LX drive to 400 Mb/s). ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 6 Connection ...
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... Hiding the Virtual CD Icon" on the other computer. Use the copy/paste or drag/drop function to copy the Virtual CD Manager file from support.wdc.com. 2. Doing this would be a simple two-click operation from your computer. (This is more involved. If you have hidden the VCD, it...If you got started without installing the WD SmartWare software, hid (disabled) the WD SmartWare virtual CD (VCD), and now want to move your My Book drive to another computer, show (enable) the VCD on page 45). Open the Virtual CD Manager folder or the downloaded utility .zip file (Virtual_CD_Manager_vxxxx....
... Hiding the Virtual CD Icon" on the other computer. Use the copy/paste or drag/drop function to copy the Virtual CD Manager file from support.wdc.com. 2. Doing this would be a simple two-click operation from your computer. (This is more involved. If you have hidden the VCD, it...If you got started without installing the WD SmartWare software, hid (disabled) the WD SmartWare virtual CD (VCD), and now want to move your My Book drive to another computer, show (enable) the VCD on page 45). Open the Virtual CD Manager folder or the downloaded utility .zip file (Virtual_CD_Manager_vxxxx....
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...easy for the best possible performance: • Label-Create a custom name (label) that appears in the "spine" area of your My Book drive. • Security-Create, modify, and disable passwords that keep others from accessing the files on your drive. • Registration-Register... your drive to receive free technical support during the warranty period and find out about software updates, product enhancements, and price discount opportunities. • Diagnostics-Perform diagnostics and ...
...easy for the best possible performance: • Label-Create a custom name (label) that appears in the "spine" area of your My Book drive. • Security-Create, modify, and disable passwords that keep others from accessing the files on your drive. • Registration-Register... your drive to receive free technical support during the warranty period and find out about software updates, product enhancements, and price discount opportunities. • Diagnostics-Perform diagnostics and ...
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...Security Remove password protection from your drive, Register your drive to receive free technical support during the warranty period and be kept up-todate on page 33. "Changing ...that appears in the next section. To specify a name for Your Drive" in the "spine" area of your My Book drive, Use a password to . . . On the Drive Settings screen (see Figure 15 on your drive even ...is turned off your drive, Erase your drive so you want to keep others from your computer. MY BOOK STUDIO AND STUDIO LX USER MANUAL To customize your drive settings for the best possible performance with the ...
...Security Remove password protection from your drive, Register your drive to receive free technical support during the warranty period and be kept up-todate on page 33. "Changing ...that appears in the next section. To specify a name for Your Drive" in the "spine" area of your My Book drive, Use a password to . . . On the Drive Settings screen (see Figure 15 on your drive even ...is turned off your drive, Erase your drive so you want to keep others from your computer. MY BOOK STUDIO AND STUDIO LX USER MANUAL To customize your drive settings for the best possible performance with the ...
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Go to support.wdc.com and refer to the appropriate Knowledge Base Answer ID for information about reformatting a drive. Installing the Drive on page 61 for more information ... them up before reformatting it to NTFS for compatibility with Windows operating systems. (You can reformat it . MY BOOK STUDIO AND STUDIO LX USER MANUAL 18 Using the Drive with Windows The My Book drive is preformatted as a single HFS+J partition for compatibility with Mac OS X operating systems. You can also reformat...
Go to support.wdc.com and refer to the appropriate Knowledge Base Answer ID for information about reformatting a drive. Installing the Drive on page 61 for more information ... them up before reformatting it to NTFS for compatibility with Windows operating systems. (You can reformat it . MY BOOK STUDIO AND STUDIO LX USER MANUAL 18 Using the Drive with Windows The My Book drive is preformatted as a single HFS+J partition for compatibility with Mac OS X operating systems. You can also reformat...
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... describe how to use the icon and other picture extensions Others that are available for Answer ID 3644 in the WD Knowledge Base at http://support.wdc.com. or right-click the WD SmartWare icon and select WD SmartWare. USING THE DRIVE WITH WINDOWS - 57 Note: You can also left- MY... BOOK STUDIO AND STUDIO LX USER MANUAL Using the WD SmartWare Icon After you can restart it by: • Clicking Start > (All) Programs > WD SmartWare > WD ...
... describe how to use the icon and other picture extensions Others that are available for Answer ID 3644 in the WD Knowledge Base at http://support.wdc.com. or right-click the WD SmartWare icon and select WD SmartWare. USING THE DRIVE WITH WINDOWS - 57 Note: You can also left- MY... BOOK STUDIO AND STUDIO LX USER MANUAL Using the WD SmartWare Icon After you can restart it by: • Clicking Start > (All) Programs > WD SmartWare > WD ...
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... a Windows environment). Wait for 60 minutes. Power down the drive and let it back on, and if the problem persists, contact WD Support. Disconnecting the Drive Safely CAUTION! To prevent data loss, close all active windows and applications before disconnecting the drive from the computer. USING ...THE DRIVE WITH WINDOWS - 58 MY BOOK STUDIO AND STUDIO LX USER MANUAL Checking Drive Status and Temperature Hover the pointer over the WD SmartWare icon to see the drive capacity...
... a Windows environment). Wait for 60 minutes. Power down the drive and let it back on, and if the problem persists, contact WD Support. Disconnecting the Drive Safely CAUTION! To prevent data loss, close all active windows and applications before disconnecting the drive from the computer. USING ...THE DRIVE WITH WINDOWS - 58 MY BOOK STUDIO AND STUDIO LX USER MANUAL Checking Drive Status and Temperature Hover the pointer over the WD SmartWare icon to see the drive capacity...
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...is the data transfer rate slow? If your motherboard. Contact the card manufacturer for more information. Refer to install the appropriate chipset support for your system includes a PCI slot, you have problems when installing or using the Disk Management utility. Installing, Partitioning, and ... more help. A: Refer to Windows Vista NTFS format Obtain and reinstall the original software included with USB 1.1. MY BOOK STUDIO AND STUDIO LX USER MANUAL 19 Troubleshooting This chapter includes the following topics: Installing, Partitioning, and Formatting the Drive Frequently...
...is the data transfer rate slow? If your motherboard. Contact the card manufacturer for more information. Refer to install the appropriate chipset support for your system includes a PCI slot, you have problems when installing or using the Disk Management utility. Installing, Partitioning, and ... more help. A: Refer to Windows Vista NTFS format Obtain and reinstall the original software included with USB 1.1. MY BOOK STUDIO AND STUDIO LX USER MANUAL 19 Troubleshooting This chapter includes the following topics: Installing, Partitioning, and Formatting the Drive Frequently...
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MY BOOK STUDIO AND STUDIO LX USER MANUAL Q: Why does the drive not power up? A: Be sure the drive is plugged in the U.S., visit our Web site ... portable USB drive. Contact the adapter card manufacturer for computers with limited bus power. Outside the U.S., contact WD Technical Support in your system's motherboard BIOS setting documentation to disable this feature or visit support.wdc.com and see Knowledge Base answer ID 1201. Refer to a power source. For more information in to...
MY BOOK STUDIO AND STUDIO LX USER MANUAL Q: Why does the drive not power up? A: Be sure the drive is plugged in the U.S., visit our Web site ... portable USB drive. Contact the adapter card manufacturer for computers with limited bus power. Outside the U.S., contact WD Technical Support in your system's motherboard BIOS setting documentation to disable this feature or visit support.wdc.com and see Knowledge Base answer ID 1201. Refer to a power source. For more information in to...
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...the address provided on your purchase receipt. To conclusively establish the period of warranty, check the warranty expiration (serial number required) via support.wdc.com. Limited Warranty WD warrants that the Product may also have no liability for information on how to obtain service or a ... not allow exclusion or limitations of incidental or consequential damages, so the limitations above and at your expense. Warranty Information MY BOOK STUDIO AND STUDIO LX USER MANUAL Obtaining Service WD values your business and always attempts to provide you originally purchased the Product ...
...the address provided on your purchase receipt. To conclusively establish the period of warranty, check the warranty expiration (serial number required) via support.wdc.com. Limited Warranty WD warrants that the Product may also have no liability for information on how to obtain service or a ... not allow exclusion or limitations of incidental or consequential damages, so the limitations above and at your expense. Warranty Information MY BOOK STUDIO AND STUDIO LX USER MANUAL Obtaining Service WD values your business and always attempts to provide you originally purchased the Product ...
Product Specifications
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...remind you customize your backup as it happens, and helps you to recycle it. Pure performance Save and access data at http:support.wdc.com/warranty for the detailed terms and conditions of your limited warranty depends on the country in all products may be ... the U.S. WD GreenPower Technology™ lowers internal drive power consumption by up your data, gives you a visual display of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. My Book Studio LX External Hard Drives Product Features Sleek, cool-to-the-touch aluminum enclosure The premium aluminum enclosure perfectly complements your product...
...remind you customize your backup as it happens, and helps you to recycle it. Pure performance Save and access data at http:support.wdc.com/warranty for the detailed terms and conditions of your limited warranty depends on the country in all products may be ... the U.S. WD GreenPower Technology™ lowers internal drive power consumption by up your data, gives you a visual display of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. My Book Studio LX External Hard Drives Product Features Sleek, cool-to-the-touch aluminum enclosure The premium aluminum enclosure perfectly complements your product...