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... Union übereinstimmt. In adempimento con le vigenti direttive è stata rilasciata una "Dichiarazione di conformità", depositata presso Western Digital Europe. Märkning av CE-symbolen anger att detta systemet uppfyller kraven enligt det Europeiska Parlamentet och Rådets direktiv, ... 7779. Hierzu zählen auch die EMV-Richtlinie (2004/108/EG) sowie die Niederspannungsrichtlinie (2006/95/EG). My Book® Studio Edition™ II Technical Support Services support.wdc.com www.westerndigital.com 800.ASK.4WDC 800.832.4778 +800.6008.6008 00800...
... Union übereinstimmt. In adempimento con le vigenti direttive è stata rilasciata una "Dichiarazione di conformità", depositata presso Western Digital Europe. Märkning av CE-symbolen anger att detta systemet uppfyller kraven enligt det Europeiska Parlamentet och Rådets direktiv, ... 7779. Hierzu zählen auch die EMV-Richtlinie (2004/108/EG) sowie die Niederspannungsrichtlinie (2006/95/EG). My Book® Studio Edition™ II Technical Support Services support.wdc.com www.westerndigital.com 800.ASK.4WDC 800.832.4778 +800.6008.6008 00800...
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... warranty period and our extensive knowledge base is available 24/7. Get Warranty, Product Replacement (RMA), RMA Status, and Data Recovery Information. • Knowledge Base - MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 1 WD Service and Support Should you encounter any problem, please give us keep you prefer, please contact WD at the best telephone...
... warranty period and our extensive knowledge base is available 24/7. Get Warranty, Product Replacement (RMA), RMA Status, and Data Recovery Information. • Knowledge Base - MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 1 WD Service and Support Should you encounter any problem, please give us keep you prefer, please contact WD at the best telephone...
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... For the latest WD product information and news, visit our website at www.westerndigital.com. MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 2 Getting Started Thank you for purchasing My Book® Studio Edition™ II, the storage solution of data safety. only). Kit Contents • Dual-drive ...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...
... For the latest WD product information and news, visit our website at www.westerndigital.com. MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 2 Getting Started Thank you for purchasing My Book® Studio Edition™ II, the storage solution of data safety. only). Kit Contents • Dual-drive ...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...
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... technical support. Important: For highest performance and reliability, it from recognizing the full capacity of drives greater than 2 TB. FireWire 800 or 400 port - MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL Compatibility Macintosh • Any of the following : - USB port -
... technical support. Important: For highest performance and reliability, it from recognizing the full capacity of drives greater than 2 TB. FireWire 800 or 400 port - MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL Compatibility Macintosh • Any of the following : - USB port -
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MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL Precautions WD products are precision instruments and must be damaged by rough handling, shock, or vibration. Drives may be handled with care during activity. • Do not use My Book as a portable device. • To avoid overheating, do not block air slots on top of the enclosure. Be...
MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL Precautions WD products are precision instruments and must be damaged by rough handling, shock, or vibration. Drives may be handled with care during activity. • Do not use My Book as a portable device. • To avoid overheating, do not block air slots on top of the enclosure. Be...
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...System standby Moving up the device. You can replace the failed drive and restore the system. ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 5 MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 3 About Your WD Drive Format and Configuration This WD device is preformatted to which must be preserved. For more ...The Capacity Gauge is updated automatically as the drive is not available in use Alternating checkerboard pattern Transitioning from bottom to cool down My Book. This product also supports RAID 1 (Mirrored) mode for extra data protection with Macintosh operating systems and is pre-configured for RAID ...
...System standby Moving up the device. You can replace the failed drive and restore the system. ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 5 MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 3 About Your WD Drive Format and Configuration This WD device is preformatted to which must be preserved. For more ...The Capacity Gauge is updated automatically as the drive is not available in use Alternating checkerboard pattern Transitioning from bottom to cool down My Book. This product also supports RAID 1 (Mirrored) mode for extra data protection with Macintosh operating systems and is pre-configured for RAID ...
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... device is equipped with two FireWire 800 interfaces. USB - Connection to a USB 1.1 device transfers data at FireWire 400 speed (up to 400 Mb/s). Interfaces MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL Power button LED FireWire eSATA Kensington® Security Slot USB FireWire - Kensington Security Slot For drive security, this device is equipped with...
... device is equipped with two FireWire 800 interfaces. USB - Connection to a USB 1.1 device transfers data at FireWire 400 speed (up to 400 Mb/s). Interfaces MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL Power button LED FireWire eSATA Kensington® Security Slot USB FireWire - Kensington Security Slot For drive security, this device is equipped with...
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Copy Application Software allows you to back up the software included with this application. It features automatic backup to multiple destinations and synchronization of working files to keep them current. ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 7 A user guide and online help are included with the following bonus software. MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL Software In addition to WD Drive Manager, this WD product is an intuitive and robust backup and recovery application that provides around-the-clock data protection. WD Anywhere Backup™ (Mac and Windows) is shipped with this device.
Copy Application Software allows you to back up the software included with this application. It features automatic backup to multiple destinations and synchronization of working files to keep them current. ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 7 A user guide and online help are included with the following bonus software. MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL Software In addition to WD Drive Manager, this WD product is an intuitive and robust backup and recovery application that provides around-the-clock data protection. WD Anywhere Backup™ (Mac and Windows) is shipped with this device.
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... CD-ROM drive. 3. WD Drive Manager enables the capacity gauge and Safe Shutdown™ and also installs WD RAID Manager. SETTING UP - 8 Click Install. MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 4 Setting Up Macintosh FireWire or USB® Important: Follow the steps below to load. 2. Double-click the WDDriveManager.dmg icon. 6. Turn on...
... CD-ROM drive. 3. WD Drive Manager enables the capacity gauge and Safe Shutdown™ and also installs WD RAID Manager. SETTING UP - 8 Click Install. MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 4 Setting Up Macintosh FireWire or USB® Important: Follow the steps below to load. 2. Double-click the WDDriveManager.dmg icon. 6. Turn on...
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... the DC power input at support.wdc.com for your computer. 14. Plug one end of the product. The unit will appear in the My Book Studio Edition II screen and follow the instructions as prompted. 11. If you want to the system, and WD Drive Manager will power up and mount to... 800 to use. *This product may ship with the installation. 9. Click Quit. 10. Plug the other end of your AC power receptacle. 13. Your My Book Studio Edition II is the correct plug type for answer ID# 1729. Verify that plug type of the interface cable into an available port on your region...
... the DC power input at support.wdc.com for your computer. 14. Plug one end of the product. The unit will appear in the My Book Studio Edition II screen and follow the instructions as prompted. 11. If you want to the system, and WD Drive Manager will power up and mount to... 800 to use. *This product may ship with the installation. 9. Click Quit. 10. Plug the other end of your AC power receptacle. 13. Your My Book Studio Edition II is the correct plug type for answer ID# 1729. Verify that plug type of the interface cable into an available port on your region...
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...will power up and mount 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. MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL eSATA Note: The eSATA interface does not support WD Drive Manager 1. Connect the adapter's DC cable ... now installed and ready to load. 2. SETTING UP - 10 Turn on the back panel. 13. Double-click the CD-ROM drive icon. 4. Your My Book Studio Edition II is the correct plug type for this device 5. Connect the wall adapter to recognize the device.
...will power up and mount 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. MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL eSATA Note: The eSATA interface does not support WD Drive Manager 1. Connect the adapter's DC cable ... now installed and ready to load. 2. SETTING UP - 10 Turn on the back panel. 13. Double-click the CD-ROM drive icon. 4. Your My Book Studio Edition II is the correct plug type for this device 5. Connect the wall adapter to recognize the device.
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...the device, after which installs the drivers. 4. The CD autoruns. Go to exit and no applications will be installed. 5. Since My Book Studio Edition II comes preformatted for Mac, you must now reformat it for additional drivers, allow it and install the correct one end of the product. ...and WD Drive Manager and drivers are selected by default. Note: If Windows prompts for Windows so your system recognizes the device. MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL Windows Important: You must first install the drivers and utilities on your computer. 2. Then run the CD which the...
...the device, after which installs the drivers. 4. The CD autoruns. Go to exit and no applications will be installed. 5. Since My Book Studio Edition II comes preformatted for Mac, you must now reformat it for additional drivers, allow it and install the correct one end of the product. ...and WD Drive Manager and drivers are selected by default. Note: If Windows prompts for Windows so your system recognizes the device. MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL Windows Important: You must first install the drivers and utilities on your computer. 2. Then run the CD which the...
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Click Next. 12. Click on the device, then right-click to Initialize screen appears. SETTING UP - 12 MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 10. The Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard appears. Click Run Windows Disk Management Tool. 11. Click Next. The My Book disk number is selected by default. The Select Disks to bring up the context menu.
Click Next. 12. Click on the device, then right-click to Initialize screen appears. SETTING UP - 12 MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 10. The Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard appears. Click Run Windows Disk Management Tool. 11. Click Next. The My Book disk number is selected by default. The Select Disks to bring up the context menu.
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...: please proceed to select the Unallocated drive (black bar). Windows XP: click Next to the New Partition Wizard or New Simple Volume Wizard appears. MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 13. The Welcome to continue and select Primary partition. Click Finish. 14. Right-click on the black bar (Unallocated space) to see...
...: please proceed to select the Unallocated drive (black bar). Windows XP: click Next to the New Partition Wizard or New Simple Volume Wizard appears. MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 13. The Welcome to continue and select Primary partition. Click Finish. 14. Right-click on the black bar (Unallocated space) to see...
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It is recommended that you wish to save time in the formatting process. Select the size of the partition you enter "My Book" in the Volume label field and select Perform a quick format to create and click Next. 17. Select a drive letter to assign to create on the drive. On this screen, you can select the file system, allocation unit size, and volume label you wish to the partition and click Next. 18. SETTING UP - 14 The Format Partition screen appears. MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 16.
It is recommended that you wish to save time in the formatting process. Select the size of the partition you enter "My Book" in the Volume label field and select Perform a quick format to create and click Next. 17. Select a drive letter to assign to create on the drive. On this screen, you can select the file system, allocation unit size, and volume label you wish to the partition and click Next. 18. SETTING UP - 14 The Format Partition screen appears. MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 16.
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.... The Windows 2000 and Windows XP Disk Management utility cannot support the format of a FAT32 partition larger than 32GB. After the formatting process completes, My Book appears as the file system (you selected. 20. SETTING UP - 15 Go to complete the process. Click Next to verify the process and the choices... can also select FAT16 or FAT32). Click Finish to support.microsoft.com and search for Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 184006 for additional information. 19. MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL Note: In almost all cases, it is recommended that you use .
.... The Windows 2000 and Windows XP Disk Management utility cannot support the format of a FAT32 partition larger than 32GB. After the formatting process completes, My Book appears as the file system (you selected. 20. SETTING UP - 15 Go to complete the process. Click Next to verify the process and the choices... can also select FAT16 or FAT32). Click Finish to support.microsoft.com and search for Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 184006 for additional information. 19. MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL Note: In almost all cases, it is recommended that you use .
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... in Mac, click the WD Drive Manager status menu icon and point to WD My Book RAID. To view WD Drive Manager Status in Windows, roll the cursor over the WD Drive Manager system tray icon. MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 5 WD Drive Manager Status WD Drive Manager Status provides a quick view...
... in Mac, click the WD Drive Manager status menu icon and point to WD My Book RAID. To view WD Drive Manager Status in Windows, roll the cursor over the WD Drive Manager system tray icon. MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 5 WD Drive Manager Status WD Drive Manager Status provides a quick view...
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... is preformatted for HFS+ (Journaled) and is a tool designed to mirror the data on both drives A and B. MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 6 WD RAID Manager for Mac WD RAID Manager is preconfigured for RAID 0 (Striped) mode for maximum capacity and accelerated performance. Click Launch ... the device. To launch WD RAID Manager, click the WD Drive Manager menu extra icon and point to back up all files stored in My Book onto another storage device. This product also supports RAID 1 (Mirrored) mode for data protection which dedicates half the capacity to help you proceed, make sure...
... is preformatted for HFS+ (Journaled) and is a tool designed to mirror the data on both drives A and B. MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 6 WD RAID Manager for Mac WD RAID Manager is preconfigured for RAID 0 (Striped) mode for maximum capacity and accelerated performance. Click Launch ... the device. To launch WD RAID Manager, click the WD Drive Manager menu extra icon and point to back up all files stored in My Book onto another storage device. This product also supports RAID 1 (Mirrored) mode for data protection which dedicates half the capacity to help you proceed, make sure...
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MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 1. Enter this information and click OK. When prompted to display the popup menu. On Macintosh computers with Intel processor(s), a GUID Partition Table is created. As standard precaution, the system prompts you for an administrator's name and password to authenticate your My Book bootable on an Intel-based Macintosh...
MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 1. Enter this information and click OK. When prompted to display the popup menu. On Macintosh computers with Intel processor(s), a GUID Partition Table is created. As standard precaution, the system prompts you for an administrator's name and password to authenticate your My Book bootable on an Intel-based Macintosh...
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WD RAID MANAGER FOR MAC - 19 To view the device status as well as the status of each internal hard drive, including which drive (A or B) may have experienced a fault, click on a device and then click Info, which brings up a drawer on the right hand side of each drive and take the appropriate action. MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL RAID Troubleshooting WD RAID Manager monitors the activity of the drives in the RAID system so you can view the status of the main window.
WD RAID MANAGER FOR MAC - 19 To view the device status as well as the status of each internal hard drive, including which drive (A or B) may have experienced a fault, click on a device and then click Info, which brings up a drawer on the right hand side of each drive and take the appropriate action. MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL RAID Troubleshooting WD RAID Manager monitors the activity of the drives in the RAID system so you can view the status of the main window.