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... LED Behavior 5 Capacity Gauge 5 Interfaces 6 Kensington Security Slot 6 Software 7 4 Setting Up 8 Windows 8 Macintosh 9 5 WD Drive Manager Status 12 WD Drive Manager Status Messages 12 6 WD RAID Manager for Windows 13 Configuring RAID 13 RAID Troubleshooting 14 7 WD RAID Manager for Mac 17 Configuring RAID 17 RAID Troubleshooting 18 TABLE OF CONTENTS -
... LED Behavior 5 Capacity Gauge 5 Interfaces 6 Kensington Security Slot 6 Software 7 4 Setting Up 8 Windows 8 Macintosh 9 5 WD Drive Manager Status 12 WD Drive Manager Status Messages 12 6 WD RAID Manager for Windows 13 Configuring RAID 13 RAID Troubleshooting 14 7 WD RAID Manager for Mac 17 Configuring RAID 17 RAID Troubleshooting 18 TABLE OF CONTENTS -
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...capacity gauge indicates space used . ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 5 See "WD RAID Manager for Mac" on page 17 for maximum capacity and accelerated performance. Allow it to cool down My Book. MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL 3 About Your WD Drive Format and Configuration This WD device is ...preformatted as the drive is used on the drive by a single bar of four LEDs (lights) on the front panel of drive capacity. This product also supports RAID 0 (Striped) mode...
...capacity gauge indicates space used . ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE - 5 See "WD RAID Manager for Mac" on page 17 for maximum capacity and accelerated performance. Allow it to cool down My Book. MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL 3 About Your WD Drive Format and Configuration This WD device is ...preformatted as the drive is used on the drive by a single bar of four LEDs (lights) on the front panel of drive capacity. This product also supports RAID 0 (Striped) mode...
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... displays a list of agreement screen and WD Drive Manager and drivers are selected by default. The WD Drive Manager icon appears in "WD RAID Manager for Windows" on your computer and wait for your computer, you do not want to the desktop. WD Drive Manager enables the capacity...If incorrect, remove it to RAID 0, follow the instructions in the system tray. Turn on page 13. Connect the wall adapter to the system. Plug the other end of the product. Connect the adapter's DC cable plug to safely connect the device. 1. MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL 4 Setting Up Windows...
... displays a list of agreement screen and WD Drive Manager and drivers are selected by default. The WD Drive Manager icon appears in "WD RAID Manager for Windows" on your computer and wait for your computer, you do not want to the desktop. WD Drive Manager enables the capacity...If incorrect, remove it to RAID 0, follow the instructions in the system tray. Turn on page 13. Connect the wall adapter to the system. Plug the other end of the product. Connect the adapter's DC cable plug to safely connect the device. 1. MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL 4 Setting Up Windows...
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.... 3. Double-click the WD Drive Manager Installer icon. 7. Click Install. WD Drive Manager enables the capacity gauge and Safe Shutdown™ and also installs WD RAID Manager. Double-click the WD Drive Manager folder, which contains the software for the operating system to safely connect the device. 1. SETTING UP - 9 Double-click... the CD-ROM drive icon. 4. Turn on your computer and wait for this device 5. Double-click the WDDriveManager.dmg icon. 6. MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL Macintosh® Important: Follow the steps below to load. 2.
.... 3. Double-click the WD Drive Manager Installer icon. 7. Click Install. WD Drive Manager enables the capacity gauge and Safe Shutdown™ and also installs WD RAID Manager. Double-click the WD Drive Manager folder, which contains the software for the operating system to safely connect the device. 1. SETTING UP - 9 Double-click... the CD-ROM drive icon. 4. Turn on your computer and wait for this device 5. Double-click the WDDriveManager.dmg icon. 6. MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL Macintosh® Important: Follow the steps below to load. 2.
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... to WD My Book. Verify that plug type of the USB interface cable into the device. 14. Click Launch WD RAID Manager. Plug one . 11. SETTING UP - 10 MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL 8. Click Accept to your region. Plug the other end of the product. Connect the wall adapter to accept...
... to WD My Book. Verify that plug type of the USB interface cable into the device. 14. Click Launch WD RAID Manager. Plug one . 11. SETTING UP - 10 MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL 8. Click Accept to your region. Plug the other end of the product. Connect the wall adapter to accept...
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As standard precaution, the system prompts you for an administrator's name and password to display the pop-up menu. Click on the device to authenticate your action. Select the desired RAID configuration and device format and click Configure. 16. Enter this information and click OK. The device is now installed and ready to confirm, click Configure again. 17. SETTING UP - 11 When prompted to use. MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL 15.
As standard precaution, the system prompts you for an administrator's name and password to display the pop-up menu. Click on the device to authenticate your action. Select the desired RAID configuration and device format and click Configure. 16. Enter this information and click OK. The device is now installed and ready to confirm, click Configure again. 17. SETTING UP - 11 When prompted to use. MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL 15.
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MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL 5 WD Drive Manager Status WD Drive Manager Status provides a quick view of the general status of the device. Windows Condition Icon To view .... Mac Condition Icon WD Drive Manager Status Messages WD Drive Manager Condition icon color Meaning icon color/behavior Blue Green Healthy Blue flashing Yellow RAID 1 degraded Blue Yellow RAID 1 rebuilding Red flashing Red See WD Drive Manager Status for details WD DRIVE MANAGER STATUS - 12 To view WD Drive Manager Status in...
MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL 5 WD Drive Manager Status WD Drive Manager Status provides a quick view of the general status of the device. Windows Condition Icon To view .... Mac Condition Icon WD Drive Manager Status Messages WD Drive Manager Condition icon color Meaning icon color/behavior Blue Green Healthy Blue flashing Yellow RAID 1 degraded Blue Yellow RAID 1 rebuilding Red flashing Red See WD Drive Manager Status for details WD DRIVE MANAGER STATUS - 12 To view WD Drive Manager Status in...
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... in My Book onto another storage device. 1. Select the desired RAID configuration by clicking RAID 0 or RAID 1 (the following completion of the new RAID setting. WD RAID MANAGER FOR WINDOWS - 13 MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL 6 WD RAID Manager for Windows WD RAID Manager is pre-configured for RAID 1 (Mirrored) mode for maximum capacity and accelerated performance. Click...
... in My Book onto another storage device. 1. Select the desired RAID configuration by clicking RAID 0 or RAID 1 (the following completion of the new RAID setting. WD RAID MANAGER FOR WINDOWS - 13 MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL 6 WD RAID Manager for Windows WD RAID Manager is pre-configured for RAID 1 (Mirrored) mode for maximum capacity and accelerated performance. Click...
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..., so at anytime, you can determine which drive (A or B) may have experienced a fault. RAID Troubleshooting WD RAID Manager monitors the activity of each drive and take the appropriate action. MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL 3. Click Close when finished. To view the device status, select the device from the ...menu and click Next. If you can view the status of the drives in the Disk A or Disk B Serial Number field. WD RAID MANAGER FOR WINDOWS - 14...
..., so at anytime, you can determine which drive (A or B) may have experienced a fault. RAID Troubleshooting WD RAID Manager monitors the activity of each drive and take the appropriate action. MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL 3. Click Close when finished. To view the device status, select the device from the ...menu and click Next. If you can view the status of the drives in the Disk A or Disk B Serial Number field. WD RAID MANAGER FOR WINDOWS - 14...
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...slot is part of a different RAID array. None Both slots have valid array configurations, but one slot is newer. Install another drive that is faulty and replace the drive. MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL RAID Status Messages WD RAID Manager reports the following messages depending ...on page 16. Drives from degraded mode. WD RAID MANAGER FOR WINDOWS - 15 Wait for rebuild to complete. (This may...
...slot is part of a different RAID array. None Both slots have valid array configurations, but one slot is newer. Install another drive that is faulty and replace the drive. MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL RAID Status Messages WD RAID Manager reports the following messages depending ...on page 16. Drives from degraded mode. WD RAID MANAGER FOR WINDOWS - 15 Wait for rebuild to complete. (This may...
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... for rebuild to complete. This will take several hours. The slot contains an HDD that is compatible with identical capacity drive and re-create RAID set . (Loss of your Disk A and B. None The slot contains no HDD Install drive in empty slot. Initialization failed to complete....marked as faulty. Consult the array status to see if other errors have been detected. Replace drive. MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL Disk Status Messages WD RAID Manager reports the following messages depending on the current status of a valid configuration. Displayed Status Text Good No hard ...
... for rebuild to complete. This will take several hours. The slot contains an HDD that is compatible with identical capacity drive and re-create RAID set . (Loss of your Disk A and B. None The slot contains no HDD Install drive in empty slot. Initialization failed to complete....marked as faulty. Consult the array status to see if other errors have been detected. Replace drive. MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL Disk Status Messages WD RAID Manager reports the following messages depending on the current status of a valid configuration. Displayed Status Text Good No hard ...
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... display the popup menu. WD RAID MANAGER FOR MAC - 17 Configuring RAID My Book Mirror Edition is a tool designed to help you easily manage your RAID system, including changing the RAID configuration and formatting the device. MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL 7 WD RAID Manager for Mac WD RAID Manager is preconfigured for RAID 1 (Mirrored) mode for maximum capacity...
... display the popup menu. WD RAID MANAGER FOR MAC - 17 Configuring RAID My Book Mirror Edition is a tool designed to help you easily manage your RAID system, including changing the RAID configuration and formatting the device. MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL 7 WD RAID Manager for Mac WD RAID Manager is preconfigured for RAID 1 (Mirrored) mode for maximum capacity...
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...to confirm, click Configure again. 4. FAT32 formats with PowerPC processor(s), an Apple Partition Map structure is created. Select the desired RAID configuration and device format and click Configure. As standard precaution, the system prompts you can view the status of each drive and ...take the appropriate action. MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL 2. When prompted to authenticate your action. When configuring the device, WD RAID Manager automatically formats the disk as the status of each internal hard drive, including which drive...
...to confirm, click Configure again. 4. FAT32 formats with PowerPC processor(s), an Apple Partition Map structure is created. Select the desired RAID configuration and device format and click Configure. As standard precaution, the system prompts you can view the status of each drive and ...take the appropriate action. MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL 2. When prompted to authenticate your action. When configuring the device, WD RAID Manager automatically formats the disk as the status of each internal hard drive, including which drive...
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... several hours.) Neither slot contains a Check disk status. RAID 1 only Recovering from degraded mode. MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL RAID Status Messages WD RAID Manager reports the following messages depending on the current status of the RAID array.Create a new array with the installed drives. Degraded RAID Status Rebuilding Bad Install the original drive that...
... several hours.) Neither slot contains a Check disk status. RAID 1 only Recovering from degraded mode. MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL RAID Status Messages WD RAID Manager reports the following messages depending on the current status of the RAID array.Create a new array with the installed drives. Degraded RAID Status Rebuilding Bad Install the original drive that...
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... Drives are compatible. The slot contains an HDD that is marked as faulty. Replace drive. rebuilt from the other drive. WD RAID MANAGER FOR MAC - 20 Displayed Status Text Good No hard disk No Config Faulty Rebuilding Good Rejected Description User Action The slot ...contains valid data. None The slot contains no HDD Install drive in empty slot. Replace drive with RAID device. MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL Disk Status Messages WD RAID Manager reports the following messages depending on the current status of a valid configuration. Install drive that ...
... Drives are compatible. The slot contains an HDD that is marked as faulty. Replace drive. rebuilt from the other drive. WD RAID MANAGER FOR MAC - 20 Displayed Status Text Good No hard disk No Config Faulty Rebuilding Good Rejected Description User Action The slot ...contains valid data. None The slot contains no HDD Install drive in empty slot. Replace drive with RAID device. MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL Disk Status Messages WD RAID Manager reports the following messages depending on the current status of a valid configuration. Install drive that ...
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Note: My Book Mirror Edition supports a maximum capacity of 2TB (1TB per drive assembly) in a RAID 0 system or 1TB in your system tray and point to turn... down before the Power LED turns off. You can also right-click the Safely Remove Hardware icon in a RAID 1 system. Unplug the the DC power connector from the device. 2. Safe Shutdown™ The Power button ... , first follow these steps to the Trash icon for replacement into the My Book Mirror Edition enclosure. MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL 8 Turning Off/Disconnecting the Device Auto-off The device turns off automatically when...
Note: My Book Mirror Edition supports a maximum capacity of 2TB (1TB per drive assembly) in a RAID 0 system or 1TB in your system tray and point to turn... down before the Power LED turns off. You can also right-click the Safely Remove Hardware icon in a RAID 1 system. Unplug the the DC power connector from the device. 2. Safe Shutdown™ The Power button ... , first follow these steps to the Trash icon for replacement into the My Book Mirror Edition enclosure. MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL 8 Turning Off/Disconnecting the Device Auto-off The device turns off automatically when...
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... assembly components. Note: Do not overtighten the thumbscrew. 7. Reconnect only the power cable to complete. The RAID rebuild may take up to 12 hours depending on drive capacity and activity, but typically will glow steadily to top. Allow ...the RAID rebuild to the device. Do not connect computer interface cables. 9. Important: Do not attempt to WD. The ... it under and between the pulltabs and securing it locks into place. 8. MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL 6.
... assembly components. Note: Do not overtighten the thumbscrew. 7. Reconnect only the power cable to complete. The RAID rebuild may take up to 12 hours depending on drive capacity and activity, but typically will glow steadily to top. Allow ...the RAID rebuild to the device. Do not connect computer interface cables. 9. Important: Do not attempt to WD. The ... it under and between the pulltabs and securing it locks into place. 8. MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL 6.
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How to install My Book Mirror Edition on a Windows or Macintosh computer use My Book Mirror Edition with your computer system service My Book Mirror Edition to replace a hard drive change the RAID setting of a WD My Book Mirror Edition format the drive to Mac OS format ...on external hard drive interfaces Answer ID 2283 1717 1709 1465 287 207 34 1787 1425 1729 TROUBLESHOOTING - 25 10 MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL Troubleshooting If you have problems when installing or using this product, visit our support Web site at support.wdc.com and search...
How to install My Book Mirror Edition on a Windows or Macintosh computer use My Book Mirror Edition with your computer system service My Book Mirror Edition to replace a hard drive change the RAID setting of a WD My Book Mirror Edition format the drive to Mac OS format ...on external hard drive interfaces Answer ID 2283 1717 1709 1465 287 207 34 1787 1425 1729 TROUBLESHOOTING - 25 10 MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL Troubleshooting If you have problems when installing or using this product, visit our support Web site at support.wdc.com and search...
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Index MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL A Auto-off 21 C Capacity gauge 5 Compatibility, system 3 Compliance, regulatory 26 Configuring RAID 13, 17 D Device disconnecting 21 turning off 21 Drive configuration 5 format 5 replacing 22 Drive status 12 E Environmental compliance ... 6 K Kensington Security Slot 6 Kit contents 2 L LED indicators 5 capacity gauge 5 Limited warranty 27 O Obtaining service 27 P Product registration 1 R RAID configuring 13, 17 disk messages 16, 20 status messages 15, 19 troubleshooting 14, 18 Registration, product 1 Regulatory compliance 26 Replacing a drive 22 RoHS 26...
Index MY BOOK MIRROR EDITION USER MANUAL A Auto-off 21 C Capacity gauge 5 Compatibility, system 3 Compliance, regulatory 26 Configuring RAID 13, 17 D Device disconnecting 21 turning off 21 Drive configuration 5 format 5 replacing 22 Drive status 12 E Environmental compliance ... 6 K Kensington Security Slot 6 Kit contents 2 L LED indicators 5 capacity gauge 5 Limited warranty 27 O Obtaining service 27 P Product registration 1 R RAID configuring 13, 17 disk messages 16, 20 status messages 15, 19 troubleshooting 14, 18 Registration, product 1 Regulatory compliance 26 Replacing a drive 22 RoHS 26...
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...top requires keeping 100% of mind? • Automatic backup software - Dual-drive Storage System My Book® Mirror Edition™ Dual-drive with RAID Mirroring Automatic Backup Software Cooler, Quieter, Eco-friendlier "In my field, staying on the second drive for your irreplaceable ...data, WD's My Book Mirror Edition dual-drive storage system offers RAID-based continuous data protection and userserviceability. If one drive in data protection. • Cooler, quieter, eco-friendlier - Every...
...top requires keeping 100% of mind? • Automatic backup software - Dual-drive Storage System My Book® Mirror Edition™ Dual-drive with RAID Mirroring Automatic Backup Software Cooler, Quieter, Eco-friendlier "In my field, staying on the second drive for your irreplaceable ...data, WD's My Book Mirror Edition dual-drive storage system offers RAID-based continuous data protection and userserviceability. If one drive in data protection. • Cooler, quieter, eco-friendlier - Every...