Unfollow western digital my book essentials 2tb external hard drive to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Western digital my book 8tb and my passport 4tb external hdds. Wd smartware backsup your files in a folder on the my book drive called \wd smartware. Compared to my cloud ex2 and wd my cloud single drive. The two my book products are essentially the same, the core difference is in the formatting of the drive.
Unfollow my book essential external hard drive to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. The first interesting comparison in the table below is between the my book with the 5400 rpm helioseal drive and the gtechnology gdrive with thunderbolt over usb 3. This is a partition on the my book drive that contains the software that will allow you to unlock the drive. Yep, the drive offers you usb and usb alone, so youll want to make sure youre rocking.
If you arent, open my computer and look for a cd drive called wd unlocker. My book drives are almost entirely black, with the exception of a single blue light. Anyway, i was over there trying to help him get his data back, and opened up his case it was out of warranty, and attempted to plug the hd into another machine i brought with me. Instructions to disassemble a western digital mybook essentials usb external hard disk drive. Nov 19, 2012 western digital has taken a more is better approach with its latest iteration of the wd my book essential hdd. Equipped with social media and cloud storage import, password protection and perfectly paired with wd backup or time machine, my book desktop storage helps keep your files safe. Weve been making hard drives for 20 years and we know how to protect your data. Western digital my book external hard drive my book is a series of external hard drives produced by western digital. The my book drive is trusted desktop storage designed to complement your personal style with a massive amount of space to store your photos, videos, music and documents. Wd quality inside and out we know your data is important to you. This is a dead no longer functioning western digital mybook usb external hard disk drive. If you set the security password on the drive, you will be prompted for it if you connect the drive to a different computer. The hard drive hasnt fallen down or been physically damaged in any way. Im only about 3 weeks into this linux thing and so please forgive me if any of my syntax is off my linux os is centos 5.
Wd drive utilities register your drive, set drive timer, run diagnostics and more using wd drive utilities. This isnt a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list. The newest my book essential not only houses a 3tb drive, but also packs a usb 3. When i awoke the next morning, powered on my laptop, it wouldnt boot up so i shut it down and. The top model features a single 4tb drive and a usb3. So where the my book is the top singledrive offering for the pc, its the. Wd western digital my book essentials 3tb external portable. Product title wd 3tb my book desktop external hard drive, usb 3. Tech support runs through the checklist and offers to send a usb cord. The 3tb caviar green will serve as a good place to store movies, music and photos but if youre a gamer concerned about load times you might want to stick with a 7200rpm drive. Your my book drive is formatted as a single ntfs partition for compatibility with all updated windows operating systems. A single drive with universal compatibility today and nextgeneration speed for. Western digital 3tb my book desktop external hard driveusb 3.
I mainly want to use it to store pictures and music. Terrible average bench the wd my book essentials 2tb averaged 83. Ill have to go look at my drive however i think its got 2 500gb drives and uses the sw to gain the 2tb size in some raid configuration. If one drive fails in raid 1, the system will still run, and your data will be preserved. If dlink said only 500gb drive is supported, i presume this means physical drive space on one drive. The first interesting comparison in the table below is between the my book with the 5400 rpm helioseal drive and the gtechnology g drive with thunderbolt over usb 3. My book essential edition user manual getting started 1 getting started thank you for purchasing this wd product. Western digital mybook essential 3tb fast blinking led e november 21st, 20, 15. Oct 15, 2015 in april i purchased the my book essential 3tb for use as a backup and to store all of our photographs for my wifes photography business. Oct 03, 20 the my book for pc comes in 2tb, 3tb and 4tb capacities while the my book for mac tops out at 3tb. Toshiba canvio basics 4tb portable external hard drive usb 3.
Tips for getting started with the wd my book backup drive mikes. I am aware that u never get the full advertised amount of space but loosing 300gb seems excessive. Only thing i could recommend is either try a different dir router as a test, say a 827 or a 645 or a 657 if you have store that has a good refund policy and see if sp works for this 3tb drive on one of them. Just plug it in and save your valuable data, music, photos, and movies. Been searching and reading for the past week trying to get my hdd to work. Its been connected as a backup drive since day one. My book essential 3tb not being recognized by windows 10. Western digital wd my book studio mac external hard drive. Drive format my book world edition is a single drive configuration. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. We delete comments that violate our policy, which we encourage you to read. Put your digital life on the sleek, high capacity my book essential external hard drive. Up to 3x faster transfer rates when connected to a superspeed usb 3. I was able to access my external hd about a week ago, watched a movie off it and fell asleep.
Product title wd 3tb white my passport portable external hard driv. Before that it was working perfectly on both computers. In april i purchased the my book essential 3tb for use as a backup and to store all of our photographs for my wifes photography business. Terrible average bench the wd my book essentials 1. Wd my book 3tb ext hdd unknown not initialized hello, new here to this forum. Hi, i have just added a new western digital cool spin 3tb hard drive as a n addition to my htpc, but when i use the windows7 disk manager to create a partion it will only give me 2. View topic hard disk drive repair and data recovery. I am going to replace the drive with an identical spare that works. I unbox a new western digital my book essential 3tb external hard drive. I have tried it on a laptop with windows 7 and on a destop pc with windows xp, it doesnt work. With this single drive you get compatibility with your usb 2.
Essential edition, home edition, office edition, mirror edition, studio edition, premium edition, elite edition, pro edition, av dvr live edition, and the world edition. Wd my book drives and encryption automatically enabled. I chose this hard drive to replace an older wd 1tb my book that id been very happy with and this 3tb seems to be the same high quality. Mapping a drive letter to a folder on the nas works as usual except for one thing you cannot browse for the folder from within the map a drive form. Western digital caviar green 3tb and my book essential 3tb. Like its predecessors in the essentials line, the my book is marketed primarily as a backup storage device. The western digital my book sports the same look as the recent my cloud networkattached storage drive. Wdbfjk0060hbk04 default wd my book 1230 vid 0158 pid 1230 rev 1065. I wonder if your 3tb drive has larger physical drives bigger than 500gb. Buy wd my book 3tb external hard drive storage usb 3. Equipped with wd backup software for windows and apple time machine compatibility for mac, the my book desktop hard drive can back up your photos, videos. The wd mybook is to back up the large data files we are creating on the hp400 its used to run a dna sequencer.
Its geared to mac owners and comes preformatted for mac os x. In open air, spin and seek noise seems to be better than a nowneighbouring seagate drive, appearing to be very similar to some of my older wd green drives which i think these newer blue drives have largely. I cut the vcc lead pin 8 from the eeprom, and the device detects as usb mass storage device vid 04d9 pid 20 rev 0103 and disables the goofy 4k sector translation mode as well. Connect one drive one day and the other drive the next day. My book essential 3tb not being recognized by windows 10 home. Wd 2tb elements portable external hard drive usb 3. Premium eva shockproof case protect and store your wd 3tb 4tb 6tb 8tb my book desktop external hard drive usb 3. My book essential edition is a small, elegant, and easytouse usb external hard drive. Experience the convenience of alexa, now on your pc.
My book external portable hard drive are the worlds best selling drives. How to disassemble a wd mybook essential hdd snapguide. Western digital has taken a more is better approach with its latest iteration of the wd my book essential hdd. With this single drive you get compatibility with the latest usb 3. The my book for pc comes in 2tb, 3tb and 4tb capacities while the my book for mac tops out at 3tb. It is the same problem over and over that i keep reading. Na eerder al overstapt te zijn naar 3tb schijven van seagate. I cut the vcc lead pin 8 from the eeprom, and the device detects as usb mass storage device vid 04d9 pid 20 rev 0103 and disables the goofy 4k sector translation mode as well, so regularly written 512e drives 2tb actually read correctly. Wd announces 3tb singledrive my book essential, two usb 3. My book world edition ii is a dualdrive system that is preconfigured to raid 1 mirrored mode for extra data protection. Unboxing western digital my book essential 3tb external hard drive. Page 21 my book drive icon provides a graphic representation and name of the my book drive connected to your computer. Instead, first browse to it from the quick access link you just created and then right click the address bar and select copy address.
Aug 17, 2012 i just bought a wd my book essential 3tb hard drive and want to use on both my mac book pro mac os x lion and my pc laptop windows 7. Our latest edition features visual, easytouse, automatic, continuous backup software and drive lock security protection. My book essential user manual about your wd drive 1 about your wd drive welcome to your my book essential external hard drive, an elegant, highcapacity storage solution for all the chapters of your di gital life. This edition was available with storage capacities of 2 tb, 3 tb, 4 tb, 6 tb and 8 tb. Essentials 3tb usb external hard drive model wdbacw0030hbknesn. My book essential hard drive is not recognized by windows 7. A friend has a 4tb my book external drive, and his 2 year old managed to damage the unit from working. Western digital also sent along the my book essential, an external version of the 3tb caviar green. The wd 6tb my book desktop contains a wd60ezrz drive a western digital blue, 3. Universal connectivity with this single drive you get compatibility with usb. Tips for getting started with the wd my book backup drive.
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