If the wd my book world edition get its ip address via dhcp and the device reboots for any reason, there is chance that the devices ip address. No matter from which win 7 system i try to connect from, with all security software shut off, it wont accept my password even though i know its correct. Drivers for wd my book world edition ii in windows 10. In the settings on the router i can see the ip address for all my devices the pc, the nas and the laptop but i cannot see the nas on the network. Wait 30 seconds for wd mybook world initialize and shutdown itself all 8 front led go off. I have tried to map the network on the pc and laptop but i cannot. From it you can stream photos, music, and videos to your home entertainment centre all you need is the my book world edition drive and a digital media adapter or a game console like an xbox 360 or playstation 3, and your masterpiece is there on the big screen.
To make it easier to go into web gui of mybook world page, use wd discovery software. I have a wd my book world edition 1tb of which ethernet connection point is not working so is there any way i can connect with the usb provided at back side of. May 20, 2009 the wd my book world edition s sevenpage quick install guide is about as simple as it gets in terms of getting a product set up and operational quickly. Registration register your wd product to get the latest updates and special offers at.
Western digital my book live networking issues avforums. I can access the admin account on my router but that is the limit of my knowledge. Feb 21, 2007 the my book world edition shared storage appliances eliminate the limits of traditional external hard drives, said jim welsh, vice president and general manager of wd s branded products group. Wd smartware is a program that automatically backs up. Connection to the internet on the pc and laptop are both fine, i just cannot see the nas. Western digital wd on wednesday introduced the my book world edition, a new network storage drive thats mac and pccompatible. Windows 10 wd mybookworld driver issue microsoft community. Wd discovery utility found on the included cd that will find the drive for you and let you configure it. I uploaded some files to it and deleted them from my computer.
The next day i went to transfer more files to it and it was like the files werent there. Wd my book world edition missing files yahoo answers. The wd quick view will not work with older wd network drives such as the my book world edition blue rings. Translated versions and updates to this user manual. Tech support suggested that i reset the device, but that did not solve my problem. The my book world edition family is available beginning this week at select retail stores, online retailers and in the united states directly from wd at.
Wd my book external drive not working posted in external hardware. Stream digital media anywhere in your home with a builtin media server for streaming music, photos and movies to any dlna certified multimedia device such as playstation 3, xbox 360, wireless digital picture frames and connected audio receivers dlna 1. Wd introduces my book world edition ii 1tb external hard. Not even very warm while chugging away for almost a whole day relentlessly copying over 5 tb of data. Wd my book external drive not working external hardware. Designed for home users, creative professionals, workgroups, and anyone looking for shared storage, the western digital wdg1nc0n my book world edition 1 tb ethernet network storage system offers a surprisingly simple and secure way to access and share your data, presentations, and photos at home, in the office, and anywhere in the world even when your local computer.
Wd discovery will install or update existing versions of wd drive utilities to the. Software and firmware downloads wd support western digital. Here is how to get at your data from a failed 1tb wd my book world blue ring. When i want to acces them via explorer or web browser they are not. Click and download this malware detect tool for a free scan.
Using this appliance is like carrying as much as a terabyte of content with you wherever you go and knowing that your personal content is safe at home. My book duo twobay storage unit, with wd discovery. My goal is only transferring the data to another nas. It was still under warranty and i exchanged it for a wd my book world edition. My book duo twobay storage unit, with wd discovery, wd backup. How to install acronis true image wd edition on a windows pc. If you dont see the wd apps setup, look for a folder called wd apps for. Im planning to replace the hard drives on my wd my book world edition ii. Wd my book world edition usb connection july 2011 forums. Theres no wakeonlan feature so you cant turn it off completely.
It shows up in devices, but in device manager it has a yellow triangle with an exclamation on it. I use the drive to share files between all the computers in my house and use it with the wd tv live to play videos from the my book on my tv. If the computer is not rebooted, wd discovery cannot update wd software to the. The 2tb drive is the wd caviar that came from my mybook world edition. Connect the removed physical drive to usb port using whatever adapter you have and power up the drive. My book world edition hi just install windows 7 7057 64bit and i cannot get it to see my book world 1tb drive on the network i think its to do with 128bit encryption i have not come across this before thanks for any help. The wd discovery software will not work with the older my book world blue rings network drive. The device also has a built in bittorrent client which i have used once, and it did as it. May 20, 2009 if the wd my book world edition get its ip address via dhcp and the device reboots for any reason, there is chance that the devices ip address could change. My book world edition can be your homes central media hub. I have the wd my book world edition ii, however it doesnt seem to want to play with windows 10.
Oct 23, 2008 while back i got a wd my book home edition and one day it just stopped working. Designed for home users, creative professionals, workgroups, and anyone looking for shared storage, the western digital wdg1nc0n my book world edition 1 tb ethernet network storage system offers a surprisingly simple and secure way to access and share your data, presentations, and photos at home, in the office, and anywhere in the worldeven when your local. There is a 2tb version of the world edition but at the time of writing it was well out of my price range at. Nov 06, 2009 my book world edition hi just install windows 7 7057 64bit and i cannot get it to see my book world 1tb drive on the network i think its to do with 128bit encryption i have not come across this before thanks for any help. The discovery tool is used to discover wd drives on the network, and to create mapped network drives from their share folders. This is a utility that will discover wd network attached storage drives on the.
The wd my book world editions sevenpage quick install guide is about as simple as it gets in terms of getting a product set up and operational. When i used my enclosure, fdisk produced a list with my four partitions right at the bottom. Western digital today announced an upgraded version of the wd my book live that can host two internal hard drives. Registrationregister your wd product to get the latest updates and special. Hi guys, i have western digital external hdd 2 tb green that seems to have stopped working. Apr 29, 2012 the 2tb drive is the wd caviar that came from my mybook world edition. Only top led is blinkingflashing and mbwe doesnt appear in my network environment. Western digital provides you with a winzipsevenzip archive file.
I bought the wd my book world edition network storage to hold all our music, pictures and documents as the central point of a home network comprising a desktop and two laptops and avoid leaving the desktop where everything was previously held switched on all the time. Today western digital updated their my book series of external hard drives with the wd my book world edition ii, an upgrade and redesign from the. My book drives are designed to look like a standard black hardback book, with the exception of the. Then, press power button at the back of the mybook world for 3 seconds until led at the bottom goes on until it boot up. Essential edition, home edition, office edition, mirror edition, studio edition, premium edition, elite edition, pro edition, av dvr live edition, and the world edition. Ah, ive ended up with one of those nas wd world editions blue rings, 2tb without a cd. My book duo desktop raid storage user manual western digital. Western digital my book world edition 1tb home network. I can connect fine from any xp or 2003 system with no problems at all. Wd discovery software is a software program developed by western digital technologies.
Western digital my book world edition ii 2 tb 2 x 1 tb. Apr 16, 2010 my book world edition 1 my dad installed this on our network and i tried to access it. Please remember to be considerate of other members. All you need is the my book world edition drive and a digital media adapter or a game console like xbox 360 or playstation. Jul 19, 20 wd my passport wireless storage firmware 1. From it you can stream photos, music, and videos to your home entertainment centre all you need is the my book world edition drive and a digital media adapter or a game console like an xbox 360 or playstation 3, and. Id like to create a custom nas from a wd my book live so i disassembled it, deleted everything from the hdd and successfully installed an ubuntu server with another pc. You can download the acronis true image ati wd edition software for free. Wd my book world edition nas device page 3 hothardware. Installing from zip files is easy and can usually be done by double clicking the exe file in the archive with programs like winzip or seven zip. Wd drive utilities is a windows utility that enables you to configure, manage, and diagnose western digital hard disks.
The wd my book world edition ii nas is excellent for a home network backup device. So, its really important to completely uninstall wd discovery 1. Help rescuing the data from my mybook world edition avforums. Our database contains 1 variants of the file wd discovery. Manage your connected wd devices like my passport, my book, and my cloud home drives. The discovery utility failed to find our my book world edition ii on my business network.
A scheduled task is added to windows task scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times the schedule varies depending on the version. I bought brand new wd caviar green hard disks and put them into my book world edition ii white light case but surprisingly it doesnt work or even start. I wanted the my book to have a static ip like some of my other servers and network hardware, and needed to know how to discover and configure the device. Do not post advertisements, offensive materials, profanity, or personal attacks. From it you can stream photos, music, and videos to your home entertainment center. My book live is used to create your own personal cloud, without the monthly fees and mysterious location of your data. I have followed one of the faqs on the western digital web site which mentions accessing the shared storage manager and followed the procedure.
Latest new variant of the file with name wd discovery. Tips for getting started with the wd my book backup drive mikes. I wont use world book white edition ii anymore, its about 9 years old and i just had to recover world book blue ring raid1, 10 years old where the controller failed capacitor burned on print many thanks for any help. Hard drive replacement for western digital my book world. The backup software is a load of junk, lacks many control options and crashed a lot on me. I cant connect to my wd mybook world edition from win 7. Alternatively, you can extract the setup and installation files to a directory of your choice and run them from there.
Western digital my book world edition, analisis y video. My book world edition white light not responding external. Wd discovery software by western digital technologies. The new nas server is called my book live duo and comes in 4tb or 6tb capacities. Overall i cannot fault the product, as the wireless backup is not what they say this. While back i got a wd my book home edition and one day it just stopped working. Hi there, i use my mybook world edtion in my lan since a few years, i was always. I have tried connecting the my book directly to my computers ethernet port it does the same thing. Wd offers my book world edition network storage drive. Looks like a driver issue and the microsoft community says wd has no plans to update the drivers. Western digital my book world edition 2tb home network storage.
Sep 14, 20 wait 30 seconds for wd mybook world initialize and shutdown itself all 8 front led go off. My book world edition 1 my dad installed this on our network and i tried to access it. The wd discovery software will not work with the older my book world blue rings network drive category. The user manual is on the my book drive in \user manuals\eng\usermanual. Western digital my book world edition 2tb home network. All you need is the my book world edition drive and a digital media adapter or a game console like xbox 360 or playstation 3, and your masterpiece is there on the big screen. Western digital my book external hard drive my book is a series of external hard drives produced by western digital. But it wont boot with its own logicboard system because after some research i have to realize that its a powerpc architecture stuff.
Acronis true image wd edition software, youve got a complete backup routine to help. Ive bought the wd caviar red to replace the current hard drive. My book is a series of external hard drives produced by western digital. Pulled it out yesterday thinking yes, this is the day i set it up and then things went dow. You can access and store media content on the my cloud ex2 ultra device by. Jun 24, 2009 today western digital updated their my book series of external hard drives with the wd my book world edition ii, an upgrade and redesign from the original world edition line. Forum category hacking wd mybook world ed torrent programs. Wd my book world edition usb connection please note. Apr 19, 2017 hi there, i use my mybook world edtion in my lan since a few years, i was always able to access it via my local lan since yesterday it seems like the device doenst boot properly anymore as soon as i turn it ob, it starts working and it sounds like it boots normally, but however, i cannot access it via network, no chance to reach it i rebooted it a few times i used the reset switch. If the product does not operate normally when the operating instructions are fol. How to recover data from bricked wd my book world edition.
Hello, i have two my book world edition white light network hdds from wd and theyve worked fine for 2y but now they are buggy. Sep 21, 20 hello, i have two my book world edition white light network hdds from wd and theyve worked fine for 2y but now they are buggy. Straight out the box, the my book world edition impresses with its. How to fix bricked wd my book world edition white light or.