Forum forum my book world edition white light manual firmware upgrade. Western digital mybook world edition ii nas device is running linux distro internally. The mybook studio edition ii contains two drives and is. Drag the wd drive utilities icon to the application folder.
From there, you will be able to update to the current available 02. Perhaps someone who uses it with their mac knows the answers. Western digital wd20000h2nc world edition ii manuals. The bottom of the device is one side of the book and the top is the door for the two. Jul 27, 2009 tried swapping in 3tb drives on my studio ii and it didnt work i know this is a dormant thread, but i thought id update it for anyone wanting to know if you can successfully upgrade the 4tb 2x2tb wd drives in the western digital wd my studio ii external drive. Reboot the computer after uninstall process has finished. Newegg and western digital apparently need to start listing which drives are compatible with which operating systems. All data gone on my book studio ii external drives for mac wd. I wish i had know before buying the drive, now i have to return it. The select your wd storage device or cloud service dialog shows all of the hardware. Click accept to accept the license agreement and continue with the installation. You can confirm the firmware release for your drive here on wds site.
Nov 20, 2006 the western digital my book pro ii has an internal raid controller, which uses a specific wd driver. The my book studio has a similar design to previous my book hard drives such as the essential and home editions. Wd anywhere backup mac and windows is an intuitive and robust backup and recovery application that provides aroundtheclock data protection. Software and firmware downloads wd support western digital. If you want to install the backup software now, doubleclick the wd anywhere backup icon in the my book studio edition ii screen and follow the instructions as prompted. Western digital my book studio edition ii hard drive 6tb.
Mar 03, 2010 just want to give yall a heads up on the western digital mybook studio 2 tb external hdd western digital my book studio 2 tb firewire 800400, usb 2. Works with both mbwe white light i and ii with any size of disk even 4tb or. Select the check box delete the driver software for this device. Its formatted for mac and compatible with apple time machine making backups quick and easy. Click on the device, then rightclick to bring up the context. In theory, fat32 should allow for drive sizes of up to 8 tib with 32 kib clusters, however, the 3 tb hard disk drives inside your wd my book studio edition ii have 4k sectors, making a fat32 partition over 2 tib unlikely unless you can manually adjust the cluster size per disk on each drive at a time to keep the raid configuration. Millions of people around the world trust their data to my book desktop storage. Western digitals my book studio edition ii is an external hard drive that uses two drives, preconfigured as a fast raid 0 striped array. This will install the wd discovery software update.
Jul 19, 20 wd my passport wireless storage firmware 1. How to fix bricked wd my book world edition white light or. Western digital my book studio external hard drive 2tb. Firmware update mybook studio edition ii 6tb external. You can confirm the firmware release for your drive here on wd s site. Wd my book studio edition ii 4tb hard disk replacement. Frontview formats a four tb external drive as a two tb ext3. As western digital online customer support says, advanced format drives are.
Jun 09, 2009 the western digital my book studio edition ii is a wonderful update to the my book family and offers consumers and working professionals a variety of options to fit their storage needs. Western digital my book studio edition ii macworld. Lightningfast firewire 800 or esata interfaces combined with raid 0 striping yields the speed you need for fast, smooth video and audio editing, rendering complex 3d objects or special effects, and. For mac, go to the apple menu and select software update if your device is currently running firmware version 02. Hi, i use a my book studio edition ii, configured as raid 1 mirrored with my macbook pro. Western digitals my book studio is a 2tb external hard drive supporting firewire 800 and usb 2. Western digital mybook 6tb studio edition ii 9to5mac. Mar 14, 2011 western digitals mybook drives are very convenient and popular storage options, but if the drive stops working then you might have success by giving it a quick love tap. This edition is available with storage capacities of 1 tb, 2 tb, 4 tb and 6 tb. Since the last update of mac os x mojave, i regularly have a message that tells me that my wd drive manager 32 bit app will not work anymore with the next update of the os 64 bits only.
Firmware upgrade my book studio edition ii failed wd community. My book studio edition ii update for wd drive manager. The new my book studio edition ii dualdrive storage systems are available in capacities of 1 tb and 2 tb. For mac, go to the apple menu and select software update. For windows, go to the start menu and select windows update. If you want to use this drive with a windows system, see reformatting the drive on page 28 and troubleshooting on page 29. Notification of software and firmware updates for registered drives. The bad the my book studio edition ii doesnt support usb 3. Jun 15, 2014 i had a failing wd mybook external hard drive, but instead of just throwing away the whole thing, i simply replaced the hard drive that resides inside the case. Configuring western digital mybook world edition ii. How to reinstall firmware on wd mybookworld after disk. Apr 19, 2011 the my book studio edition ii has exactly the same design as the previous model. Western digital my book studio edition ii user manual pdf.
As i understand it it will then be seen as a 1 tb drive to the operating. Before i say anything else, i need to discourage you strongly. Hello, before installing mac os mavericks i wanted to upgrade the firmware of my about 3 years old my book studio edition ii drives. Physical description as shown in figure 2, the my book studio. The only western digital external drive which supports windows 7 and esata is the my book studio edition ii, which is raid 0 but costs a lot more. My book studio lx drives include a 5400rpm hitachi branded raptor hard drive. Western digital my book studio edition ii user manual page. Oct 15, 2015 dude, theres no firmware update for your drive, the 6tb studio 2 came out much more later than the last firmware release for the studio 2, which dates from july 2009, so you already have it its not the same firmware than the studio and studio lx with smartware. I am looking at the wd mybook studio edition ii 2 tb and have some questions i need answered before getting it. On some usb controllers, however, the device id reported by the raid controller is incompatible with the raid controller driver, and so the raid manager software never sees. How to modify a 2016 western digital my book to use any other drive.
My book studio desktop hard drive features blazingfast superspeed usb 3. My book studio ii user manual software in addition to wd drive manager, this wd product is shipped with the following bonus software. I tried restarting the computer and power cycling the my book. Wd my book studio edition ii for mac storagenewsletter. 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. We spent a little time with the western digital my book studio edition ii, a dual drive in a single box.
Our test unit came with two 500gb wd green power drives. 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. Only top led is blinkingflashing and mbwe doesnt appear in my network environment. Apr 09, 2011 the mybook studio edition ii comes in a foot cube box and is the same size as most dual 3. If your product is not listed above, please visit the product page. Frontview formats a four tb external drive as a tw. My book studio ii will not format for windows 7 wd community. So i thought id found a reasonably priced highcapacity external hard drive for backing up my readynas. Wd s my book studio edition ii dualdrive, quadinterface external storage system for mac offers optimum performance for creative professionals.
Hello, i just recently had 400 gb of digitized home movies put on a wd my book studio edition 2 2tb hdd raid 1 formatted in ntfs using blackmagic codec and when i connected to my laptop via usb there is no recognition by my computer of the hard drive or files etc. Western digital my book connection to windows 10 microsoft. Please close current version of the wd drive utility. How to fix bricked wd my book world edition white light or install. Hello, i have downloaded the windows version of the wd drive manager and reset the my book studio ii 6 tb to raid 1. You need this driver working before you can see the hard disk devices. I dont want to buy 8tb thunderbold duo it is just too much expensive comparing to this solution.
It is designed primarily for mac users, although it can be used on windows platforms after a reformat. The drives rather buggy firmware might turn many users away, however. This one however, is the first with two 3tb drives inside. If your device is currently running firmware version 02. The good the my book studio edition ii offers up to 6tb of storage, features raid 0 and raid 1, and supports usb 2.
Beware the wd mybook studio 2tb external hdd macrumors forums. Dude, theres no firmware update for your drive, the 6tb studio 2 came out much more later than the last firmware release for the studio 2, which dates from july 2009, so you already have it its not the same firmware than the studio and studio lx with smartware. I got 1tb my book studio ii wd0h2q, inside 2x 500gb wd hdds. Following are my notes on how to configure digital mybook world edition ii nas. My book western digital speichern western digital store.
Oct 15, 2015 i got 1tb my book studio ii wd0h2q, inside 2x 500gb wd hdds. Designed to meet wds demanding requirements for durability, shock tolerance, and longterm reliability, we back up pun intended. How to solve my wd hard drive not recognized in windows 10. This video shows you how to reinstall the firmware after you change the disk drive in the western digital mybookworld edition nas.
Read speeds up to 2000mbs to decrease load times and get you into the game faster. And to check your current firmware, then go to device manager locate the studio 2 under disk drives rightclick and select properties go to the details tab and select hardware ids you should see the firmware revision. I read posts, that upgrading to 2tb is possible, but i am wondering about 8tb. Wd introduced its my book studio edition ii highperformance dualdrive storage systems which are designed to seamlessly work with mac computers and provide an ideal blend of power savings and high performance. Your my book drive is formatted as a single exfat partition for compatibility. Our latest edition features visual, easytouse, automatic, continuous backup software and drive lock security protection.
Western digital wd20000d033 my book world edition ii western digital wd20000c033000 my book premium ii western digital wd20000h2q00 studio edition ii. Before updating to the latest firmware, it is recommended that youve installed the latest updates and service pack on your computer. How to recover or rebuild firmware of bricked wd my book world edition white. The mybook studio edition comes with quad interface. How to reinstall firmware on wd mybookworld after disk change. My book western digital store western digital store. I want to buy 2x wd caviar green 4tb, so i will have 8tb together. The mybook studio edition ii contains two drives and is designed to be used as a raid system for increased performance. May 25, 2010 a quick overview of the western digital studio edition ii 4tb external hard disk drive, including a demo on how to open the drive for hard disk upgradereplacement. Acronis true image wd edition software, youve got a complete backup routine to help. Tom rafterys vision things to come western digital my. Wds my book studio edition ii dualdrive, quadinterface external storage system for mac offers optimum performance for creative professionals.
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