Watch the power of my book come to life we live hectic lives and generate tons of digital content. Just plug it in and save your valuable data, music, photos, and movies. My book essential edition is a small, elegant, and easytouse usb external hard drive. Wd firmware updater will not work on my brand new my book essential 1tb external drive. How to solve my wd hard drive not recognized in windows 10.
External drive failure wd my book essential 2tb my workaround. But this wd my book essential 2tb has software and i am lost i did install the software back then. 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. Product name my book essential 1 tb deadline 08042014. Make a wd my book ext drive behave as a generic usb drive. Eine wd 1tb my book mac edition verwende ich als time maschine backup system uber usb 2. First i formatted the my book as ntfs using a different laptop with win xp on it. Im really sorry to hear about your connectivity issues with the wd my book essential and windows 10. Your product includes 30 days of free telephone support during the warranty period. Wd my book essential wdbaaf0020hbk hard drive 2 tb. Alternatively, for additional benefits including a custom elabel display, you might want to take a look at. All useful data was backed up by booting the desktop with knoppix bootable linux. I also did not install any software to use the wd 2tb my book on my usb 3. I have the same problem, as some of the other posters, but with a my book pro ii 2tb.
Western digital my book troubleshooting, repair, and service manuals. See your life safe in one place wd smartware software a visual control center with a single screen view of all your data. Id recommend you to go to your motherboardcomputer manufacturers website and make sure you update the usb hub controller drivers from there, rather than letting windows updates do that for you. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. 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. Western digital my book external hard drive my book is a series of external hard drives produced by western digital. Western digital my book essential 2tb is a wellknown desktop external hard drive which features universal compatibility with usb 2. Wd quality inside and out my book external drives are the worlds best selling drives. The unit also turns on and off with the computer it is attached to. If your product is not listed above, please visit the product page. Western digital my book problem question and answer dti. Connecting wd my book essentials 2tb to wndr4500 u. Mar 03, 2010 yes, i did all of those things and found that indeed the vcd manager did not work because the firmware updater will not recognize the new 2tb drive.
I am very skeptical about wd now as similar experience has occurred to two of my work colleagues. Copy the files from firmware upgrade\essentials to. Mar 14, 2011 the quick fix for this is to turn off and unplug the mybook, and then give it a few sharp taps around the power button to dislodge it. For mac, go to the apple menu and select software update.
Collect two or more and they nest neatly together like volumes on a shelf. Wd firmware updater will not work on my brand new my book. Western digital my book live duo 4tb, 2 x 2tb, nas netwerk. Hi all, just got a new wd my book essentials 2tb hard drive and am trying to get it to work using readyshare on my wndr4500 with no luck. Western digital 1tb caviar green sata 8mb cache wd10eavs sn. I need the firmware of my book essential 1tb external. Once extracted, doubleclick on the file named wdfirmwareupdater.
The plug n play design makes the drive easy to use. It only shows on macos like so, after a power cycle unplugging just the power cord then replugging it. Before updating to the latest firmware, it is recommended that youve installed the latest updates and service pack on your computer. Recover from a failed mybook and mybook ii firmware.
This booklike shape takes up minimal space on your desk and allows two or more my book drives to nestle neatly together like volumes on a shelf. I updated the drive frimware to the latest and tried reformatting to various formats while setting to mbr or guid. I copied the sofftware that was on the wd portable drive onto a drive already on my system and then followed the wd recommended procedure to format thexxxxxinto a single ntfs partition. My book essential order wdh1u0n model wd0h1u00 serial deleted for privacy the hd inside. For mac computers, go to the apple menu and select software update. Yes, i did all of those things and found that indeed the vcd manager did not work because the firmware updater will not recognize the new 2tb drive. Sep 15, 2011 external drive failure wd my book essential 2tb my workaround.
This drive was bought to backup a failing internal hdd on a win7x64 desktop. A line of external hard drives by western digital, styled after hardbound books. We delete comments that violate our policy, which we encourage you to read. It doesnt show up on disk utility nor on the finder nor on finder window but it shows on wester digitals smartware ill get the more expensive time capsule next time for time machine for more worry. I recently bought a wd my book essentials 2tb with the intention of using it as a nas. For the same great functionality with additional storage capacity, check out the my book essential 1. Never a hitch with that model, connected to same notebook,the same abuse and has not freaked out. Download software, utilities, firmware updates, and drivers for wd products. Unfollow western digital my book essentials 2tb external hard drive to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. These include 1x 250gb passport hd, 1x 320 gb passport hd, 1x 500gb passport hd, 1x 1tb book hd, 2x 2tb book hd and 2x hdmi media players. Vind my book in computers en software op marktplaats. Beware the wd mybook studio 2tb external hdd macrumors.
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Western digital my book essential externa apple community. Available in various editions from essential, to premium to world edition. I prefer the wd my book tb,without out all the goodies installed. Wd my book essential wdbaaf0020hbk hard drive 2 tb usb. Put your digital life on the sleek, high capacity my book essential external hard drive. Once connected to the pc, each unit appears as two drives, one for their read only softwarefirmware and one for the 2tb of storage. About two months ago both wd 2tb books froze and i cannot recover any data from them. For windows, go to the start menu and select windows update. Our bestselling my book external drive is an elegant, highcapacity storage solution for all the chapters of your digital life.
Alternatively, for additional benefits including a custom elabel display, you might want to take a look at the my book elite range from western digital. Essential edition my book drives are almost entirely black, with the. Wd my book essential wdbaaf0020hbk hard drive 2 tb usb 2. Fixed issue of drive dropping off of the list after system wakes up from standby mode.
Firmware western digital universal firmware updater 4. Email support is free for the entire warranty period and our extensive knowledge base is. This 30 day period starts on the date of your first telephone contact with wd technical support. External drive failure wd my book essential 2tb my. How to reinstall firmware on wd mybookworld after disk change. Beware the wd mybook studio 2tb external hdd macrumors forums. Western digital my book essential edition 1tb usb 2. The uploader will then start uploading the firmware to your mybook. This video shows you how to reinstall the firmware after you change the disk. Our latest edition now features visual, easytouse, automatic, continuous backup software and drive lock security protection. Western digital wdbaaf0020hbk my book essential 2 tb external.
My book essential drivers external drives for pc wd. Western digital wdbaaf0020hbk my book essential 2 tb. My wd book essential must have had a power surge and the board fried. May 27, 2002 hey experts, i think i may have made a mistake. The quick fix for this is to turn off and unplug the mybook, and then give it a few sharp taps around the power button to dislodge it. The wd 2tb my book desktop storage drive securely holds large amounts of data for backup purposes or as a hard drive expansion. Manuals and user guides for western digital wdbaaf0020hbk my book essential 2 tb external hard drive. Compatibility can vary, depending on hardware configuration and operating system. My book essential edition user manual getting started 1 getting started thank you for purchasing this wd product. In addition to the booklike design, the my book essential edition drives have an intelligent power management feature that stops the drive platters after ten minutes of inactivity, rather than the usual expedient of slowing them down.
Here is the easy answer for this fix you have to download wd quick formatter here is the link because it took me forever to figure out how to do this i went from website to website but here is your solution download this. Essential edition, home edition, office edition, mirror edition, studio edition, premium edition, elite edition, pro edition, av dvr live edition, and the world edition. Most maybe all of the other drives can be disabled, but as of my purchase, the 2tb could not. Swapping a board with a western digital my book essential. Clearly this issue will continue to plague wd my book users and its simply unacceptable. My book essential user manual about your wd drive 3 operating system compatibility your my book essential drive and the wd smartware software are compatible with the following operating systems. Updating firmware on a my book essential external drives. I tried to upgrade the firmware of my my book essential 1 tb version 1. Download wd my book essential hdd firmware updater 3. Disconnect all other external drives from the computer except one my book or my passport.
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. I unplugged the usb from my computer as usual yesterday after doing the back up and when i plugged it in this morning to check on some of the content, it will not come up on the computer, the laptop. Feb 14, 2015 forum forum my book world edition white light replace 1tb for 2tb or 4tb. For windows computers, go to the start menu and select windows update. This book like shape takes up minimal space on your desk and allows two or more my book drives to nestle neatly together like volumes on a shelf. This firmware version includes support for mac osx tiger. Retrieve data from wd my book essential 2tb desktop hd. 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. Once this has been done, plug it back in and start it up.
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