Email support is free for the entire warranty period and our extensive knowledge base is. Need drivers for legacy my book other network drives wd. To get the latest firmware i went to com and selected product support, then chose legacy products, then clicked on my book and then clicked on my book live and scrolled down to current firmware and hit download. I have a legacy my book external 1tb hard drive that my windows 10 laptop will not. Tips for getting started with the wd my book backup drive posted on 201405 by michael milette november 16, 2016 there isnt a lot of documentation that comes in the box with the wd my book drive. Wd is happy to announce the latest firmware update for the my book live.
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, music, and documents. How to increaseupgrade wd my book world edition white light capacity to 3tb 4tb mbwe i or 6tb8tb mbwe ii. Western digital my book 8tb and my passport 4tb external hdds. This website uses cookies to ensure you receive the best experience. Read speeds up to 2000mbs to decrease load times and get you into the game faster. Experience the convenience of alexa, now on your pc. How to fix bricked wd my book world edition white light or install. Ive had the exact same problem on my wd portable ultra 2tb hdd.
Apr 04, 2019 if you have a wd my cloud nas and had it set to auto update its firmware, chances are that it bricked itself around the 27th of march 2019. Western digitals my book live is a network attached storage nas device thats available in 1tb, 2tb or 3tb capacities and with a gigabit ethernet connection. Western digital my book 3tb quit working on xbox one. For the firmware update and release notes please check out the my book live product update page. My apologies for the category not being exactly correct. Their mbr master boot record containing the partition table will be overwritten. The wd my book 6tb drive does work when i connect it directly to my pc windows 10 box. I can log into my book live, but when i go to file explorer my book live doesnt appear. Wd hdd external 3tb usb my book essential officeserv group for more than 20 years, millions of people worldwide have trusted their data to wd hard drives. How to modify a 2016 western digital my book to use any. My mbl is 3tb, everything is ok, but i cant update this. Here is a complete list of links to hacks and howtos for the western digital my book world edition. The wd windows 8 app makes it easy to discover the digital media stored on your my book drive with your windows 8 computer.
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. How to downgrade wd my book world edition white light firmware version. Wds lifeline dataguard software runs on the dell windows 8. Its a simple device to use and while it offers plenty of storage space for your files, it also gives you an easy way to access them remotely. With this drive you get connectivity with the latest usb 3. How to fix bricked wd my book world edition white light or. The wd mybook has a virtual partion you cant get rid of, which is what the router seemed to be choking on, and still puts up a warning about. Before updating to the latest firmware, it is recommended that youve installed the latest updates and service pack on your computer. To get the latest firmware i went to and selected product support, then chose legacy products, then clicked on my book and then clicked on my book live and scrolled down to current firmware and hit download. Guide how to unbrick a totally dead mbl my book live wd. Ive just bought a my book live duo 4tb recently, and its working ok, but im not able to upgrade the firmware from mybookliveduo 02. We delete comments that violate our policy, which we encourage you to read. For windows, go to the start menu and select windows update. There is a thread about recovering original firmware on mbwe.
In addition, the original western digital firmwares disk format. Oct 04, 20 the wd my cloud is an extension of wd s portfolio of personal cloud hard drives that offer simple configuration and easy to consume content wherever you go across just about any device. The problem only started happening once i upgraded the firmware. Wd my passport ultra 2 tb works flawlessly with a dell xps system and with my new surface book. Connecting to wd my book live discus and support connecting to wd my book live in windows 10 drivers and hardware to solve the problem. Recently my 3tb wd my book gave up and would not power on, this is how i managed to rescue all of my 2. This 30 day period starts on the date of your first telephone contact with wd technical support. I have enabled via advanced setupusbsetting enable any usb device connected to the usb port. This video shows you how to reinstall the firmware after you change the disk drive in the western digital mybookworld edition nas. In the following url, a similar question was raised but there was no final answer.
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Tips for getting started with the wd my book backup drive. How to reinstall firmware on wd mybookworld after disk change. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. For this singlebay wd my cloud, the focus is entirely upon usability and content sharing, two significant challenges often seen in the small nas space. Automatic backup software and 3tb of storage space on. My book essential edition is a small, elegant, and easytouse usb external hard drive. So, you have to update the firmware on the drive, which it didnt want to do and that took many tries, then you have to run the software to hide the virtual partition, which. My book essential edition user manual getting started 1 getting started thank you for purchasing this wd product. It completely formatted the drive and all the factoryinstalled manuals, drivers. Downloadsdownload drivers, software, and updates for your wd product. Store important business or personal information with this wd my book external hard drive usb 2. How to clean personal data completely erase to the factory defaults wd my book world edition white light in purpose of sale. Dec, 2015 this video shows you how to reinstall the firmware after you change the disk drive in the western digital mybookworld edition nas.
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At the same time i purchased a 3tb wd mybook essential for use as backup for both pc and mac and generally as network storage primarily movies, music and photos. Wd my passport ultra 3 tb works flawlessly with the dell, reads ok with the surface book, but cannot write from the surface book. Wd my book 4tb keeps on disconnecting wd community. My book drive, with the wd backup, wd drive utilities, and wd security. So i sold it and now got a wd my book 3tb but i have learned my lesson, i will not be upgrading the firmware. Now when i click on check for update, i get your firmware is up to date. For mac, go to the apple menu and select software update. First graph is 1gb file from computer to 3tb mbl on 02.
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