It shows up in device manager as symwave wdc wd10eavs32d scsi disk device but does not show up in windows explorer. Drivers for wd my book world edition ii in windows 10. The warranty for your western digital product varies depending on product model. This video shows you how to reinstall the firmware after you change the disk drive in the western digital mybookworld edition nas. Hi all, i have a 1tb my book world edition white been sat stationaryuntouched since i bought it 10 months ago logged in yesterday, just to reboot it always figure its healthy to reboot devicesservers every few months bad move, when i logged back into the web interface, it says drive not reconised, and failed to mount drive. Also, when plugged in at boot up, it stopsfreezes computer from completing. Western digital was formed in 1970, originally as a manufacturer of semiconductors. Once system operational and plugged in, it appears in device manager. Home spiceworks support spiceworks general support. Western digital drivers download for windows 10, 8, 7, xp. My book essential external hard drive wd smartware software included on the drive. Designed to meet wd s demanding requirements for durability, shock tolerance, and longterm reliability, we back up pun intended. How to recover data from a failed my book world edition.
Kit contents as shown in figure 1, your my book essential disk drive kit includes the following. In the 1980s, the company shifted to the storage market and began producing many successful storage products. Wd my book essential not being recognized in windows 10. Does anyone know how to give my wd my world book hard drive a new ip address so it shows up on my network.
Plugged it into a switch and its not being recognised at all, even downloaded the wd cd with the drivers and the detection tool doesnt see it either. Solved wd myworld book ip address spiceworks general. I did that and yes it showed a previously configured wd mybooklive incident at the bottom of the devices list under western digital nas. Currently, this hardware device is not connected to the computer.
The wd discovery software will not work with the older my book world blue rings network drive. The dualdrive model my book world edition ii is preconfigured for maximum capacity as a large single spanned volume. As shown in figure 1, your my book drive kit includes the following. Administrator name password tool language id like to know if there is a way he can map the drive on the machine in question. It shows up in devices, but in device manager it has a yellow triangle with an exclamation on it. Email support is free for the entire warranty period and our extensive knowledge base is. Wd my book world edition white after building a pc with win 10, ive not had my wd my book world edition used for a good while, decided to plug it in and install the drivers etc. Download di software e firmware assistenza wd support. List of all wd firmware and software available for download. From what i gather, the mybook live is hardly a fullfeatured nas, but anyway. Your product includes 30 days of free telephone support during the warranty period. In this video i show you how i removed the 2tb western digital wd20earx drive from its external usb 23 enclosure to be left with a bare 2tb sata drive ready for use in my unraid server. Install the putty tool 2 on your windows computer, launch this tool, type the ip address of your mybook and use port 22.
After this hack is applied, you must reboot the mybook. Wd reliability millions of people around the world trust their data to my book desktop storage. I have the wd my book world edition ii, however it doesnt seem to want to play with windows 10. Youll need a thin flathead screwdriver and a phillips star shaped screwdriver.
Wd discovery on 32bit and 64bit pcs this download is licensed as freeware for the windows 32bit and 64bit operating system on a laptop or desktop pc from hard drive software without restrictions. My book world edition user manual getting started 4 getting started format and configuration my book world edition is preformatted as a linux file system. Support for multiple devices one installation of the software supports up to three wd drives my book or my passport drives with wd smartware software. Hi im having a problem with my my book network drive, where it keeps disappearing from the network, and hence is unaccessable. Western digital is a technology company that mainly produces storage products. If your product is not listed above, please visit the product page. Today, western digitals headquarters are located in san jose.
Administrator name password tool language id like to know if there is a way he can map the drive on the machine in question without. Wd mybooklive smb problems support roon labs community. How to reinstall firmware on wd mybookworld after disk. Wd my book world edition white solved windows 10 forums. You may find the applicable warranty for your product via the product detail webpage, in your product documentation or by contacting our support team. Cant access my bookworld through windows 10 microsoft. My book drive, with the wd backup, wd drive utilities, and wd security software usb 3. My apologies for the category not being exactly correct.
Looks like a driver issue and the microsoft community says wd has no plans to update the drivers. From there, you will be able to update to the current available 02. How to open the western digital mybook may not be entirely obvious. The network settings should have reset to dhcp default. Since most of not all my book world edition i and ii only support smb1 does this mean it will have to be thrown to the trash.
Browse by product below to find your specific product. My wd mybookworld is visible in file explorer under network however i access it. I have a legacy my book external 1tb hard drive that my windows 10 laptop will not recognize. This 30 day period starts on the date of your first telephone contact with wd technical support. Use the wd link software or a network scanner to locate the drive its ip on the local network. Wd 2 tb my book not recognized by norton or by file explorer, but shows up in device manager. Code 45 to fix this problem, reconnect this hardware. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. For mac, go to the apple menu and select software update if your device is currently running firmware version 02.
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