Reading user manual, i tried to press once the rearfacing power button but the front led indicator does not turn off. How i rescued my data from a 3tb wd my book external hard. May 11, 2008 before buying any new parts or paying for repairs, try this. 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. 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. A line of external hard drives by western digital, styled after hardbound books. Of course, if you feel that 20tb is a bit excessive, you can save a few dollars and downsize to the 12tb or 16tb duo models. Sep 22, 2011 wd just launched a pair of external hard drives largely designed for mac users. Wd just launched a pair of external hard drives largely designed for mac users. If my permanently connected wd my book drive wasnt powering up, powering down, powering up, etc, all day long, i might actually use time machine more. Western digital hard drive problems and data recovery.
What to do when your external hard drive wont show up. Click accept to accept the license agreement and continue with the installation. The wd raid manager software says the drives are healthy, but 0% of the space has been used. My book is a series of external hard drives produced by western digital. System is a windows 10 pro version 1709, os build 16299. The compact design offers up to 14tb capacity, making wd elements desktop storage the ideal solution for easy, addon storage of all your important photos, music, videos and files. The western digital 1 tb elements only has 1 usb connection. After the upgrade, i was unable to access the contents. It doesnt show in my computer but it makes clicking sounds for about 5seconds and in computer management it shows as disk1 and says disk not initialized. What i learnt from using wd red disks to build a home nas.
View online or download western digital my book studio user manual, manual, brochure. How to fix external drive blinking but not detectable issue. Unfortunately when i turn off the console the external drive constantly spins and turns off approximately every 20 seconds or so. Before buying any new parts or paying for repairs, try this. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. Western digital my book studio edition ii macworld.
My book drives are designed to look like a standard black hardback book, with the exception of the. The two clam shells that form the my book are very snug. It is working great, except when it spins down, it takes a while to wake up and unable to access the drive until i turn offon the services then it starts to work again. 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. Apr 14, 2011 western digital is now shipping the my book studio edition ii, a twodrive enclosure filled with 6 tb thats right, six terabytes of raid 0 storage and a quadinterface fw800 fw400 esata.
The second unit is a wd my book studio edition ii 2tb connected via firewire, and i believe was not connected during the upgrade. Even though wd certifies drives in the red series to last at least 600,000 load cycles in controlled environments, consider that the disks above were used in a home nas, where they spent approximately twothirds of the time in standby as you can see from my data above, the newer drive shipped with a firmware. Its especially annoying considering they sell a range of studio my books designed primarily for use with macs. Yesterday i connected my 3tb wd my book essential to my xbox one s and transferred all games to it. Companies are gathering as much data as possible to help the. Problem with sxps 40 connected to a wd my book home through. Western digital my book external hard drive wont turn on.
I have been searching for a way to disable the spin down or even set a. If your product is not listed above, please visit the product page. However, there is no option to control the amount of time that must elapse before the disk spins down. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. Well, my opinion is that its worth it for three reasons. The sd card only contains the os, all my music and videos are on an external hdd. Just for the heck of it, i backed up my external firewire drive 1. Firstly, the drive is retarded in that after 10 minutes of inactivity, it spins down until you access it again. I have the my book hd configured in raid 1 with no password at the moment. I still have not received a correct answer to my original question. Since most external ide disk enclosures dont support setting the ide idle timer, a program like hdidle is required to spin down idle disks automatically.
My mybook 3t drive, less than 1 yr old, only used for time machine backups, refuses to power up now. Modifying the registry is another great approach to fix the issue. I also bought another my book studio edition ii hd two weeks ago dont know now if this is a good idea now. If you have any trouble accessing the drive, reboot your computer and disconnectreconnect the my book studio iis 2tbpower cable. I do hear the drives spin down but i still hear it at idle. This is for a macmini i use as a media server, i really want the device to spin down when not in use as a 247 spinning hd really isnt desirable but i want it to spin back up when i want some data without a physical switching off and on. I then tried to plugged it again to the new macbook pro, not showing either. Western digital does not offer replacement cases so i got one from otherworld and the drive lives on. Essential edition, home edition, office edition, mirror edition, studio edition, premium edition, elite edition, pro edition, av dvr live edition, and the world edition. Wd mybook doesnt spin down raspberry pi osmc forums. How to change wd scorpio blue wd7500bpvt spin down time. Step two put the my book up on its end, the long rubber feet. The wd keeps on spinning indefinitely and i dont know why.
Wd my book 4tb wdbfjk0040hbk,nesn working after reformatting the drive with wd quick formatter. It looks quite nice and would go nicely with a mac pro or any aluminum mac. Recommended external hard drives for photo, video, and audio. If you have more than one supported drive connected to. Fix wd external hard drive not recognizedworking with. I saw too many problems with lowcost drives running 247, including exactly same drives that are used in mybook world edition. Plug it in pc first, wait few seconds, then plug it in wall. Oct 24, 20 the second unit is a wd my book studio edition ii 2tb connected via firewire, and i believe was not connected during the upgrade. Shop for wd my book studio 3 tb firewire 800 external hard drive at best buy. Jan 07, 2020 for those with extensive archives to manage, that equates to storage for about 3. Western digital hard drive is not recognized by windows 10.
My wd drive dropped on the floor and i have not been able to access anything inside of it. How i rescued my data from a 3tb wd my book external hard drive. Took back that drive cause of spin down issues now i got a 1tb wd my passport everything works fine now. Western digital hd sleep mode driving me crazy cakewalk. When it is complete, your my book studio ii 2tb capacity light should turn on, and the drive should function as normal.
Since most external ide disk enclosures dont support setting the ide idle timer, a program like hdidle is required to spin down idle disks automatically a word of caution. Wd40000h2q00 to my asus router ac68u for sharing data with other devices on the network and for dlna. The wd drive utilities desktop shortcut icon if you created one when you installed the application start all programs western digital wd apps wd drive utilities see figure 4 on page 8. I have 2 different wd drives a passport and a my book, the my book was unrecognized when i added the passport. What i normally do is i eject the drive via finder but the front led indicator does not turn off. Oct 23, 20 i encountered the same problem with my 2 mybook studio ii drives both raid 1 connected via firewire to mid2010 macbook pro with mavericks. Took me quite a while to find the issue on my pc, turning off the wd drive manager service and let windows handle it. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us.
Western digital inand memory has become an important part of automated driver systems with local storage to fit the demanding data needs of the vehicle. The wd my book thunderbolt duo, for example, uses two 3. In addition to simplifying the backup process for both windows and mac computers, this hard drive features 256bit aes hardware encryption to. A problem with some of the western digitals my book external hard drives is that they have a spindown functionality built into their firmware. Fix wd external hard drive not recognizedworking with light. No matter what computer you plug it in to you get the same. I reconnected the drives via usb and now they generally spin down as normal. Western digital mybook hard drive shutting down periodically. External hdd spins and stops repeatedly microsoft community. The automotive industry is undergoing significant transformation with electrification and the development of autonomous vehicles. If you have valuable data saved on your wd drive, just download easeus hard drive recovery software to get all data back with a few simple clicks.
What is the spindown time how long does it take to go into powersaving spindown mode for the wd 2tb elements portable usb 3. I had that problem and went to office depot which is where i bought it. Mar 09, 2007 identify the corner screw that is painted black. A problem with some of the western digitals my book external hard drives is that they have a spin down functionality built into their firmware. Wd hard drive switching onoff all day lo apple community. Unofficial hdd compatibility list please add yours. The spin up time is relatively fast, typically under 10 seconds. Wd my book studio edition ii disable spin down when connected. Recently my 3tb wd my book gave up and would not power on, this is how i managed to rescue all of my 2.
For mac, go to the apple menu and select software update if your device is currently running firmware version 02. How can i control the spind down time or disable it. Wd my book studio ii simultaneously on both mac and pc. When an external drive fails i remove it from the case and test it with a newertech voyager q for 2. It works quite well and provides a webbased administration interface. There is an option to either enable or disable power saving mode, which spins down the drive when not in use. Western digital empowering the worlds data infrastructures. When i came home from vacation, my wd my book would not power on. View stepbystep tutorials on how to use your wd product from our youtube channel.
Dec 08, 2009 i have a wd my book home 2 tb going through esata on my 1640. Western digital hard drive problems and data recovery youtube. If my permanently connected wd my book drive wasnt powering up, powering down, powering up, etc, all. After making an unrecognized wd external hard drive detectable in your pc, the next step is to restore all saved data. It will not work with my drive im pretty sure its just for wd elements edit. Meaning that no matter what preferences are set in system preferences, if 10 minutes of inactivity have passed, the hard drive will go to sleep. Western digital is now shipping the my book studio edition ii, a twodrive enclosure filled with 6 tb thats right, six terabytes of raid 0 storage and a. Theres not much to say about the new western digital my book studio 3tb hard drive. Wd my book studio 3 tb firewire 800 external hard drive. Western digital hd sleep mode driving me crazy i use a western digital my book for audio. The my passport studio is the higher end of the two, featuring an all metal anodized aluminum body, sleek rounded edges, capacities up to 1tb, dual firewire 800 ports and a suite of drive management and security software. My book wont power up western digital my book ifixit. Even the most prolific photographers will likely struggle to fill the entire drive.
Improve pc performance when your internal hard drive is almost full your pc slows down. A high lcc can shorten the lifespan of your drives. Both go off after 10 minutes in the standby mode called this process apparently spindown and yet i find no way to prevent this. I havent even backedup that many times so its got plenty of space. Im using it with the macbook pro with time machine. From there, you will be able to update to the current available 02. Tackle external hard drives randomly ejecting in os x macissues. I have a mybook studio ii 2tb firewire 800 and a mybook essential 500 gb usb 2. Also all drives can just power down when using safely remove in windows or sync in linux, all open file handles are written before disconnecting preventing damage to the file system. Avoid western digital external drives builtin spin down.
Remove the usb cable, doing this should spin down the drives. Available in various editions from essential, to premium to world edition. There are still occasions where they dont spin down when i put the machine to sleep, but a second attempt usually does the trick. Step two put the my book up on its end, the long rubber feet down.
Both go off after 10 minutes in the standby mode called this process apparently spin down and yet i find no way to prevent this. Western digital 1tb external hard drive not recognized by. Western digitals my book studio edition ii is an external hard drive that uses two drives, preconfigured as a fast raid 0 striped array. Apr 21, 2007 this is for a macmini i use as a media server, i really want the device to spin down when not in use as a 247 spinning hd really isnt desirable but i want it to spin back up when i want some data without a physical switching off and on. Jun 01, 2015 this happened to me recently when a western digital my passport studio drive failed.
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