Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product My Book Studio Edition II Western Digital
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External Desktop My Book Studio ™ II User Manual ®.
T ABLE OF CONTENT S – i T able of Contents 1 WD Service and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Registering Your WD Product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . .
T ABLE O F CONTENTS – ii 8 Turning Off/Disconnecting the Device . . . . . . . . . . 26 Auto-off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Safe Shutdown ™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
MY BOOK STUDIO II USER MANUAL WD SERVICE AND SUPPORT – 1 WD Service and Support Should you encounter any probl em, please give us an oppor tunity to addres s it before returning this product. Most technical support questions can be answered through our knowledge base or e- mail support service at http://support.
MY BOOK STUDIO II USER MANUAL GETTING STARTED – 2 Getting Started Thank you for pu rchasing My Book ® Studio ™ II, the storage solu tion of choice for creative professionals, wo rkgroups, small offices, an d anyone looking for extra assurance of data safety .
MY BOOK STUDIO II USER MANUAL GETTING STARTED – 3 Compatibility Note: Compatibility may vary depending on user’s hardw are configuration and operating system. * For a list of compatible eSA T A cards, search our knowledge base at http://support.wdc.
MY BOOK STUDIO II USER MANUAL GETTING STARTED – 4 Precautions WD products are precision in struments and must be ha ndled with care during unpacking and installation.
MY BOOK STUDIO II USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD DRIVE – 5 About Y our WD Drive Format and Configuration This WD device is preformatte d to HFS+ (Journaled) for co mpatibility with Macintosh operating systems and is pre-configured for RAID 0 (Striped ) mode for maximum capacity and acceler ated performance.
MY BOOK STUDIO II USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD DRIVE – 6 Interfaces FireWire – This device is equipped with two FireWire 800 interfaces. FireWire 800 has a maximum data transfer rate of 800 Mb/s and is backward- compatible with FireWire 40 0 using a special adapter.
MY BOOK STUDIO II USER MANUAL ABOUT Y OUR WD DRIVE – 7 Software In addition to WD Drive Manager, this WD product is shippe d with the following bonus software. WD Anywhere Backup ™ (Mac and Windows) is an intuitive and robust backup and recovery application that provides around-the-clock da ta protection.
MY BOOK STUDIO II USER MANUAL SETTING UP – 8 Setting Up Macintosh FireWire or USB ® 1. T urn on your computer and wait for the operating system to load. 2. Insert the software CD into the CD-ROM drive. 3. Double-click the CD-ROM drive icon. 4. Double-click the WD Drive Manager folder , which contains the software for this device 5.
MY BOOK STUDIO II USER MANUAL SETTING UP – 9 8. Click Accept to accept the license agreement and continue wi th the installation. 9. Click Quit. 10. If you want to install the backup so ftware now , double-click the WD Anywhere Backup icon in the My Book Studio II sc reen and follow the instructions as prompted.
MY BOOK STUDIO II USER MANUAL SETTING UP – 10 eSA T A Note: The eSA T A interface does not support WD Drive Manager 1. T urn on your computer and wait for the operating system to load. 2. Insert the software CD into the CD-ROM drive. 3. Double-click the CD-ROM drive icon.
MY BOOK STUDIO II USER MANUAL SETTING UP – 11 Windows 1. T urn on your computer. 2. Insert the software CD into the CD-ROM drive. 3. The CD autor uns. Click Accept in the terms of agreeme nt screen and WD Drive Manager and drivers are inst alled automatically .
MY BOOK STUDIO II USER MANUAL SETTING UP – 12 10. Click on the device, then right-clic k to bring up the context menu. Click Run Windows Disk Management T ool . 11. The Initialize and Conver t Disk Wizard appears. Click Next . 12. The Select Disks to In itialize screen appears.
MY BOOK STUDIO II USER MANUAL SETTING UP – 13 13. The Initialize and Conver t Disk Wizard completes. Click Finish . 14. The device displays as a large Unallocate d partition. Right-cl ick on the black bar (Unallocated space) to s ee a menu of available options.
MY BOOK STUDIO II USER MANUAL SETTING UP – 14 16. Select the size of the partition you wish to create and click Next . 17. Select a drive letter to assign to the partition and click Next .
MY BOOK STUDIO II USER MANUAL SETTING UP – 15 Note: In almost all cases, it is best to leave the allocation un it s iz e at d ef a ul t . I f yo u are not dual-booting, it is recommended that you use NTFS as the file system (you can also select F A T16 or F A T32) .
MY BOOK STUDIO II USER MANUAL WD DRIVE MANAGER STATUS – 16 WD Drive Manager Status WD Drive Manager Status provides a quick view of the general status of the device. T o view WD Drive Manager Status in Ma c, click the WD Drive Manager status menu icon and point to WD My Book RAID.
MY BOOK STUDIO II USER MANUAL WD RAID MANAGER FOR MAC – 17 WD RAID Manager for Mac WD RAID Manager is a tool designed to help you easily manage your RAID system, including changing the RAID configuration and forma tting the device. T o launch WD RAID Manager, click the WD Driv e Manager menu extra icon and point to WD My Book .
MY BOOK STUDIO II USER MANUAL WD RAID MANAGER FOR MAC – 18 1. T o configure or change the RAID sett ing, click on a de vice from the menu to display the popup menu. Th e checkmark indicates the cur rent RAID configuration. 2. Select the desired RAID configura tion and device format and click Configure .
MY BOOK STUDIO II USER MANUAL WD RAID MANAGER FOR MAC – 19 RAID T roubleshooting WD RAID Manager monitors t he activity of the drives in the RAID system so you can view the status of each drive and take t he appropriate action.
MY BOOK STUDIO II USER MANUAL WD RAID MANAGER FOR MAC – 20 RAID Status Messages WD RAID Manager reports t he following messages depending on the current status of your drive. Displayed Status Te x t Description User Action Healthy Array is properly configured and operating normally .
MY BOOK STUDIO II USER MANUAL WD RAID MANAGER FOR MAC – 21 Disk Status Messages WD RAID Manager reports t he following messages depending on the current status of your Disk A and B. Displayed Status Te x t Description User Action Good The slot configuration contains valid data.
MY BOOK STUDIO II USER MANUAL WD RAID MANAGER FOR WINDOWS – 22 WD RAID Manager for Windows WD RAID Manager is a tool designed to help you easily manage your RAID system, including changing the RAID configuration and forma tting the device. T o launch WD RAID Manager, click the WD Drive Manager system tray icon and point to WD My Book .
MY BOOK STUDIO II USER MANUAL WD RAID MANAGER FOR WINDOWS – 23 3. Enter the confirmation number provided, then click Ye s . When prompted again, click Ye s to confirm.
MY BOOK STUDIO II USER MANUAL WD RAID MANAGER FOR WINDOWS – 24 RAID Status Messages WD RAID Manager reports t he following me ssages depending on the current status of your drive. Displayed Status Te x t Description User Action Healthy Array is properly configured and operating normally .
MY BOOK STUDIO II USER MANUAL WD RAID MANAGER FOR WINDOWS – 25 Disk Status Messages WD RAID Manager reports t he following messages depending on the current status of your Disk A and B. Displayed Status Te x t Description User Action Good The slot configuration contains valid data.
MY BOOK STUDIO II USER MANUAL T URNING OFF/DISCONNECTING THE DEVICE – 26 T urning Off/Disconnecting the Device Auto-off My Book turns off automatically when you shut down the computer.
MY BOOK STUDIO II USER MANUAL REPLACING A DRIVE – 27 Replacing a Drive My Book Studio II is a limited user-serviceable product wh ich allows for servicing of one or both internal hard drives in the enclosure. In the event a fault occurs an d you would like to service the device yourself, visit WD T echnical Support at http://support.
MY BOOK STUDIO II USER MANUAL REPLACING A DRIVE – 28 3. Loosen the thumbscrew that secures t he drive cover plate. Remove the drive cover plate and set aside. Note: Each drive is designated A or B by a color coded decal. 4. Locate the drive you wish to replace (A or B) .
MY BOOK STUDIO II USER MANUAL REPLACING A DRIVE – 29 6. Replace the cover plate and se cure it with the thumbscrew . Note: Do not overtighten the thumbscrew . 7. Close the cover and firmly push down until it locks into place. 8. Reconnect only the power ca ble to the device.
MY BOOK STUDIO II USER MANUAL T ROUBLESHOOTING – 30 T roubleshooting If you have problems when inst alling or using this product , visit our support W eb site at http://support.
MY BOOK STUDIO II USER MANUAL APPENDIX – 31 Appendix Regulatory Compliance FCC Class B Information This device has been tested and found to comply with the lim its of a Class B digital device, pur suant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
MY BOOK STUDIO II USER MANUAL APPENDIX – 32 GNU General Public License ( “GPL ”) Firmware incorporated into this product may incl ude third party copyrighted soft ware licensed under the GPL or Lesser General Public Li cense ("L GPL") (collectively , “GPL Software”) and not W estern Digital’s End User License Agreement.
MY BOOK STUDIO II USER MANUAL APPENDIX – 33 limitations above may not apply to you. This warranty gives you specif ic le gal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state. W estern Digital 3355 Michelson Drive, Suite 100 Irvine, California 92612 U.
MY BOOK STUDIO II USER MANUAL INDEX – 34 Index A Auto-off 26 C Capacity gauge 5 Compatibility, system 3 Compliance, regulatory 31 Configuring RAID 17, 22 Connecting the device 8, 10 D Device connect.
MY BOOK STUDIO II USER MANUAL INDEX – 35 service 1 support 1 WD Drive Mana ger status 16 WD RAID Manager Mac 17 Windows 22.
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