Lets first take a tour of the my book world edition hardware. How to delete a protected efi disk partition with windows 7. Allows windows to detect my book world edition, wd sharespace, and my book live network attached storage devices. I have a legacy my book external 1tb hard drive that my windows 10. The wd my book world editions sevenpage quick install guide is about as simple as it gets in terms of getting a product set up and operational.
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. Western digital my book world edition blue rings disassembling. Wd my book essential no drives september 2007 forums. 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 wd my book world edition i and ii firmware 01. List of all wd firmware and software available for download. Ideally suited for home networks, the my book world is a simple, intuitive, and great. Store all your digital media in one central location so. Just purchased western digital essential edition 500 gb my book 2. For windows, go to the start menu and select windows update. 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. 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. Western digital my book world edition ii page 2 of 5. It shows up in devices, but in device manager it has a yellow triangle with an exclamation on it.
Download wd my book essential hdd firmware updater 3. Western digitals my book world edition doesnt necessarily bring anything brand new to the nas box market but for the novice user its an ideal entrylevel appliance. Western digital my book world edition network hard drive. Looks like a driver issue and the microsoft community says wd has no plans to update the drivers. For mac, go to the apple menu and select software update. Windows sees the hardware, but refuses to recognize any drives defined on it. My hard drive doesnt show up windows 7 fix western.
My white wd my book world edition works fine with my windows 7. I was the last windows vista user until just last week. A different size, singledisk version with the circular light should work though. Need drivers for legacy my book other network drives wd. Western digital my book for windows free downloads and. Data lifeguard diagnostic for windows wd support western digital. The drive is built in the same housing as the usbfirewire edition of the drive, which is known as the my book pro edition ii. Before updating to the latest firmware, it is recommended that youve installed the latest updates and service pack on your computer. This firmware version includes support for mac osx tiger. Thats just what a home media server such as western digitals my book world edition intends to do. I finally put windows 7 on my machine and now i have. My book western digital opslaan western digital store. Restore the software on a mybook world edition hard drive. Mybook world software needed other network drives wd.
Western digital my book world edition you and your family have a lot of media files. The 1tb western digital my book world edition is a handsomely styled, wellventilated singledrive nas box thats notably slimmer than its predecessor its nearly half the thickness of the my. If your product is not listed above, please visit the product page. Wd my book world edition white solved windows 10 forums. I have a legacy my book external 1tb hard drive that my windows 10 laptop will not recognize. Use the included back up software to protect your familys pcs with automatic and continuous backup plans. Password protection the my book drives builtin 256bit aes hardware encryption with wd security tools helps keep your content private and safe. Please kindly know that wd my book is a device rather than a simply driver, so youd better download the latest driver for windows 7. Windows 10 wd mybookworld driver issue microsoft community. I have the wd my book world edition ii, however it doesnt seem to want to play with windows 10. Enabled email alerts to identify specific device name applicable for windows xp. My apologies for the category not being exactly correct.
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