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Western digital my book studio edition 1tb about the size of a stubby desk dictionary, the gray my book features ports aplenty. Obviously, this isnt a professional rig like xraids and the like, but if. Western digital 6 tb my book studio edition ii youtube. Format my 6tb my book studio edition ii to fat32 external. Product title wd my book studio wdbc3g0010hal hard drive 1 tb. Wd anywhere backup mac and windows is an intuitive. Product title wd 6tb my book desktop external hard drive. Password protection with hardware encryption with builtin 256bit aes hardware encryption with wd security software, you can set your own personalized password to help keep your content private and safe. While we await more thunderbolt storage devices, western digital grabbed headlines not too long ago for the announcement of its 6tb my book studio edition ii macready external drive.
I have purchased 4 of these western digital studio ii external hard drives over the past 18 months three of them are 4tb, one of them is 6tb, and they are great. Western digital my book studio edition ii specs cnet. You can confirm the firmware release for your drive here on wds site. Western digital is now shipping the my book studio edition ii, a two drive enclosure filled with 6 tb thats right, six terabytes of raid 0 storage and a quadinterface fw800 fw400 esata. In theory, fat32 should allow for drive sizes of up to 8 tib with 32 kib clusters, however, the 3 tb hard disk drives inside your wd my book studio edition ii have 4k sectors, making a fat32 partition over 2 tib unlikely unless you can manually adjust the cluster size per disk on each drive at a time to keep the raid configuration. 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. In march, western digital announced an extension to their my book studio edition ii dualdrive storage system. The automotive industry is undergoing significant transformation with electrification and the development of autonomous vehicles. Apr 19, 2011 western digital my book studio edition ii with up to 6tb of storage and support for both raid 0 and raid 1, the my book studio edition ii is the largest dualbay external hard drive to date, in. Our latest edition features visual, easytouse, automatic, continuous backup software and drive. Jan 23, 2012 western digital went from a design on the original my book live that was difficult to access the hard drive inside to a very user intuitive layout on the my book live duo that lets users access the internal drives with very little effort.
Hey there wacoachrusso, if the drive works fine on another system then i wouldnt think the problem is with the drive. Get the best deals on western digital usb 6 tb external hard disk drives and find everything youll need to improve your home office setup at. Email support is free for the entire warranty period and our extensive knowledge base is. Disassembling a western digital my book instructables. Wd security enter an incorrect password five times in a row. Theres not much to say about the new western digital my book studio 3tb hard drive. We spent a little time with the western digital my book studio edition ii, a dual drive in a single box. I just recently bought my 6tb my book studio edittion ii wd hard drive. How to unlock a wd external drive without a password ccm. This follows the design of the my book studio edition ii, but makes it even easier to get at each hard drive. The mybook studio edition ii comes in a foot cube box and is the same size as most dual 3. Glyph studio s6000 6tb external hard drive 7200rpm, usb 3, fw800 or. But with the new windows 10 i get a black window in the lowerright that says the drive does not work. 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.
This edition is available with storage capacities of 1 tb, 2 tb, 4 tb and 6 tb. Now we just need to wait for apple to pick up usb 3. The my book desktop hard drive also works great with acronis true image wd edition software to schedule full system backups. Tried swapping in 3tb drives on my studio ii and it didnt work i know this is a dormant thread, but i thought id update it for anyone wanting to know if you can successfully upgrade the 4tb 2x2tb wd drives in the western digital wd my studio ii external drive. So im looking to add a removal drive bay to my primary backup machine and pick up a bunch of large ide drives, so that i can do regular disk to disk backups over 100 meg ethernet and for my machines which are in cages, over the net pulling out and alternating the backup drives. This 30 day period starts on the date of your first telephone contact with wd technical support. Wd my book studio ii 2tb dualdrive storage system with raid mac compatible. The western digital my book studio edition allows you to easily stow away those precious digital memories and still have room left over for using leopards time machine automated backup. Firmware update mybook studio edition ii 6tb external. Upon the fifth failed attempt, you will be prompted to erase your drive. Wd mybook unboxing and installation tutorial youtube. Replace hard drives so, it turns out that i underestimated the amount of space i needed, so now its time to upgrade the two 2gb hds that came with the.
Buy wd 6tb my book desktop external hard drive, usb 3. When you receive the drive, it is formatted for the mac, rather than windows. Western digital 6tb my book desktop external hard driveusb 3. The my book studio has a similar design to previous my book hard drives such as the essential and home editions. I have tried formating the drive with wd drive manager on my mac. This video will show you the contents of the wd mybook high capacity home network back up drive.
Wd my book studio edition ii goes to a whopping 6tb now. Password protection with hardware encryption with builtin. Compared to some manufacturerbranded external hard drives that seal the drive inside the enclosure forever, western digital made a point to. And to check your current firmware, then go to device manager locate the studio 2 under disk drives rightclick and select properties go to the details tab and select hardware ids. When i opened the mybook studio i installed the wd drive manager software, connected the mybook to the mac using. The western digital mybook studio ii drives all ship with a backup application as well, to help you keep your data backed up and current. 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. And to check your current firmware, then go to device manager locate the studio 2 under disk drives rightclick and select properties go to the details tab and select hardware ids you should see the firmware revision. The my book studio edition iis write speeds, though, werent quite as competitive. However when i format it to fat32 using wd drive manager on my mac it only formats about 2tb. In theory, fat32 should allow for drive sizes of up to 8 tib with 32 kib clusters, however, the 3 tb hard disk drives inside your wd my book studio edition ii have 4k sectors, making a fat32 partition over 2 tib unlikely unless you can manually adjust the cluster size per disk on each drive. No problem, you just need to format it for windows, which takes less than a minute. Western digital usb 6 tb external hard disk drives ebay. Western digital my book studio edition ii 6tb external.
New listing western digital 6 tb my book desktop external hard drive usb 3. Your product includes 30 days of free telephone support during the warranty period. I am wanting to format all 6tb to fat32 so i am able to use it on my playstation 3, along with my mac and pc. Companies are gathering as much data as possible to help the. Wd backup uses a wizardlike setup to set up automatic.
Western digital s my book studio is a 2tb external hard drive supporting firewire 800 and usb 2. My book studio ii user manual software in addition to wd drive manager, this wd product is shipped with the following bonus software. 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. Western digital empowering the worlds data infrastructures. You are responsible for the contents of your comments and any consequences that may arise as a result of them.
It does offer a scan to fix it but wd does not recommend it without backing everything up on the laptop hard drive first. If you need a firewire 800 drive, the my book studio gives a good amount of grunt, and is about as maccy as one can mac. It is designed primarily for mac users, although it can be used on windows platforms after a reformat. A line of external hard drives by western digital, styled after hardbound books. These western digital studio ii drives have a choice of 4 different interfaces usb 2. Western digital my book studio edition ii user manual pdf. As shown in figure 1, your my book drive kit includes the following. The first 3 of these i bought have been chugging along with constant use for more than a year, with nary a hiccup. Mybook studio 6tb problems please help external drives. Mar 17, 2011 western digital s new my book studio edition ii has 6tb on offer, but no thunderbolt or usb 3. Western digital my book studio edition ii 6tb if you think bigger is better when it comes to storage space, you might be interested in western digitals my book studio edition ii, which combines. Western digital my book studio edition ii macworld. You have to press very hard to release the latch at the front, hard enough that im afraid of.
Western digital my book studio edition ii 6tb external hard. Without getting in to the reasons why that is a terrible idea, ill just say that we dont. Western digital my book studio ii 6 tb 2 x 3 tb usb 2. Western digital my book studio edition 1tb macworld. Unlocking a wd my external hard drive heres a quick rundown of the tools that you can use to use to unlock your wd external hard drive.
Jul 09, 2011 theres not much to say about the new western digital my book studio 3tb hard drive. Dec 28, 2010 boasting two userservicable 1tb drives in raid 0 or raid 1 along with usb 2. Western digitals new my book studio edition ii has 6tb on. Western digital provides data storage solutions, including systems, hdd, flash ssd, memory and personal data solutions to help customers capture and preserve their most valued data. Designed largely for creative types on mac platforms, the my book studio edition ii offers a quad interface. Beware the wd mybook studio 2tb external hdd macrumors forums. Mar 03, 2010 just want to give yall a heads up on the western digital mybook studio 2 tb external hdd western digital my book studio 2 tb firewire 800400, usb 2. Western digital mybook 6tb studio edition ii 9to5mac. Feb 28, 2017 the 8tb version of the western digital my book is a deep well of affordable storage for your photos, music, videos, and more.
This one however, is the first with two 3tb drives inside. I have a macpro with three 1tb drives and one 2tb drive installed. The wd my book studio edition ii 4tb external hard drive employs two 2tb western digital caviar green hard drives in a raid 0 configuration, which improves read and write speeds. My book drive, with the wd backup, wd drive utilities, and wd security software usb 3.
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The top now has a springed plastic tab, which with a much softer press allows users to access both drives inside their my book. Password protection the my book drives builtin 256bit aes hardware encryption with wd security tools helps keep your content private and safe. The western digital my book live duo looks just like the standard live, albeit twice the thickness. There are two firewire 800 ports an adapter cable for connecting. Buy wd 6tb my book studio edition ii quad interface external hard drive featuring 7200rpm, usb 2. Western digital my book studio external hard drive 2tb. Western digital s my book studio edition ii was already at the top of the leader board, with four interfaces firewire 800400, esata, usb 2. For information about optional accessories for wd products, visit. Wd my book studio edition ii 6tb two bay external desktop. The internal hard drives are cool and quiet, so the my book studio edition ii.
Replacing a drive my book studio ii is a limited userserviceable product which allows for servicing of one or both internal hard drives in the enclosure. Also i will show how to connect it to you system and how to start your pc. But these western digital studio ii drives are a dream. My book studio lx drives include a 5400rpm hitachi branded raptor hard drive.
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