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T ABLE OF CONTENT S – i T able of Contents 1 WD Service and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Registering Your WD Product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Kit Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

T ABLE O F CONTENTS – ii 8 Turning Off/Disconnecting the Device . . . . . . . . . . 26 Auto-off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Safe Shutdown ™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Safe Removal . . . .[...]

MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION 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.wdc.com . If the answer is [...]

MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL GETTING STARTED – 2 Getting Started Thank you for pu rchasing My Book ® Studio Edit ion ™ II, the storage solution of choice for creative professionals, workgroups, sm all offices, and anyon e looking for extra assurance of data safety . This user ma nual provides step-by-step installation instructions and[...]

MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION 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.com for answer ID# 1524. † Windows XP has a known limitation that keeps it from recogni[...]

MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL GETTING STARTED – 4 Precautions WD products are precision in struments and must be ha ndled with care during unpacking and installation. Drives may be damaged by rough handling, shock, or vibration. Be aware of the following preca utions when unpacking and installing your external storage product: • Do not [...]

MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION 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. This product also supports RAID 1 ([...]

MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION 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 such as the FireWire 800 to 400 cable included in this ki t. Connection to[...]

MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION 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. It features automatic backup to[...]

MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION 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. Doubl[...]

MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION 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 Edition II scre en and follow the instructions as prompted. 11. Connect the ad[...]

MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION 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. 4. Double-click the WD Drive Manager folder , which contains the so[...]

MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION 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 . WD Drive Manager enables the capacity gauge and Safe Shutdown ™ and also ins[...]

MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION 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. The My Book disk number is selected by default. Click Next .[...]

MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION 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. Select New Partition or New Simple V olume from the menu of available options.[...]

MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION 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 . 18. The Format Partition screen appears. On this scr een, you can select the file system, allocation unit size, an d volume label you wish to cr eate o[...]

MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION 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) . Dynami c partitions cannot be created on an external hard drive. The Wind[...]

MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION 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. T o view WD Drive Manager Status in Wi ndows, roll the cur[...]

MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION 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 . Click Laun[...]

MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION 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 . 3. When prompted to confirm, click [...]

MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION 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. T o view the device status as well as the status of each internal hard drive, in cluding which drive (A or B) ma[...]

MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION 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 . None Setting Mismatched Driv es from different RAID set[...]

MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION 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. Consult the array status to see if other errors have been det[...]

MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION 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 . Cl[...]

MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION 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. 4. Click Close when finished. Y ou can also use the context menu in WD RAID Manager to run Windows Disk Management T ool, perform NTFS quick form at, or change the RAID con[...]

MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION 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 . None Setting Mismatched Driv es from different RAI[...]

MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION 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. Consult the array status to see if other errors have been[...]

MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION 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. Y ou also may follow these steps to turn off the device. Safe Shutdown ™ The P ower button features Safe Shutdown , which prevents the inadvertent poweri[...]

MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL REPLACING A DRIVE – 27 Replacing a Drive My Book Studio Edition II is a limited user-serviceable product which 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://suppor[...]

MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION 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) . Using the pulltab, carefully and slowly pull the drive ass embly up [...]

MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION 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. Do not co nnect computer interface cables. 9. The drive starts t[...]

MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION 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.wdc.com and search our knowledge base for more help. How to Answer ID  install My Bo ok Studio Edition II on a Windows or Macintosh computer 1691  use My Boo[...]

MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION 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. These limits are de signed to provide reason able protecti on against harmful interference in a residential [...]

MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION 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 EDITION 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.S.A. Information furni shed by WD is bel ieved to be a ccurate a[...]

MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION 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 connecting 8, 10 disconnecting 26 turning off 26 Drive configuration 5 format 5 replacing 2 7 Drive status 16 E Environmental complian ce (China) 31 [...]

MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL INDEX – 35 service 1 support 1 WD Drive Mana ger status 16 WD RAID Manager Mac 17 Windows 22[...]