Studio Edition II ™ User Manual External Desktop My Book ®
Table of Contents 1 WD Service and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Registering Your WD Product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Kit Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Optional Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Compatibility . . . . . . . . . .
8 Turning Off/Disconnecting the Device . . . . . . . . . .26 Auto-off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Safe Shutdown™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Safe Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Unplugging the Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 9 Replacing a Drive . . . . .
MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 1 WD Service and Support Should you encounter any problem, please give us an opportunity to address it before returning this product. Most technical support questions can be answered through our knowledge base or e-mail support service at support.wdc.com. If the answer is not available or, if you prefer, please contact WD at the best telephone number shown below. Your product includes 30 days of free telephone support during the warranty period.
MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 2 Getting Started Thank you for purchasing My Book® Studio Edition™ II, the storage solution of choice for creative professionals, workgroups, small offices, and anyone looking for extra assurance of data safety. This user manual provides step-by-step installation instructions and other important information regarding your WD product. For the latest WD product information and news, visit our website at www.westerndigital.com.
MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL Compatibility Macintosh Windows ® • • • • Any of the following: – USB port – FireWire 800 or 400 port – eSATA port or eSATA adapter card* Mac OS X 10.4.10+ . Mac OS X 10.5.2+ ® • Any of the following: – USB port – FireWire 800 or 400 port – eSATA port or eSATA adapter card* Windows 2000/XP/Vista† Note: Compatibility may vary depending on user’s hardware configuration and operating system.
MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL Precautions WD products are precision instruments and must be handled with care during unpacking and installation. Drives may be damaged by rough handling, shock, or vibration. Be aware of the following precautions when unpacking and installing your external storage product: • • • • • Do not operate this device outside the temperature range of 5°C–35°C (41°F–95°F) Do not drop or jolt the device. Do not move the device during activity.
MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 3 About Your WD Drive Format and Configuration This WD device is preformatted to HFS+ (Journaled) for compatibility with Macintosh operating systems and is pre-configured for RAID 0 (Striped) mode for maximum capacity and accelerated performance. This product also supports RAID 1 (Mirrored) mode for extra data protection with instantaneous and automatic data updates. If one drive fails the system will still run and your data will be preserved.
MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL Interfaces Power button LED FireWire eSATA ® Kensington Security Slot USB FireWire – This device is equipped with two FireWire 800 interfaces. FireWire 800 has a maximum data transfer rate of 800 Mb/s and is backwardcompatible with FireWire 400 using a special adapter such as the FireWire 800 to 400 cable included in this kit. Connection to a FireWire 400 device transfers data at FireWire 400 speed (up to 400 Mb/s).
MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL Software In addition to WD Drive Manager, this WD product is shipped 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 data protection. It features automatic backup to multiple destinations and synchronization of working files to keep them current. A user guide and online help are included with this application.
MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 4 Setting Up Macintosh FireWire or USB ® Important: Follow the steps below to safely connect the device. 1. Turn 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. Double-click the WDDriveManager.dmg icon. 6. Double-click the WD Drive Manager Installer icon. 7. Click Install.
MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 8. Click Accept to accept the license agreement and continue with the installation. 9. Click Quit. 10. If you want to install the backup software now, double-click the WD Anywhere Backup icon in the My Book Studio Edition II screen and follow the instructions as prompted. 11. Connect the adapter’s DC cable plug to the DC power input at the rear panel of the product. Verify that plug type of your wall power adapter is the correct plug type for your region.* 12.
MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL eSATA Note: The eSATA interface does not support WD Drive Manager 1. Turn 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 EDITION II USER MANUAL Windows Important: You must first install the drivers and utilities on the included CD before connecting the unit. Follow the steps below to safely connect the device. 1. Turn on your computer. 2. Insert the software CD into the CD-ROM drive. 3. The CD autoruns. Click Accept in the terms of agreement screen and WD Drive Manager and drivers are installed automatically. WD Drive Manager enables the capacity gauge and Safe Shutdown™ and also installs WD RAID Manager.
MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 10. Click on the device, then right-click to bring up the context menu. Click Run Windows Disk Management Tool. 11. The Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard appears. Click Next. 12. The Select Disks to Initialize screen appears. The My Book disk number is selected by default. Click Next.
MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 13. The Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard completes. Click Finish. 14. The device displays as a large Unallocated partition. Right-click on the black bar (Unallocated space) to see a menu of available options. CAUTION: Be sure to select the Unallocated drive (black bar). Do not select a system drive or any other healthy drive. Select New Partition or New Simple Volume from the menu of available options. 15.
MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 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 screen, you can select the file system, allocation unit size, and volume label you wish to create on the drive. It is recommended that you enter “My Book” in the Volume label field and select Perform a quick format to save time in the formatting process.
MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL Note: In almost all cases, it is best to leave the allocation unit size at default. If you are not dual-booting, it is recommended that you use NTFS as the file system (you can also select FAT16 or FAT32). Dynamic partitions cannot be created on an external hard drive. The Windows 2000 and Windows XP Disk Management utility cannot support the format of a FAT32 partition larger than 32GB. Go to support.microsoft.
MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 5 WD Drive Manager Status WD Drive Manager Status provides a quick view of the general status of the device. To view WD Drive Manager Status in Mac, click the WD Drive Manager status menu icon and point to WD My Book RAID. Mac Condition Icon To view WD Drive Manager Status in Windows, roll the cursor over the WD Drive Manager system tray icon.
MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 6 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 formatting the device. To launch WD RAID Manager, click the WD Drive Manager menu extra icon and point to WD My Book. Click Launch WD RAID Manager. Configuring RAID Important: Before you proceed, make sure to back up all files stored in My Book onto another storage device.
MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 1. To configure or change the RAID setting, click on a device from the menu to display the popup menu. The checkmark indicates the current RAID configuration. 2. Select the desired RAID configuration and device format and click Configure. 3. When prompted to confirm, click Configure again. 4. As standard precaution, the system prompts you for an administrator’s name and password to authenticate your action. Enter this information and click OK.
MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL RAID Troubleshooting WD RAID Manager monitors the activity of the drives in the RAID system so you can view the status of each drive and take the appropriate action. To view the device status as well as the status of each internal hard drive, including which drive (A or B) may have experienced a fault, click on a device and then click Info, which brings up a drawer on the right hand side of the main window.
MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL RAID Status Messages WD RAID Manager reports the following messages depending on the current status of your drive. Displayed Status Text Description User Action Healthy Array is properly configured and operating normally. None Setting Mismatched Drives from different RAID sets detected in slots. Both slots have valid array configurations, but they do not agree on the settings and the device is not able to determine which configuration is newer.
MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL Disk Status Messages WD RAID Manager reports the following messages depending on the current status of your Disk A and B. Displayed Status Text Description User Action Good The slot configuration contains valid data. Consult the array status to see if other errors have been detected. None No hard disk The slot contains no HDD Install drive in empty slot. No Config The slot does not contain a valid configuration. Create New RAID set.
MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 7 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 formatting the device. To launch WD RAID Manager, click the WD Drive Manager system tray icon and point to WD My Book. Click WD RAID Manager.
MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 3. Enter the confirmation number provided, then click Yes. When prompted again, click Yes to confirm. 4. Click Close when finished. You can also use the context menu in WD RAID Manager to run Windows Disk Management Tool, perform NTFS quick format, or change the RAID configuration. Right-click on a device in the WD RAID Manager main screen to view options.
MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL RAID Status Messages WD RAID Manager reports the following messages depending on the current status of your drive. Displayed Status Text Description User Action Healthy Array is properly configured and operating normally. None Setting Mismatched Drives from different RAID sets detected in slots. Both slots have valid array configurations, but they do not agree on the settings and the device is not able to determine which configuration is newer.
MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL Disk Status Messages WD RAID Manager reports the following messages depending on the current status of your Disk A and B. Displayed Status Text Description User Action Good The slot configuration contains valid data. Consult the array status to see if other errors have been detected. None No hard disk The slot contains no HDD Install drive in empty slot. No Config The slot does not contain a valid configuration. Create New RAID set.
MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 8 Turning Off/Disconnecting the Device Auto-off My Book turns off automatically when you shut down the computer. You also may follow these steps to turn off the device. Important: To prevent data loss, close all active windows, files, and applications before shutting down the device, which will otherwise prevent successful safe shutdown.
MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 9 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. Important: Only WD Caviar® GP hard drive assemblies can be inserted into the My Book Studio Edition II enclosure. In the event a fault occurs and you would like to service the device yourself, visit WD Technical Support at support.wdc.
MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 3. Loosen the thumbscrew that secures the 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 assembly up and out of the enclosure and set aside. 5. Gently slide the replacement drive assembly into the drive slot until is fully inserted.
MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 6. Replace the cover plate and secure 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 cable to the device. Do not connect computer interface cables. 9. The drive starts the rebuild process automatically and the LEDs cycle from bottom to top.
MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 10 Troubleshooting If you have problems when installing or using this product, visit our support Web site at support.wdc.com and search our knowledge base for more help.
MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 11 Appendix Regulatory Compliance FCC Class B Information This device has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL Warranty Information Obtaining Service WD values your business and always attempts to provide you the very best of service. If this Product requires maintenance, either contact the dealer from whom you originally purchased the Product or visit our product support Web site at support.wdc.com for information on how to obtain service or a Return Material Authorization (RMA).
MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL Index A O Auto-off 25 Obtaining service 30 C P Capacity gauge 4 CE compliance 30 Compatibility, system 2 Compliance, regulatory 30 Configuring RAID 16, 21 Connecting the device 7, 9 Product registration 2 D Device connecting 7, 9 disconnecting 25 turning off 25 Drive configuration 4 format 4 replacing 26 Drive status 15 E eSATA 5 Europe, CE compliance 30 F FAQs 29 FCC Class B information 30 FireWire 5 Frequently asked questions 29 R RAID configuring 16, 21 d
