Western digital my book edition ii

It shows up in Devices, but in Device Manager it has a yellow triangle with an exclamation on it. Looks like a driver issue and the Microsoft Community says WD has no plans to update the drivers? At the time of this post no official drivers from WD are available. The protocols used by the unit may not be supported by Windows Thanks for your reply Trancer. I can access the folder via using the Run command with the IP address, but a bit of a nuisance. This means your unit is actually working with Windows 10 using standard networking protocols SMB.

You can map your share after you access your unit with the method you are using. This in turn will create a link that will be displayed in the Computer section. This ensures the unit will automatically restart after a power failure.

If you power down a My Book World Edition by pressing the power button, and disconnect and then reconnect the power plug, the unit powers up for about 30 seconds and then powers itself down.

This ensures that the unit will not turn on accidently and remain on if there is a power failure. You need to press the power button to turn the unit on. For drive security, the device is equipped with a security slot, which supports a standard Kensington security cable. For more information on the Kensington security slot and available products, visit www. When the device is turned on, the Capacity Gauge indicates space used on the drive by fully illuminating six sections in an upward vertical direction.

Each section represents approximately 17 percent of drive capacity. Because this drive is preformatted, the first section is illuminated upon installation. Connect one end of the Ethernet cable into the Ethernet port located on the back of the device.

Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable directly into a router or network switch port. Note: For faster initial loading of your content, connect the cable directly to the network port of your computer. See page for more information. Connect the end of the adapter into the DC power supply socket located on the back of the device. Plug the AC adapter into a power outlet. The unit powers up automatically. Important: Wait for the My Book World Edition to finish powering up approximately three minutes before configuring the device.

To power down the device, press and hold down the power button down for at least four seconds. Follow the appropriate procedure below:. Turn on your computer and wait for the operating system to load. Note: If AutoPlay is disabled on your computer, you must install the utilities manually.

Click Start and then My Computer. Click Accept in the Terms of Agreement screen. If you have connected the My Book device properly as shown in the Connect screen, click the Next button. The Application Installer screen opens, displaying a list of options. WD Discovery Tool. A message appears asking whether you want to map the drive automatically.

You have two options. Complete step a or step b. All share folders available on the device are mapped as network drives automatically. Available drive letters are assigned backwards from Z. When mapping completes, the share folders appear as network drives in the WD Discovery screen. Click Back to return to the main page. All share folders on the device are listed on-screen. Select a folder name, and then select a drive letter. Click Yes to complete drive letter assignment.

Note : Once a unit is mapped to a network drive, automatically or manually, it keeps the same drive letter. Close the WD Discovery Tool. The network drives display. You can now drag and drop files into the network drive folders using My Computer or Windows Explorer. Windows Vista and Windows 7 offer an alternative to WD Discovery for easy setup and mapping of the unit. Click Locate and install driver software recommended. Click Yes, always search online recommended.

Windows starts searching for the driver. Depending on your system setup, it may take a minute or so to locate the driver. When installation is complete, a confirmation message displays. Click Close. Right-click MyBookWorld and select Open from the drop-down menu.

The Public, Configuration, and Download shares default shares display. Right-click MyBookWorld and select View device webpage from the dropdown menu. The login page appears. Right-click MyBookWorld and select Properties from the drop-down menu. The MyBookWorld Properties screen displays. Note: Configuration is a read-only share containing only a Help file and the login page.

The share may appear as a shared drive icon on the desktop depending on your preferences. You can now drag and drop files into the network drive folders using Finder. If you want to make the shared drive icon permanent on the desktop, create an alias. Following are two ways to do that:. Hold down the Cmd and Option keys simultaneously and drag the item to where you want the alias to appear.

Instead of moving the original item, this creates an alias at the new location. Open Finder, and double-click the Mybookworld icon. Make sure that Public is highlighted in the Select the volumes to mount list, and then click OK. Double-click the Public icon that is now on your desktop to display three shared subfolders.

You can now drag and drop files into the shared folders using Finder. Following are two ways to create to do that:. You can now drag and drop files into your My Book device and move files from My Book to any computer in your network that has been set up according to the instructions above. This user manual contains information and instructions for all other basic and advanced My Book device management functions, including:. WD Anywhere Backup software is a quick, easy and secure way to back up all the computers in your network.

Your files be backed up automatically upon reconnection with your home network. If you have connected the device properly as shown in the Connect screen, click the Next button. Click WD Anywhere Backup. Note: It may take a minute or two for the next screen to display.

Select your preferred language from the list and click OK. Close all other open applications, and then click the Next button to continue. If you accept the terms of the agreement, click I Agree to continue. After starting WD Anywhere Backup as described in the previous chapter, you can back up your data using several methods.

The main option is to have the My Book World Edition automatically and continuously back up your files, providing assurance that your files can always be restored.

Customized Backup: The other option is to customize your backup to back up only selected types of files, for example, only photos or videos, or other drives. Click the Begin Backup button. A message explains that initial backup will use moderate resources on your computer.

To pause the backup, click Pause until System Idle. To keep the backup running in the background, click Continue. Note: If you do not want these messages to display in the future, click Do not show Configuration Wizard at startup.

A registration screen appears. If desired, enter the optional registration information. Click Continue. Creating and customizing a backup plan allows you to automatically safeguard against data loss. Click Create. If the screen shows no backup plans, none have been created. Click the Next button. Click the All Items from SmartPicks button. The File Tally screen may appear:. If you do not want to see this message again, select the check box at the bottom.

Click OK. The SmartPicks screen displays, listing common file types that you can back up. Select each file type you want to back up. You can also click Select None to clear all selections, or click Select All to select all of the items. To add more items, click the Add Backup Items button. The Local Folders tab displays. Select additional folders and click Select. To exclude more items from your plan:. Click the Select button. On the Items Selected for Backup screen, click the Next button.

Click the My Own Backup Items button. The SmartPicks screen appears, listing default file locations you can back up. When finished, click. Note: The Tally screen may appear. Name your backup plan and click the Next button. You can create additional backup plans by repeating the steps above.

You can restore the files in your backup plan to a specified location in the event that you accidentally delete a file, want to compare file versions, or have lost all data due to a hard drive crash on your computer. Click a backup plan in the Select a Plan list, or to search for a backup plan, enter the name in the Search by File Name field and click Search. Click the box es next to the folders or files you want to restore. From the Restore Files to list, select a location for your restored files and click the Restore button.

You may reactivate an old backup plan if you want to continue backing up the files specified in that plan. The Reactivate wizard appears. Browse to select the location of the backup folder and click the Next button.

If you have more than one backup plan, select the one you want to reactivate and click OK. Select the No, just reactivate the backup plan and start backing up option and click the Next button. Your backup plan is reactivated, and your computer backs up files onto your selected backup destination. Important: If you select the Yes option, all the files in your backup up plan are restored onto your computer.

This overwrites the files on your computer with the files from your backup plan. Click the icons to add or remove files to and from backup plans, keep multiple revisions of files on hand for recall, remove entire plans, and view the backup log.

If you have more than one backup plan, select the one you want by clicking in its box. A blue border surrounds the selected plan. Note: To deselect all listed files, click the Select None link. To select all the listed files, click the.

When you finish selecting items to add or remove, click the Select or OK , depending on the screen button. You can change the number of versions of the same files WD Anywhere Backup should keep. Click the Change Selected Settings icon. Select the Keep up to check box and enter the maximum number of earlier versions of your files to keep. You can delete a backup plan on the WD Anywhere Backup screen.

Your backed up files remain at their destination until you delete them manually. Click the Remove Backup Plan icon. In response to the confirmation message, click OK. Select the backup plan, and click the Show Backup Log icon. The Backup Log appears.

To cause an explanation of an error in the list displayed in the lower part of the screen, click the error. To clear selected errors, select their check box and click the Clear Selected Errors button. To clear all errors, click the Clear All Errors button. To prevent the Error Log from displaying transient errors, click the Do not notify me about transient errors check box. This selection affects all backup plans.

To see which files have been backed up, click the click here to launch the WD Anywhere Restore application link. Welcome to ManualMachine. We have sent a verification link to to complete your registration. Log In Sign Up.