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Something told me it was not a problem with the drive itself. Connect wd my cloud or nas directly to a mac or windows pc. Sep 26, 2016 wd my book external drive not working posted in external hardware. Western digital my book live 3tb hard drive and fios router. Hi, i have a western digital my book live 1tb nas but i cant see it on my home network. I bought a western digital my book essential edition 1tb external hard drive in july 09. Western digital users are fed up with my cloud failures. Essential edition, home edition, office edition, mirror edition, studio edition, premium edition, elite edition, pro edition, av dvr live edition, and the world edition. My book desktop storage has massive storage capacity so you can confidently back up the files that make up your digital life. While the my book lives interface lets you set up and access a mionet.
After the upgrade i found that i was no longer able to access a western digital mybooklive nas on my home lan network through the file browser, or indeed with the file browsers of any of. With an unzipped 2gb file, those speeds slow down to 30mbps and 28mbps respectively. It took two weeks to get the my book to connect with my laptop again. Western digital my book external hard drive my book is a series of external hard drives produced by western digital. Western digital my book 8tb and my passport 4tb external. I recently installed windows 10 on my system hdd an ssd. Western digitals my cloud home is a networkattached personal cloud storage solution, designed to combine the convenience of cloud storage with the privacy and security of local storage. Apr 07, 2014 western digital s wd my cloud networkattached storage nas devices, such as the wd mybook world live, wd my cloud ex1, ex2, and ex4 sounded like a good idea. With the my cloud home app, you can access, upload and share your content from anywhere. Western digital my book live networking issues avforums. 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. Im sure its a configuration issue somewhere on the my book live especially since going from device to device on my network is around 10x faster writing, changing cabling or router ports has no effect.
The quick drive test checks the drive for major performance problems. The operating system is androidbased and a preinstalled plex media server can be enabled to turn it into a media center. The compact design of the my book drive exudes a confidence reflective of its reliability. Im using the western digital my book 3 to since 4 months. On windows and other operating systems youll need to. I noticed my system being very slow and it turned out that although the drive was showing up. Wd link connects to the web interfaces provided by the wd devices to manage or upgrade them. Accessing the drive directly from a browser typing the ip address into the. Western digital creates environments for data to thrive. Help tab display the wd smartware help tab display provides quick access to learning center topics and links to online support services. It wont allow firefox, opera, chrome to show remote mycloud. Games play without any lag, and download to the drive without any issues.
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Apr 09, 2019 western digitals my cloud home and my cloud home duo is an armv8 based nas device for home use. Best for frequent travelers, photographers with speed needs. Oct 15, 2015 i just connected the drive to my linksys wireless router then went through the setup using a dell studio laptop connected wirelessly to the router. Wd my cloud gives me nothing but trouble after 3 days of messin with it. At the time the problem was solved but this is just to make you acquainted with the situation my hdd stopped all of a sudden. Our latest edition features visual, easytouse, automatic, continuous backup software and drive lock security protection. My book 4tb desktop hard drive with password protection and. Western digitals wd my cloud networkattached storage nas devices, such as the wd mybook world live, wd my cloud ex1, ex2, and ex4 sounded like a good idea.
Wdc, today introduced modern and innovative redesigns of its my passport, my passport for mac, and my book hard drive lines, which have been highly recognized leading sellers for. Western digital has partnered with design firm fuseproject to create a new look for its my passport and my book external hard drives. Plus, wd has introduced a series of easytouse apps to increase the my book s. Agree with callandor connect via usb to see if you get better transfer speed. May 02, 2020 western digitals wireless version of my passport ssd alleviates this issue by providing a builtin wifi 5 access point so you can connect directly to the device without using a cable. Hi guys, i have western digital external hdd 2 tb green that seems to have stopped working. Cannot access western digital nas with file browser after. Western digital offers an expansive portfolio of technologies, storage devices, systems and solutions for businesses and consumers alike. Western digital my book problem question and answer dti.
My cloud home is an easytouse personal cloud storage device that plugs directly into your wifi router at home so you can save all your digital content in one central place. Aug 18, 2014 many viewers have asked if its possible to connect a wd my cloud directly to a computer using an ethernet network cable. Western digital 8tb my book duo desktop raid externe. Now everytime i copy a big file from my book to other hdd the transfert speed.
Western digital mybook extremely slow solutions experts. If i upload to the drive data is copied at around 3mbsec downloading from the. Western digital gives my passport and my book drives a. The only device on my network thats suffering from slow speeds is the my book live, it has a slow speed regardless of the sending device even the ethernet laptop.
Much cheaper alternative than the hard drives marketed as gaming hard drives. Western digital has latched on to the networkattached storage nas market. Easy to use my book desktop storage is ready to use out of the box for pc so you can start transferring files, saving your memories and backing up. Apr 29, 2020 tips to protect your western digital external hard drive while using an external hard drive, users may go through issues like hard disk not recognized. Hi all, now, im not much of a computer wiz by any regard, but ill try explain this as best i can. I just connected the drive to my linksys wireless router then went through the setup using a dell studio laptop connected wirelessly to the router.
Western digitals mybook drives are very convenient and popular storage options, but if the drive stops working then you might have success by giving it a quick love tap. Network access problems my book live duo wd community. I have had it for about half a year, and has been pretty much problem free until recently. The western digital my passport wireless ssd is pricey, but this featurepacked drive. I have given what i think is the best solution to these problems. Western digital mybook drive lock encryption failure and. It disappears from my local network for seemingly no reason.
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Jun 18, 20 hi all, ive recently bought a 3tb wd my book live. The new wd my book is both smaller and uses very different design than the older model, as it now sports angled corners compared to the rounded front panel used before. My book live network connection problems wd community. I have just had to reformat my laptop and now cannot connect to my drive to access file history to restore backup the drive is connected to router with network cable i can access drive control panel using ip address i can access files using my book live app. Unfortunately, it has neither the my book elites eink display nor the essentials capacity gauge. Western digital users are fed up with my cloud failures zdnet. Copying files to the default shared space on the drive averages less than 2. A variety of reasons can result in a western digital external hard drive not recognized. Wd my book external drive not working external hardware. I have a virgin media netgear router in to which i have plugged the ethernet. Please be mind full to get the best transfer speeds you need to use usb 3. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Unlike a nas, its a simple centralized solution to back up your photos, videos and files, and have it stored in one place. Dropbox type system, personal cloud, access anywhere without.
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