My book world edition ii upgrade hard drive spiceworks. During the firmware upgrade process, the wd my book world edition hard drive will reboot itself twice. On the front panel figure 1, theres a power switch that is surrounded by two blue rings. Forum my book world edition blue rings hacking wd mybook. Restore the software on a mybook world edition hard drive few things are more upsetting than having a piece of hardware that doesnt work. How to fix bricked wd my book world edition white light or. Dec 07, 2011 western digital my book world edition blue rings disassembling. If your product is not listed above, please visit the product page.
This will start the western digital updater and extract the firmware files to a temporaty location. Restore the software on a mybook world edition hard drive. Enabling ssh access on mybook world edition the whole process doesnt require hard drive disassembly. How to clean personal data completely erase to the factory defaults wd my book world edition white light in purpose of sale. Hi, i cant install mionet software to access the blue rings. I assume that the os is strictly firmware and the drive is only for data. My book world edition network storage driver download software. Mar 22, 2007 western digital my book world edition ii. Unfortunately, there isnt an equivalent firmware for the original blue ring mbwes. I added the admin password and created an account called bill. Wd my book world edition white light 3 tb upgrade nas. From it you can stream photos, music, and videos to your home entertainment center.
Aug 01, 2016 i have the wd my book world edition ii, however it doesnt seem to want to play with windows 10. You cant flash a firmware without flashing software, so i went in. Software and firmware downloads wd support western digital. I ran into some serious issues with my wd my book duo raid hard drive. The second generation white lights expands the access choices to include nfs, ftp, an itunes server, and a twonky media server. Jul 19, 20 download wd my book world edition i and ii firmware 01. Whether the hard drive died or you hacked it and made a mistake or you just want to restore the drive, this guide should turn your expensive paperweight back into a functional network hard drive. In this process, access to the shared storage manager utility will be unavailable. Windows 10 wd mybookworld driver issue microsoft community.
View and download western digital my book world edition ii specifications online. The backup software is a load of junk, lacks many control options and crashed a lot on me. For mac, go to the apple menu and select software update. Sep 14, 2011 western digital released yesterday a firmware update for the mybook world edition i and ii network drives, to version 01. During the firmware upgrade process, the wd my book world edition hard. Looks like a driver issue and the microsoft community says wd has no plans to update the drivers. Wd0h1nc world edition, wd20000h1nc world edition, wdh1nc0. Wd my book world edition blue rings install on windows 10. Wd knowledge base, answer 1522, chapter software related limitations.
I have a western digital my book world edition ii blue rings. Western digital my book dualdrive network storage users manual. I use the drive to share files between all the computers in my house and use it with the wd tv live to play videos from the my book on my tv. A place to discuss and share ideas for modifying the mbwe existing linux installation. I suspect that the drives which were part of the raid configuration in the wd white box have a format not recognized by windows. How to reinstall firmware on wd mybookworld after disk change. Drivers for wd my book world edition ii in windows 10. It was working perfectly fine but then one day it was. If your device is currently running firmware version 02. If your webbrowser indicates a page not found error, wait a few minutes and then manually refresh the page to see the status of the firmware upgrade.
Download wd my book world edition i and ii firmware 01. The older mbwe blue ring is consumer grade hardware with very limited resources 32 mbyte ram. How to setup my book world edition ii i found some help about how to do this but a it was spread across many different sources and b wasnt always accurate, so i decided to post my own howto and how not to for the mbweii. Formatting wd my book world edition external harddisk with. I have the wd my book world edition ii, however it doesnt seem to want to play with windows 10. As its name implies, it does indeed look like a book.
So, the thing is that one of the drives is dead and. How to fix bricked wd my book world edition white light or install. Western digital my book world edition ii 2 tb 2 x 1 tb. In part 3 of our series, we use a wd my book world edition ii as an rsync target. From there, you will be able to update to the current available 02. The two internal wd5000aajs drives appear to be ok but are not recognized by windows xp. My book world edition ii storage pdf manual download. This brand new replacement ac adapterpower supply can be used for western digital external hard drives my book world edition ii white lights, my book world edition white lights, my book mirror edition, my book studio edition ii, my book world edition ii blue rings, my book premium edition ii, my book pro edition ii, wd netcenter. All you need is the my book world edition drive and a digital media adapter or a game console like xbox 360 or playstation 3, and your masterpiece is there on the big screen. My book world edition network storage driver download software manual installation guide zip my book world edition network storage driver download software drivercategory list one of the most difficult jobs in keeping an up graded driver database on your hard drive or laptop is trying to find each individual driver on the web. The dualdrive model my book world edition ii is preconfigured for maximum capacity as a large single spanned volume. Ah, ive ended up with one of those nas wd world editions blue rings, 2tb without a cd.
Forum forum my book world edition white light manual firmware upgrade. A share on a my book world blue rings was renamed to this answer explains why a share on a my book world blue rings was automatically renamed and is now inaccessible. Pulled it out yesterday thinking yes, this is the day i set it up and then things went dow. Data on first generation blue rings my book world is accessed as cifssmb shared folders. Western digital my book world edition you and your family have a lot of media files. In addition, the world edition uses wd anywhere access to gain remote access to the drive via the internet. My test unit was the 500 gb single drive world edition. How to downgrade wd my book world edition white light firmware version. It does not even require physical access to the drive. Wd my book world edition 2 blue rings firmware install urgent. Wd my book premium edition 1tb external above is configured for raid 0 or stripping and is a 1 tb as opposed to two 500 gb.
Mybook world edition ii blue light rings two disks model with ethernet available if interested. Check for a possible official wd firmware upgrade and get the. My book world edition user manual getting started 4 getting started format and configuration my book world edition is preformatted as a linux file system. As everyone knows, 1tb is not a lot of space nowadays. Hard drive replacement for western digital my book world. It shows up in devices, but in device manager it has a yellow triangle with an exclamation on it. What is the procedure for replacingupgrading the hard drives. Wd my book world edition blue rings install on windows. Western digital my book world edition ii page 3 of 5. For more information, see drive management on page 41.
The blue led surrounding the power button has a practical use. Hello, recently i found an old nas wd mbwe 2 in basement and i wanted to repair it. I have the mybook world edition 2 and want to give this hack a go. My book world edition can be your homes central media hub. I was looking to purchase the wd my book world edition ii myself. Use the included back up software to protect your familys pcs with automatic and. The wd my book world edition is a real nas device i. Western digital my book world edition ii specifications pdf. I have the wd0g032 1tb with 2 blue rings and a ethernet port. Hi, i have the wd my book world edition ii blue ring nas, 2 500g hdd included. After looking around for a storage solution to house my growing collection of photographs, i found the western digital my book world edition ii. May 29, 2011 i have a western digital my book world edition ii blue rings model wd0033 with a failed circuit board. Woah this is fantastic, all my devices find the server first time and i can now cut my pc out of the loop now i have sky hd in the family room, the media center on the 360 is not used as much. Yesterday, when i turned it on, it was unable to power up.
It works fine on every wd mybook we models both i and ii, capacities from 320gb to 2tb. Our datacentric solutions are comprised of the western digital, gtechnology, sandisk, upthere and wd brands. Recovering data from western digitals my book world edition. Drivers for wd my book world edition ii in windows 10 other. Dec, 2015 this video shows you how to reinstall the firmware after you change the disk drive in the western digital mybookworld edition nas. Jun 24, 2009 the western digital my book world edition ii will be available in two different configurations.
It has different firmware which needs to be reverseengineered to create. Ive been storing my photos on single external hard drives so far, but data loss has always been a concern with that approach. I would like to replaceupgrade the hds in this model. To get started, choose the western digital brand youd like help with. All you need is the my book world edition drive and a digital media adapter or a. The wd my book world edition ii nas is excellent for a home network backup device.
Remote file transfers to and from a wd my book world edition hard drive are limited to files under 1 gb through wd. White, black, red, green, blue, yellow, magenta, cyan. It has different firmware which needs to be reverseengineered to create similar solution. Western digital my book world edition blue rings disassembling. For mac, go to the apple menu and select software update if your device is currently running firmware version 02. Aug 23, 2016 a share on a my book world blue rings was renamed to this answer explains why a share on a my book world blue rings was automatically renamed and is now inaccessible. After that i bought another blue rings on the auction server, which was without the hard drive and i used the second working hard drive from the 2disks device. Hacking wd mybook world ed welcome to the new home for.
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