The second generation white lights expands the access. They also feature an extra usb host port to allow an additional usb drive to be daisychained. The wd quick view will not work with older wd network drives such as the my book world edition blue rings. Wd has not renamed the new mbw, since it has discontinued the original model that featured two concentric blue rings on its front panel. The my book world edition home network storage is also a great multimedia server supporting both itunes and dlna. Data storage free delivery possible on eligible purchases. 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 f.
Data on first generation blue rings my book world is. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Discovers and connects to western digital drives on a network the wd discovery tool is used to discover wd drives on the network, and to create mapped network drives from their share folders. Wd my book world edition 2 blue rings firmware install urgent. I have a western digital my book world edition external harddisk with blue rings. Ive had the my book world blue rings 500gb for over six years. Cannot access western digital nas with file browser after.
Edition ii blue rings, my book premium edition ii, my book pro edition ii, wd. Sends active probes on the network to detect devices as. Cant access my book world edition blue light rings. Wd my book world edition blue rings install on windows. Forum category hacking wd mybook world ed my book world. Western digital my book world edition blue rings disassembling. I would like to replaceupgrade the hds in this model.
So, the thing is that one of the drives is dead and. Windows 10 wd mybookworld driver issue microsoft community. Wd mionet remote access technology lets you accesses your files anywhere, anytime. Hello, recently i found an old nas wd mbwe 2 in basement and i wanted to repair it. Lets say if i am not at the office, and need to access the wd to get what i need. This video shows you how to reinstall the firmware after you change the disk drive in the western digital mybookworld edition nas. Wd my book world edition ii blue rings raid problem. Mionet issues due to lost mionet registration info. Western digital caviar black vs caviar blue hard drive duration. Hi all, i have a 1tb my book world edition white been sat stationaryuntouched since i bought it 10 months ago logged in yesterday, just to reboot it always figure its healthy to reboot devicesservers every few months bad move, when i logged back into the web interface, it says drive not reconised, and failed to mount drive.
My book world edition user manual introduction 1 introduction my book world edition in your networkthe basics congratulations on purchasing a my book world edition remote access storage system. Find answers to can i access my wd world book without using mionet. Wd my book world edition 2 blue rings firmware install. Gep new 12v ac adapterpowe supply for western digital external hard drive my book world edition ii blue rings. On the front panel figure 1, theres a power switch that is surrounded by two blue rings. Does anyone know how to give my wd my world book hard drive a new ip address so it shows up on my network. 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. The wd link software will not work with older wd network drives such as the my book.
Wd my book world edition blue ring western digital my book world edition bl ue ring the world edition my books works as network attached storage nas. Accessing secret part of my book world with blue rings. The world edition my books function as networkattached storage nas, by way of an ethernet interface. But the thing is that the post has to do with local network access.
How to fix bricked wd my book world edition white light or. Data on first generation blue rings my book world is accessed as cifssmb shared folders. I was looking to purchase the wd my book world edition ii myself. This answer explains why a share on a my book world blue rings was. Were sorry but dcfrontend doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. The wd discovery tool is used to discover wd drives on the network, and to create mapped network drives from their share folders the wd discovery software will not work with the older my. How to reinstall firmware on wd mybookworld after disk. On the spine of the book sits a power button surrounded by two blue led rings. As its name implies, it does indeed look like a book. The configuration of this version is slightly different, so some of the. My wd external hd is old but it was working just fine until they shut down mionet. Few things are more upsetting than having a piece of hardware that doesnt work. Home spiceworks support spiceworks general support. The model i have is my book world edition 2t white light.
Yesterday while on the phone with wd, we tried to reset the system by unplugging. I have a my book world with blue rings and i have once several years agosplit it into two partitions,one public and one not. This is a utility that will discover wd network attached storage drives on the network and provide drive status information. Here is a complete list of links to hacks and howtos for the western digital my book world edition. My test unit was the 500 gb single drive world edition. Western digital external hard drive failure is commonplace. Ah, ive ended up with one of those nas wd world editions blue rings, 2tb without a cd. There is a new version out with white light on the front instead of the blue rings. Hard drive replacement for western digital my book world. Its worked for me as ive luckily have not had a disk crash in 25 years.
Hello, guys im suppose to ask a question but i am providing a solution to wd external hard drives at least for my book anyways, ive had my my book for a couple years gave up on because i couldnt figure how get stuff to save to the harddrive because it was not being recognized. Restore the software on a mybook world edition hard drive. I have the wd my book world edition ii blue ring nas, 2 500g hdd included. 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. Has anyone tried filezilla to accesses the wd my book world edition to retrieve files since they shut down mionet. I have a mybookworld blue rings that i am trying to access. Daisychain external usb drive to wd my book world edition blue. Solved wd myworld book ip address spiceworks general. Access to this drive has always and only been via the internet. Unfortunately his house was the recipient of a electrical storm that blew out most of the equipment on his home network. Wd my book world edition ii blue rings raid problem by dhinge may 25, 2009 4.
Converted to ntfs file system and loaded the device with data. How to clean personal data completely erase to the factory defaults wd my book world edition white light in purpose of sale. Find answers to recovering data from western digitals my book world edition ii blue ring from the expert community at experts exchange. Wds my book world edition home network drive to makes it easy to store all your digital media in one central location so everyone in the family can have access. Then, press power button at the back of the mybook world for 3 seconds until led at the bottom goes on until it boot up. New 12v ac adapterpowe supply for western digital external. Then i attempted a firmware update, which failed, and my desktop computer no longer recognized the drive. Wd my book world edition blue rings archive view return to standard view. I am looking for internet access, like the one mionet provides. The discovery tool is used to discover wd drives on the network, and to create mapped network drives from their share folders.
Recover data from my book world edition a friend of mine has had a western digital my world book network attached 500gb storage device. Forum forum my book world edition blue rings number of threads. I filled it up and now want to delete the data and start over. Forum my book world edition blue rings number of threads. Wd my book world edition white light 3 tb upgrade nas. Cannot access western digital nas with file browser after upgrading to windows 10 just over a month ago i upgraded from windows 7 home 64bit to windows 10.
Recovering data from western digitals my book world. Discovers and connects to western digital drives on a network. How to access wd my book ii world edition, without mionet. The wd discovery tool is used to discover wd drives on the network, and to create mapped network drives from their share folders. With that in mind western digital has released a new version of their my book world edition. Wd wdh1nc20000n 2tb my book world edition home network. Then i had 2tb 2drives blue rings drive where after about 2 years gets broken the power supply but due to this problem power supply one hdd in that 2disk. Cant access my book world edition blue light rings wd community. How to recover data from a failed my book world edition.
Store and access a whole library of information in this one book. Cant access my book world edition blue light rings wd legacy products. Im set in my ways and have been accustom to reformatting harddisks periodically sector maintainance, etc. They also feature an extra usb host port to allow to use usb drive. Formatting wd my book world edition external harddisk with. By either connecting the mybookworld to my home network by connection to my.
Pulled it out yesterday thinking yes, this is the day i set it up and then things went dow. The world edition my books function as networkattached storage nas. A share on a my book world blue rings was renamed to. Wd my book home edition 1 tb bought from costco last week. The inner ring is a capacity gauge, while the outer ring. The networked my book has been around for some time and even though this release marks a. It has different firmware which needs to be reverseengineered to create similar solution. Similar situation is with wd my book world edition i white light or with my previous hdd that has stopped working. How to fix bricked wd my book world edition white light or install. Designed for home users, creative professionals, workgroups, small offices, and anyone looking for shared storage, wds my book world edition. Wait 30 seconds for wd mybook world initialize and shutdown itself all 8 front led go off. Their recommended data recovery service is exorbitantly expensive so i tried. My wd mbwe was set up as raid 0 and one of the drives has now failed. List of all wd firmware and software available for download.
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. Your my book world edition blue rings only supports usb drives up to 500 gb its own capacity formatted as fat32 ntfs will appear as. How to reset the username, password, and network settings of a my book world edition blue rings. Hi, i cant install mionet software to access the blue rings. The wd discovery software will not work with the older my book world blue rings network drive. If you have the my book world blue rings try the following article. Older wd mybook what is the default ip wd community. In which wd mybook enclosures with hdds from mbwe2 blue decrypt properly. But the two new versions, which ill refer to as white bar since that is the most identifiable feature have been given new part numbers. Book world edition white lights, my book mirror edition, compatible wd. Yesterday, when i turned it on, it was unable to power up. Operating systems windows 2000 with sp4 windows xp with sp3 windows vista with sp2 windows 7. Firmware western digital my book world edition iii blue rings.
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