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Your wd product information is found on the label on the bottom of the device. Ive just bought a my book live duo 4tb recently, and its working ok, but im not able to upgrade the firmware from mybookliveduo 02. Western digital announces 20tb my book duo raid desktop. Western digital releases my book external raid usb. The my book duo drive comes with raidoptimized wd red drives inside to deliver highspeed, quality storage to rely on. The my book duo drive ships in raid 0 for maximum performance and capacity. The my book duo drive ships with integrated wd red hard drives, designed and tested for optimal reliability and alwayson performance in small raid environments.
For mac, go to the applemenu and select software update. Raid0 mode provides superfast performance with up to 360mbs2 sequential read speeds using the usb typec port. Raidoptimized firmware is perfect for twodisk array systems with auto management of drive operations to help ensure readwrite cycle data integrity. My book duo western digital opslaan western digital store. When viewed from the front, sata port 0 is located in the right bay drive b in the manual, sata port 1 in the left bay drive a in the manual. Downloadsdownload drivers, software, and updates for your wd product. Windows 10 macos it support geek users productions 5,728 views. Western digital offers an expansive portfolio of technologies, storage devices, systems and solutions for businesses and consumers alike.
List of all wd firmware and software available for download. When it does, the way in which it organizes the media files are annoying and not customizable. Millions of people around the world trust their data to my book desktop storage. About your wd storage device my book duo user manual 2. Your product includes 30 days of free telephone support during the warranty period. Nov 14, 2017 wd is positioning the my cloud home duo as something youd want to setup at home, and so its a bit odd that it doesnt feature a native media service to stream content to compatible devices. Complete backup equipped with wd backup software for windows and apple time machine compatibility for mac, the my book desktop hard drive can back up. Apr 18, 2020 this installer wd drive utilities and wd security, are contained within the wd drive utilities and the wd security zip files and installs custom western digital software for wd usb and firewire. Just purchase my book duo and quickly installed in my main workstation changing the settings to raid 1.
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Downloadsdownload drivers, software, and updates for your wd. When contacting wd for support, have your wd product serial number. Using win 10 on new ssd, wd my book backup sw does not work. Accessing the digital media stored on your wd external hard drives directly from your windows 8 start screen is now easier than ever. Wd my book live duo personal cloud storage firmware 02. Download the windows wd smartware software updater to your hard drive. As a result of the feedback, weve developed some improvements to the software. This morning i went to install the drive by connecting it to the target machine my laptop but apparently the change in he raid settings deleted the setup file and all the other software that came with the drive where can i get the setup and all the other software that came. Apr 22, 2018 ive just bought a my book live duo 4tb recently, and its working ok, but im not able to upgrade the firmware from mybookliveduo 02. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Operating system compatibility your my book velociraptor duo dualdrive storage device and wd drive utilities software are compatible with the following mac os x10.
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From there on i can only do what i have already tried and mentioned in my first post. My book live duo personal cloud storage device is a highperformance dualdrive system. Switch to raid1 configuration for redundancy and to mirror data on the wd red drives inside. My book live duo personal cloud storage device is a highperformance dualdrive system providing secure wireless access to your media and files from any computer, tablet, or smartphone when connected to a wireless router. The my book duo drive has massive capacity for storing photos, videos, documents and music. Downloads download drivers, software, and updates for your wd product. Designed to meet wds demanding requirements for durability, shock tolerance, and longterm reliability, we back up pun intended. Best buy didnt have what another store had to price match, so, they found this western digital in their store and dropped it to match the others price.
The my book duo drive has massive capacity for storing photos, videos. For windows, go to the start menu and select windows update. I can only download the software for windows, which yet again brings me back to my first post because the software also cant find the my book live duo. Mac users click here weve been shipping our new my book and my passport drives with wd smartware software for a few months now. Wd 12tb my book duo desktop raid external hard drive usb.