How to disassemble a wd mybook essential hdd snapguide. For more information, see drive management on page 42. I am going to replace the drive with an identical spare that works. Wd my book fall 2016 disassembly with card, without. Feb 23, 2011 my western digital my book external hard drive has malfunctioned and is not being recognized by my desk top answered by a verified tech support specialist we use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our website. Wd mybook 500gb hard driver replacement external drives for. Hello everyone, i recently came across this site and i am in need of some help please, any suggestion appreciated. Reviewed in the united kingdom on 18 february 2010. Slowly work around the clips, while opening the back, otherwise you risk breaking these. The western digital my book essential is a great piece of kit. Accessing files on western digital mybook 500gb external disk. While the mybook lives book shaped chassis is nice, the clips preventing it from opening are not. Swapping a board with a western digital my book essential. I recently looked at buffalos successful revamping of its linkstation pro, which includes significantly improved performance.
Install clean hdd in white light my book world edition. Youll need a thin flathead screwdriver and a phillips star sh. Western digital mybook hard drive shutting down periodically. Dec 07, 2006 the western digital my book essential is a great piece of kit. I have backedup my computer with a wd my book and have saved the same to my desktop. If a hard drive is dropped and it isnt working anymore, it is likely that the platters, arm or render head of the hard drive were. I have an old 500gb hard drive the model says wd 3200h1u00 it also says 1808a i lost the external power cord and bought one of those universal adaptors with the removable tips it has 12 v 9v down to 3v what settings do i need to use to recover. Other projects estimated mangadex 45% complete site currently down mangafox 90% complete. How to open or disassemble verbatim external hard drive. 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 intent is to remove the drive inside and swap it with a smaller one i have in my case. In truth, this drive would be more useful to me as an internal one. To remove the cover of the my book, you will need a flathead screwdriver. My wd book essential must have had a power surge and the board fried.
I also have the western digital my book premium drive 500gb and when it was time to add more space i decided that i didnt need firewire400 and backup software. The hacker created pop ups and forms with fields for each to enter that were disguised as coming from charles schwab, where her moms sisters bank is her mom is holding the account on behalf of her sister. Western digitals mybook range of external drives come in all shapes and sizes. Where the sharespace has four drives the my book has only one, but the software and. Looking around i found this, i am a fan on wd products. I really need some help i purchased a new wd my book 4tb and have all my videos and pictures on this drive i have always disconnected the drive properly but tonight. I installed them back into the duo and put them into jbod then tried again but still the same problem. For more information, see drive management on page 41. My western digital my book external hard drive has. Wd my book essential no drives september 2007 forums cnet. Apr 21, 2007 yes, i was having the same problem and was using the same fix until i upgraded the wd firmware. Wd5000aavs drive 500gb caviar green in a my book premium edition ii 1 tb enclosure.
Having difficulty in opening verbatim external hard drive, then know the correct way to open or disassemble verbatim external hard drive by watching this video. I got it to replace my old 80 gb hardrive witch i got for 8quid so cant complain really but needed more space to put all my media and software on. Wd mybook 500gb hard driver replacement external drives. Western digital mybook open case recover data scott. Western digital wdg1c3200n my book premium edition 320 gb external hard drive pdf user manuals. I managed to get my hands on a 400gb western digital my book essential edition external hdd on a black friday deal. Spring is a time of rebirth and it seems that some nas makers are taking the season to heart. They are asking me to test beta firmware meant to address the problem, but i refuse to sign their agreenment, which absolves them of all liability should the firmware render my router unusable. This is a dead no longer functioning western digital mybook usb external hard disk drive.
This time, its western digitals popular mybook world singledrive nas the original mybookworld has always been a puzzle. Western digital wdg2tp0n my book pro edition ii hard. I was normally using my computer, when i suddenly noticed one of my hard drives disappeared from my computer. Even though they look like the same drive physically, the essential drive looks cheaper. Accessing files on western digital mybook 500gb external disk im on a pc running windows xp svc pack 3 and had a western digital mybook 500gb external disk attached working fine and then i moved my pc setup to another room and my problem started. User manual, quick install manual, product specifications. God bless you, i been tryin to extract the hdd from the wd enclosure for a week, i finally figured out what wd has been doing.
How to dismantle a western digital mybook pro edition hard. Then set the disk to initialize and set disk as mbr or gpt. Sep 12, 2008 western digital, one of the leading manufacturers of storage devices, has announced today that it has started shipping its wd scorpio blue 2. How to disassemble western digital my book essential and. Wd my book 4tb external usb crashed techspot forums. Western digital have updated their my book world edition ii nas, boosting the dualdrive device to a total of 4tb. So here you go, the steps required to disassemble a newstyle western digital my book drive enclosure.
Other than wd my book live external hard drive, you can also regain your valuable data from dead ssd, computer hard drives, usb drives, memory cards, ipods and other storage media on various versions of windows operating systems like windows 10, windows 8, windows 7, windows xp, windows vista, windows 2003 and 2008. Swapping a board with a western digital my book essential 1tb. Western digital now ships 500gb notebook hard drives. Can i replace the 500gb hard disk hacking wd mybook world ed. We have 2 western digital wdg1c3200n my book premium edition 320 gb external hard drive manuals available for free pdf download. Jun 24, 2009 western digital have updated their my book world edition ii nas, boosting the dualdrive device to a total of 4tb. Fix wd hddexternal hdd not initialized, unknown with io. Your product includes 30 days of free telephone support during the warranty period. There are four inner clips in the back, 2 on each side of the chassis. I have owned a western digital my book 500gb external hard drive for some time and never had a problem with it. All of my restore points also seem to be gone so that is no longer an option either.
The western digital my book world edition ii will be available in two different configurations. Manuals and user guides for western digital wdg1c3200n my book premium edition 320 gb external hard drive. Wd support downloads legacy external my book home edition i downloaded wd lifeguard and ran a quick. Ive bought the wd caviar red to replace the current hard drive. Western digital my book essential 250gb external hard drive. Hard drive replacement for western digital my book world. So, a bit distance travel and very dangerous especially with unworking horn, brake light and signal so, i need to get to the bottom of it and solve it. I recently needed to removed the drive from a western digital my book external usbesata drive enclosure. Western digital my book world edition ii nas gets capacity. Reboot pc to keep all changes and then check wd external hdd on your pc then. Jan 04, 2007 i managed to get my hands on a 400gb western digital my book essential edition external hdd on a black friday deal. Fyi, i have used this motorcycle to commute to my workplace, which is 82 km from my home almost everyday.
This 30 day period starts on the date of your first telephone contact with wd technical support. Yet, if i unplug the power from my book and plug it back in it now is attached on my. Oct 08, 2011 1tb wd usb hard drive failure is in device manager, not initialized hi. Sep 14, 20 fyi, i have used this motorcycle to commute to my workplace, which is 82 km from my home almost everyday. But my main focus was doujinshi and oneshots, since they get lost all the time. Probably because of the lack of firewire port, the essential is slightly smaller in volume. I also used razor blades, but they can be replaced or omitted if you would. Jul 09, 2007 hello everyone, i recently came across this site and i am in need of some help please, any suggestion appreciated. Best buy said they couldnt read it, and that it would cost 800 to send out for data recovery as i had like 800gb on there of stuff that i.
Unfortunately, this wasnt an obvious process and this excellent article by scott cramer didnt apply to the newer version 1 tb drive enclosure i have. Jun 24, 2009 the western digital my book world edition ii will be available in two different configurations. Manuals and user guides for western digital wdg2tp0n my book pro edition ii hard drive array. Rightclick computer manage to open disk management. Aug 02, 2012 my wd book essential must have had a power surge and the board fried. How to disassemble a western digital my book essential external hard drive.
Install clean hdd in white light my book world edition summary. Western digital wdg1c3200n my book premium edition 320. About a month ago, my friends moms computer was hacked and the hacker accessed all her and her aunts who lives in taiwan financials. The manual warns against going away from wdc drives citing possible data loss, but doesnt say if the firmware will support a larger drivee. Whilst i could find a how to for a lot of models i couldnt find one that covered dismantling the mybook pro edition the one pictured here. My two mybooks 500gb model wd500c032, serial numbers wmapw1227969 and wcanu1529392 died after some years use. Yesterday i opened both units, extracted the hard disks and installed them back to the computer using normal hd cases. Western digital wdg1c3200n my book premium edition 320 gb. Any drop or knock can cause a head crash in your external hard drive, which means the readwrite head of the external hard drive came in contact with the platters. My book drives are designed to look like a standard black hardback book, with the exception of the. I will demonstrate how to disassemble a my book using a new 500gb my book. Add a teacher note to share how you incorporated it into your lesson. Western digital my book opening the case removing the. Western digital my book essential edition 500 gb usb 2.
View online or download western digital wdg1c3200n my book premium edition 320 gb external hard drive quick install manual, specifications. Instructions to disassemble a western digital mybook essentials usb external hard disk drive. 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. Wd my book essential no drives september 2007 forums. That is, cheap plentiful storage with an attractive design. Whilst i could find a how to for a lot of models i couldnt find one that covered dismantling the. Western digital my book essential edition 500gb usb 2. The dualdrive model my book world edition ii is preconfigured for maximum capacity as a large single spanned volume. Find the not initialized wd hddexternal hard drive rightclick on it and select initialize disk. I believe it fully achieves all the desires the everyday consumer requires. Sometimes, after the mybook is not used for a while, it will shut down, to the point that, only unplugging both the firewire and power to. Western digital mybook open case recover data scott cramer. I am still unable to recover these files and dont know why. I am in the process of ripping multiple sites, and my collection grows 1015gb a day.
Western digital, one of the leading manufacturers of storage devices, has announced today that it has started shipping its wd scorpio blue 2. My book is a series of external hard drives produced by western digital. This is how you open a western digital my passport external hard drive. Im planning to replace the hard drives on my wd my book world edition ii. Email support is free for the entire warranty period and our extensive knowledge base is. Western digital my book opening the case removing the drive i recently needed to removed the drive from a western digital my book external usbesata drive enclosure. Wd my book essential connector board replace and data recovery diy 4061705059003 4061705059001 duration. I usually turn it off when its not in use and use the regular hard drive for file storage. Watch your blocksize, the guide assumes 512 bytes, however some new disks specifically, the larger advanced format disks will come with 1024 bytes or even gpt style 4094 bytes from the log i see the disk was a 1024 byte. Since im almost certain this is a virus the only real option i have is a clean install but i thought id ask here before i take to drastic measures. Sep 18, 2006 wd my book essential no drives by wmkelly sep 18, 2006 4. Western digital my book essential edition 1tb usb 2. I did the video after i have put the drives in another system. Western digital my book essential 250gb external hard.
My western digital my book external hard drive has malfunctioned and is not being recognized by my desk top answered by a verified tech support specialist we use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our website. This is for the western digital my passport external usb 3. How to open the western digital mybook may not be entirely obvious. While the mybook lives bookshaped chassis is nice, the clips preventing it from opening are not. Wd my book essential no drives by wmkelly sep 18, 2006 4. I have an old 500gb hard drive the model says wd3200h1u. Two models will be available 2tb and 4tb each offering either raid 0 or 1. Disassembling a western digital my book instructables. The upgrade permanently fixed my problem and negated the need for me to periodically touch a file on the wd. I removed the drives and installed them into my pc but i cannot format them to more than 1.
I am in the process of doing this with my 500gb drive. We have 3 western digital wdg2tp0n my book pro edition ii hard drive array manuals available for free pdf download. What i did, was to remove my ct100 body casing and troubleshoot one by one. The western digital my book world edition 1tb is essentially a single disk version of the companys sharespace.
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