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Where is lighttpd.conf? Mybook world 2 whitelight webserver
I'm attempting to get my Roku streaming box with a channel called Roksbox to stream content off my MyBook World 2 whitelight. I want a directory listing of a certain folder of a share, Media. It's ...
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WD “My Book Studio” 2TB - rpm? [closed]
The rpm rating of this drive doesn't seem to be listed anywhere. Not on the box, not in the manual, not online, not even on Western Digital's website. I even called them but they were evasive, ...
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Can't share WD MyBook on network
Trying to share part of a MyBook (WD10000h1cs w/last release firmware) on the network is unsuccessful. Connected to an XP Pro pc, I try to access it through a Win7 pc. The drive shows up, but when ...
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Cannot delete folders on a network drive from Windows 7
I have a really strange problem. I am using Windows 7 Professional with SP1 installed. I have a My Book 500GB external hard drive connected to the network via Linksys E3000. Now in Windows 7 I am ...
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USB drive: “Media is write protected” on initialize after drive swap WD MyBook Essentials
I got a WD MyBook Essentials the other day but after a week or so the drive physically broke.
I tried opening the case and replacing the drive with another SATA WD drive I had lying around. This ...
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Hack WD MyBook Pro
I have a WD MyBook Pro that is acting up with regard to the controller board & I'm thinking it's just because of that stupid power management stuff WD tries to force the drive to do. Is there any ...
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Planning on buying a Western Digital My Book, is there a SmartWare-like solution for Linux?
I would like to be able to do the automated backup thing Western Digital advertises on their My Book's, on Linux workstations. Is there a compatible solution for Linux? Is SmartWare just some generic ...
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Transfer data between MyBook NAS Drives
I have two My Book World NAS drives, a 1TB and a 2TB.
Is there a way of transferring data between the two drives directly, without having to us a computer as an intermediary?
Thanks,
Jim
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MacBook doesn't recognize WD My Book
I'm trying to connect a MacBook running Snow Leopard to a Western Digital My Book 512GB external hard drive. The laptop doesn't recognize the drive as being plugged in; it doesn't show up in finder or ...
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Compiled a kernel with TUN/Bridge support, but I cannot find /dev/net/tun
I compiled my own kernel with tun/tap and bridge support. Both modules load fine at boot time (I could read that in the dmesg output).
Now I want to use it, and the /dev/net/tun node is not there, so ...
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Daisychain external USB drive to WD My Book World Edition (Blue rings)
I recently bought a new My Book Essential 1TB (WDBACW0010HBK-NESN) to daisychain to my older My Book World Edition 500GB (blue rings) with one of the version 01.xx.xx firmwares.
At first when I ...
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Remote desktop disables eSATA drive (MyBook)
I'm running Windows 7 and I have a 1TB Western Digital MyBook drive attached via eSATA. Whenever I connect via remote desktop, the drive seems to disappear. If I login to the system locally and reboot ...
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How can I network my WinXP laptop with my Western Digital MyBook without a router
I have a laptop with an ethernet port. I have a Western Digital MyBook with an ethernet port (it contains its own little internal computer).
I need to hook up my laptop directly to the MyBook and be ...
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my WD Mybook wd5000h0032 is DEAD?
i have a WD Mybook Premium (wd5000h032) it used to work just fine but suddenly i can't access to it. The blue lights turn on but the drive doesn't start, it makes no click, nor any other sound, it ...
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Put VM on WD MyBook
I put a few guest OSes on mybook. So, when I need to do my work, I would power on the mybook and use the VMware workstation to start the visualization.
Since I would have to access mybook for a long ...
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Upgrading disks in WD My Book Studio Edition II
About 18 months ago, I purchased a 1Tb Western Digital My Book Studio Edition II for backup of my home system.
It has 2x 500Gb drives in it, which I had configured as RAID 1. One of the disks has now ...
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What is the best solution for letting both Macs and PCs access digital images and videos on a network?
I'm looking for a simple way to share digital images and videos over a network to both Macs and PCs. I'm currently looking into three options: NAS, WD MyBook Mirror drives attached to a router, or an ...
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How to fix: Western Digital My Book 500GB - fail to install drivers, is not accessible
The WD-My Book 500GB is recognized as a local disc in my system(Windows 7), but it's drivers fail to install successfully when connected via USB cable with computer. Then when I try to open ...
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WD My Book World Edition and Windows 7
This is my setup in the office:
a DSL modem
router attached to modem
2 PC's running Windows 7 (home edition, 64bit) connected to router via network cable
laptop running Windows XP SP2 "connected" ...
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USB to Connect Between External Hard disk and Computer— Reliable?
There is a related question here.
I have a WD MyBook 1TB external disk, and I connect it to my computer using USB. Since I travel quite a lot, so I bring this MyBook with me, wherever I go.
The ...
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How do I remove a MyBook's “WD SmartWare” virtual CD from my desktop?
I recently got a Western Digital MyBook external hard drive to enable Time Machine. It has it's software installed on a "virtual CD" called "WD SmartWare" which shows up on the desktop any time the ...
