I used the 500gb version with the blue circular light on the front. Insert a paperclip or narrow tipped pen into the recovery slot on the back of the unit. The my book world edition allows you to set a password for the unit to protect your files. Cant locate external drive after resetting wd my book. Is there an alternative to mionet to access my data so i can move it to a new drive. Do not install myonet, its rubbish, makes transfer slows and gives annoying security everywhere. Disassembling western digital mybook world edition. Accessing secret part of my book world with blue rings. Raid 0 mybook world edition 1tb blue rings techrepublic.
My book world edition front and rear view power button the power button turns the device on or off. Data on first generation blue rings my book world is accessed as cifssmb shared folders. How to access wd my book ii world edition, without mionet. This brand new replacement ac adapterpower supply is sold by sunny tech. This wd5000g032 is a used western digital mybook world edition with blue rings and a 500gb internal sata drive. Following this tutorial with a different version may have different results. Ever complain that the fan in the mybook world edition is too loud or the drive is transferring too slow that you want to remove the hard drives to put in external usb hard drive case. Plugs free delivery possible on eligible purchases. I was looking to purchase the wd my book world edition ii myself. I tried to turn it off and restart it with the restart button pushed and then plugging in the default username. A look at the western digital tv live media player and my book world edition nas drive network hard drive.
My book world edition ii storage pdf manual download. Wd tech informed me that the servers for mionet are turned off and no longer viable. Solved wd myworld book ip address spiceworks general. Im set in my ways and have been accustom to reformatting harddisks periodically sector maintainance, etc.
From there, you will be able to update to the current available 02. Were sorry but dcfrontend doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. A different size, singledisk version with the circular light should work though. There are hacks that may be able to increase the hard drive capacity to 1. Western digital my book world edition blue rings disassembling. Wd0h1nc world edition, wd20000h1nc world edition, wdh1nc0. Where the sharespace has four drives the my book has only one, but the software and. See how it all fits together, what comes in the box, and what the interface looks like. They also feature an extra usb host port to allow to use usb drive.
My book world blue rings forgotten username and password for. The world edition my books function as networkattached storage nas, by way of an ethernet interface. To reset the the my book, please follow these steps. I filled it up and now want to delete the data and start over. Wd5000g032 mybook world edition white 500gb uds store. What is the procedure for replacingupgrading the hard drives. Forum forum my book world edition blue rings how can i reset everything to factory and reformat the drive to factory settings. How can i reset everything to factory and reformat the drive to factory settings. How to fix bricked wd my book world edition white light or. View and download western digital my book world edition ii specifications online. Buy wd my book world edition 1 tb network attached storage. Wds my book world edition home network drive to makes it easy to store all your digital. My wd external hd is old but it was working just fine until they shut down mionet.
On the spine of the book sits a power button surrounded by two blue led rings. Cant access my book world edition blue light rings. Mbwe 1tb blue rings drops out every 30 minutes approx. Its worked for me as ive luckily have not had a disk crash in 25 years.
If you forget the password, you wont be able to access. Can anyone advise on how i can do defaults reset without losing the data. The western digital my book world edition 1tb is essentially a single disk version of the companys sharespace. For more information, see drive management on page 42. From the web portal you can create shares and set a name to your hd. I would like to replaceupgrade the hds in this model. It has different firmware which needs to be reverseengineered to create similar solution.
Yesterday while on the phone with wd, we tried to reset the system by unplugging. The dualdrive model my book world edition ii is preconfigured for maximum capacity as a large single spanned volume. Windows 10 wd mybookworld driver issue microsoft community. I have reset my wd my book world ii blue rings per the wd instructions 2 min reset. While continuing to hold down the reset button, connect the power cable to the back of the.
How can i reset everything to factory and reformat the. My book world edition ii upgrade hard drive spiceworks. I have a my book world blue rings that i have not used for a few years. This is a nice hackable nas solution with lots of possibilities for home projects.
How to increaseupgrade wd my book world edition white light capacity to 3tb4tb. 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. The second generation white lights expands the access. How to reinstall firmware on wd mybookworld after disk change. How to fix bricked wd my book world edition white light or install. How to reset western digital my book world edition it still works. How to clean personal data completely erase to the factory defaults wd my book world edition white light in purpose of sale.
Lets say if i am not at the office, and need to access the wd to get what i need. The model i have is my book world edition 2t white light. My book world edition is preformatted as a linux file system. They also feature an extra usb host port to allow an additional usb drive to be daisychained. Restore the software on a mybook world edition hard drive. I am looking for internet access, like the one mionet provides. Myvolts 12v power supply adaptor compatible with western. I forgot my password for the mybookworld white light. For more information, see drive management on page 41. It compatible with 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. It was started working but password was not working so i use reset button provided at back and now it is not being detected on network. These instructions are relevant to the blue ring two drive model of the my book world ii nas device if you have the white light version, or any newer version of the mbw, these instructions may not work for you as written.
The bottom line the western digital mybook world edition is a. Buy myvolts 12v power supply adaptor compatible with western digital my book world blue rings external hard drive us plug. But, after the reset, when i connect the wd my book world ii blue rings to my laptop ethernet connection which wd suggests can occur, i cannot locate the drive. Western digital my book world edition 2 2tb network. Western digital wd5000g032 world edition blue rings. Rescue procedure disaster recovery for the blue ring mbw. The my book world edition configuration maganger shows on the drive manage menu only the option. But the thing is that the post has to do with local network access. The inner ring is a capacity gauge, while the outer ring.
Western digital my book dualdrive network storage users manual. 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. Factory reset mybook world edition wikidot community. If you answered yes to either questions or both, i will show y. Something about holding the reset button down for a period of time. I have a mybookworld blue rings that i am trying to access. I added the admin password and created an account called bill. However i cant find any option to reset this unit to the factory settings. Deafult usernamepassword is adminadmin, 123456 is valid only for the blue rings.
This solution can only serve as a clue how to do it. Hard drive replacement for western digital my book world. This video shows you how to reinstall the firmware after you change the disk drive in the western digital mybookworld edition nas. All submitted content is subject to our terms of use. Then i had 2tb 2drives blue rings drive where after about 2 years gets broken the power supply but due to. Turn off the device and disconnect all cables from the unit. I purchased a wd my book world edition 500 with 01. I have a western digital my book world edition external harddisk with blue rings.
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