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Hello, i have a 4tb western digital mybook external hard drive. My wd my book essentialbook is not getting power i accidentally knocked this sucker off my desktop and the power adapter caught the weight. Turn on my book by pressing the power button located on the back panel. Jan 15, 2007 often it will see a drive that my computer wont display. Western digital my book world edition ii nas gets capacity. Desactiver le raid sur nas wd resolu nas comment ca marche.
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The wd my book desktop drive can be used to store your photos, videos, music, files and more. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. My book essential edition is a small, elegant, and easytouse usb external hard drive. I bought this drive from amazon to back up my imac because i was upgrading to mac os 10. Ligd is easy to install, but is limited to files less than 2gb in size.