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Replacing a Drive, Determining Which Drive Failed

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MY BOOK VELOCIRAPTOR DUO USER MANUAL 14 Replacing a Drive This chapter includes the following topics: Determining Which Drive Failed Contacting WD Technical Support Removing and Replacing the Drive Determining Which Drive Failed Whether the application is running or not, the WD Drive Utilities software continuously monitors the operational condition of your My Book VelociRaptor Duo drives. When a drive fails, the utility displays a warning message, depending on the configuration of your system: For a striped RAID 0 configuration: For a mirrored RAID 1 configuration: For an individual drives JBOD configuration: As prompted for a RAID configuration, use the WD Drive Utilities software to determine which drive has failed. (See "Checking the Device Status" on page 12.) For a JBOD configuration, the warning message indicates the drive that failed. REPLACING A DRIVE - 21

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MY BOOK VELOCIRAPTOR DUO
USER MANUAL
REPLACING A DRIVE
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Replacing a Drive
This chapter includes the following topics:
Determining Which Drive Failed
Contacting WD Technical Support
Removing and Replacing the Drive
Determining Which Drive Failed
Whether the application is running or not, the WD Drive Utilities software continuously
monitors the operational condition of your My Book VelociRaptor Duo drives. When a
drive fails, the utility displays a warning message, depending on the configuration of your
system:
For a striped RAID 0 configuration:
For a mirrored RAID 1 configuration:
For an individual drives JBOD configuration:
As prompted for a RAID configuration, use the WD Drive Utilities software to determine
which drive has failed. (See “Checking the Device Status” on page 12.)
For a JBOD configuration, the warning message indicates the drive that failed.
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