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Step 2: Access My Book Live Duo on the Network

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Step 2: Access My Book Live Duo on the Network Follow the steps below to easily find your My Book Live Duo on the local area network (LAN) using the enclosed CD. letter assignment. A check mark appears in the navigation panel beside Discover. Note: The My Book Live Duo application on the included CD should be installed on every PC connected to the LAN from which you intend to access your My Book Live Duo. Turn on your computer and wait for the operating system to load, then insert the software CD into the CD-ROM drive. Getting Started Windows „ If AutoRun (AutoPlay) is enabled, the Welcome screen displays. If you are asked whether you want to run the setup file, double-click Setup.exe. „ If AutoRun (AutoPlay) is disabled, click Start or > (My) Computer and locate the My Book Live Duo CD drive under Devices with Removable Storage. Double-click the CD, and then double-click Setup.exe to display the Welcome screen. Note: The CD enables UPnP Framework in the Windows XP firewall if it has not been enabled previously. UPnP Framework must be enabled for the discovery process to detect your drive. For more information about enabling UPnP Framework, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/886257#8. Mac Double-click the My Book Live Duo CD, and then double-click My Book Live Duo CD Setup.app to display the Welcome screen. Discover the Drive on Your Network 1. On the Welcome screen, click the Start Discovery button. 2. A progress screen displays. If the process finds your drive on the network, the My Book Live Duo Found screen displays a default description and drive Note: If the My Book Live Duo software does not discover your drive, the How to Connect screen appears. Follow the on-screen instructions then click Find Drive. Windows - If more than one drive was discovered, select your My Book Live Duo from the Drive Name list. The screen displays a default description in Drive Description. - Click Map network drive to drag and drop files into the network drive folders using (My) Computer or Windows Explorer. Click the Change link to change the default drive letter. 3. Create a desktop shortcut. In Windows, click Create a desktop shortcut to your drive. In Mac, click Create an alias to MyBookLive. 4. Click the Details link to view the drive's model name, IP address, and MAC address. 5. Click the Continue button. The Install WD Quick View screen displays. Note: To continue without installing WD Quick View, click the Skip to Next Steps link and continue with "Perform Next Steps" below. You may install WD Quick View later by clicking Install in the navigation panel. My Book Live Duo | 3

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Step 2: Access My Book Live Duo on the Network
Follow the steps below to easily find your
My Book Live Duo on the local area network
(LAN) using the enclosed CD.
Note:
The My Book Live Duo application on
the included CD should be installed on every
PC connected to the LAN from which you
intend to access your My Book Live Duo.
Turn on your computer and wait for the
operating system to load, then insert the
software CD into the CD-ROM drive.
Getting Started
Windows
If AutoRun (AutoPlay) is enabled, the
Welcome screen displays. If you are asked
whether you want to run the setup file,
double-click
Setup.exe
.
If AutoRun (AutoPlay) is disabled, click
Start
or
>
(My) Computer
and locate
the My Book Live Duo CD drive under
Devices with Removable Storage
.
Double-click the CD, and then double-click
Setup.exe to display the Welcome screen.
Note:
The CD enables UPnP Framework in the Windows XP
firewall if it has not been enabled previously. UPnP Framework
must be enabled for the discovery process to detect your
drive. For more information about enabling UPnP Framework,
see
.
Mac
Double-click the My Book Live Duo CD, and
then double-click
My Book Live Duo CD
Setup.app
to display the Welcome screen.
Discover the Drive on Your Network
1.
On the Welcome screen, click the
Start
Discovery
button.
2.
A progress screen displays. If the
process finds your drive on the network,
the My Book Live Duo Found screen
displays a default description and drive
letter assignment. A check mark appears
in the navigation panel beside
Discover
.
Note:
If the My Book Live Duo software does not discover
your drive, the How to Connect screen appears. Follow
the on-screen instructions then click
Find Drive
.
Windows
If more than one drive was discovered,
select your My Book Live Duo from the
Drive Name list. The screen displays a
default description in Drive Description.
– Click
Map network drive
to drag and
drop files into the network drive folders
using (
My
)
Computer
or Windows
Explorer. Click the
Change
link to
change the default drive letter.
3.
Create a desktop shortcut. In Windows,
click
Create a desktop shortcut to your
drive
. In Mac, click
Create an alias to
MyBookLive
.
4.
Click the
Details
link to view the drive's
model name, IP address, and MAC
address.
5.
Click the
Continue
button. The Install
WD Quick View screen displays.
Note:
To continue without installing WD Quick View, click
the
Skip to Next Steps
link and continue with “Perform
Next Steps” below. You may install WD Quick View later by
clicking
Install
in the navigation panel.