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Connecting a USB Hard Drive

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13 MY BOOK LIVE DUO USER MANUAL Connecting a USB Hard Drive Connecting a USB HARD Drive Overview Connecting A USB Drive Mapping A USB Drive (Windows Only) Creating a Shortcut to the USB Drive (Windows only) Connecting a USB HARD Drive Overview When you attach a USB 2.0 drive to the My Book Live Duo, you turn it into a network drive. Now the USB drive has the following capabilities:  When you connect an external USB 2.0 drive such as a WD Passport, a memory stick, or a camera to the My Book Live Duo, you can access it with Windows Explorer or Mac Finder.  The USB drive can serve as a target for backups in WD SmartWare, Windows, or Time Machine.  The option to map the drive as a user share drive.  If a WD external drive has been locked, when it is attached to the My Book Live Duo, it maintains that security.  You can attach a powered USB hub to the external USB port and attach up to seven USB devices to the hub. Connecting A USB Drive Connect a USB 2.0 hard drive to the USB port on the rear of your My Book Live Duo for additional storage. The USB drive appears as a share on the My Book Live Duo dashboard. (See"Managing Shares" on page 80.) The My Book Live duo supports the following formats for externally attached USB drives:  FAT32  NTFS (read and write capability)  HFS, HFS+J  Linux Ext2, Ext3/Ext4  XFS CONNECTING A USB HARD DRIVE - 127

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MY BOOK LIVE DUO
USER MANUAL
CONNECTING A USB HARD DRIVE – 127
Connecting a USB Hard Drive
Connecting a USB HARD Drive Overview
Connecting A USB Drive
Mapping A USB Drive (Windows Only)
Creating a Shortcut to the USB Drive (Windows only)
Connecting a USB HARD Drive Overview
When you attach a USB 2.0 drive to the My Book Live Duo, you turn it into a network drive.
Now the USB drive has the following capabilities:
When you connect an external USB 2.0 drive such as a WD Passport, a
memory stick, or a camera to the My Book Live Duo, you can access it with
Windows Explorer or Mac Finder.
The USB drive can serve as a target for backups in WD SmartWare,
Windows, or Time Machine.
The option to map the drive as a user share drive
.
If a WD external drive has been locked, when it is attached to the My Book
Live Duo, it maintains that security.
You can attach a powered USB hub to the external USB port and attach up
to seven USB devices to the hub.
Connecting A USB Drive
Connect a USB 2.0 hard drive to the USB port on the rear of your My Book Live Duo for
additional storage. The USB drive appears as a share on the My Book Live Duo dashboard.
(See“Managing Shares” on page 80.)
The My Book Live duo supports the following formats for externally attached USB drives:
FAT32
NTFS (read and write capability)
HFS, HFS+J
Linux Ext2, Ext3/Ext4
XFS
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