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Launching the My Book Live Duo Dashboard, Mapping the Drive (Windows only)

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MY BOOK LIVE DUO USER MANUAL Launching the My Book Live Duo Dashboard Select Dashboard on the WD Quick View submenu to launch the application. The Welcome screen displays. (See "Using the My Book Live Duo Dashboard" on page 53.) Mapping the Drive (Windows only) 1. Select Map [My Book Live Duo name] on the WD Quick View submenu. The Map Network Drive screen displays: 2. Select the desired letter from the Drive drop-down list. 3. Click the Finish button. Note: When Windows attempts to reconnect a Mapped Network Drive after a restart, the "Unable to reconnect mapped network drives" error may appear. This can occur if the username and password of the My Book Live Duo drive do not match the current Window's username and password information. During the automatic reconnection process, Windows may attempt to send the current Windows username and password instead of the My Book Live Duo username and password specified during setup. Attempting to open the mapped network drive prompts a new login window. Enter the My Book Live Duo username and password to reconnect the share, allowing it to be accessible again (until the next reboot). For more information on this problem, see Knowledge Base Answer ID 6745. Creating a Shortcut to the Public Share (Windows only) Note: Mac OS X automatically displays a Public share icon on the desktop, and you can create aliases for any subshares. (See "Using Mac OS X Leopard/ Snow Leopard/Lion" on page 19.) Select Create Shortcut on the WD Quick View submenu. An icon representing the Public share displays on the desktop. MANAGING YOUR DRIVE WITH WD QUICK VIEW - 47

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MY BOOK LIVE DUO
USER MANUAL
MANAGING YOUR DRIVE WITH WD QUICK VIEW – 47
Launching the My Book Live Duo Dashboard
Select
Dashboard
on the WD Quick View submenu to launch the application. The Welcome
screen displays. (See “Using the My Book Live Duo Dashboard” on page 53.)
Mapping the Drive (Windows only)
1.
Select
Map [My Book Live Duo name]
on the WD Quick View submenu. The Map
Network Drive screen displays:
2.
Select the desired letter from the
Drive
drop-down list.
3.
Click the
Finish
button.
Note:
When Windows attempts to reconnect a Mapped Network Drive after a
restart, the “Unable to reconnect mapped network drives” error may appear.
This can occur if the username and password of the My Book Live Duo drive
do not match the current Window's username and password information.
During the automatic reconnection process, Windows may attempt to send
the current Windows username and password instead of the
My Book Live Duo username and password specified during setup.
Attempting to open the mapped network drive prompts a new login window.
Enter the My Book Live Duo username and password to reconnect the
share, allowing it to be accessible again (until the next reboot). For more
information on this problem, see Knowledge Base Answer ID 6745.
Creating a Shortcut to the Public Share (Windows only)
Note:
Mac OS X automatically displays a Public share icon on the desktop, and
you can create aliases for any subshares. (See “Using Mac OS X Leopard/
Snow Leopard/Lion” on page 19.)
Select
Create Shortcut
on the WD Quick View submenu. An icon representing the Public
share displays on the desktop.