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Table of Contents MY BOOK PRO USER MANUAL WD Service and Support ii Accessing Online Support ii Contacting WD Technical Support ii 1 About Your WD Storage Device 1 Features 1 Kit Contents 2 Operating System Compatibility 2 Disk Drive Formats 3 Physical Description 3 Illuminated Power Button 4 USB Hub Connectors 5 Drive Status LEDs 5 Drive Door Latches 5 Reset Button 5 Thunderbolt Interface Ports 5 USB 3.0 Port 6 Kensington® Security Slot 6 Registering Your Device 6 Handling Precautions 6 2 Connecting the Device and Getting Started 7 Connecting the Device 7 Installing the WD Drive Utilities Software 9 3 Managing and Customizing Your My Book Pro 13 Checking Device Health 14 Managing the RAID Configuration 14 Checking the Device Status 15 Changing the Device Configuration 16 Erasing the Device Drives 18 Upgrading the Device Capacity 20 Registering the Device 20 Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image 21 Safely Dismounting the Device Drives 22 4 Replacing a Drive 23 Determining Which Drive Failed 23 Contacting WD Technical Support 23 Removing and Replacing the Drive 24 5 Using the Device with Windows Computers 29 TABLE OF CONTENTS - iii

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MY BOOK PRO
USER MANUAL
TABLE OF CONTENTS – iii
Table of Contents
WD Service and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ii
Accessing Online Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ii
Contacting WD Technical Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ii
1
About Your WD Storage Device
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1
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Kit Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Operating System Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Disk Drive Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Physical Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Illuminated Power Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
USB Hub Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Drive Status LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Drive Door Latches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Reset Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Thunderbolt Interface Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
USB 3.0 Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Kensington
®
Security Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Registering Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Handling Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2
Connecting the Device and Getting Started
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7
Connecting the Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Installing the WD Drive Utilities Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3
Managing and Customizing Your My Book Pro
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13
Checking Device Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Managing the RAID Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Checking the Device Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Changing the Device Configuration
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Erasing the Device Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Upgrading the Device Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Registering the Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Safely Dismounting the Device Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4
Replacing a Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
23
Determining Which Drive Failed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Contacting WD Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Removing and Replacing the Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
5
Using the Device with Windows Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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