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Using the Device with Windows Computers

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MY BOOK PRO USER MANUAL 15 Using the Device with Windows Computers The My Book Pro device drives are initially formatted as HFS+J partitions for compatibility with supported Mac OS X operating systems. To use the device on Windows computers, you must reformat them to to either: exFAT NTFS CAUTION! Reformatting the device erases all its contents. If you have already saved files on the device, be sure to back them up before reformatting it. IF you want to use . . . exFAT NTFS THEN . . . 1 Use either the Drive Erase function or the RAID Management Configuration function of WD Drive Utilities software on your Mac computer to reformat the device drive partitions to exFAT. 2 Safely dismount the device drives and disconnect the device from your Mac computer. 3 From your supported Windows computer, go to: http://support.wd.com 4 Download and install the latest Windows version of the WD Drive Utilities software. 5 Connect the My Book Pro device to your Windows computer as shown in "Connecting the Device and Getting Started" on page 7. 6 If a Found New Hardware screen appears, click Cancel to close it. The WD software installs the proper driver for your device. 7 Verify that the device appears in your computer's file management utility listing and on the Windows WD Drive Utilities screen. Your My Book Pro device is now ready to use on your Windows computer. 1 Safely dismount the device drives and disconnect the device from your Mac computer. 2 From your Windows computer, go to: http://support.wd.com 3 Download and install the latest Windows version of the WD Drive Utilities software. 4 Connect the My Book Pro device to your Windows computer as shown in "Connecting the Device and Getting Started" on page 7. 5 If a Found New Hardware screen appears, click Cancel to close it. The WD software installs the proper driver for your device. 6 Verify that the device appears on the Windows WD Drive Utilities screen. 7 Use either the Drive Erase function or the RAID Management Configuration function of the Windows WD Drive Utilities software to reformat the My Book Pro drives to NTFS partitions. Your My Book Pro device is now ready to use on your Windows computer. USING THE DEVICE WITH WINDOWS COMPUTERS - 29

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MY BOOK PRO
USER MANUAL
USING THE DEVICE WITH WINDOWS COMPUTERS
– 29
Using the Device with Windows Computers
The My Book Pro device drives are initially formatted as HFS+J partitions for
compatibility with supported Mac OS X operating systems. To use the device on
Windows computers, you must reformat them to to either:
±
exFAT
±
NTFS
CAUTION!
Reformatting the device erases all its contents. If you have already saved
files on the device, be sure to back them up before reformatting it.
IF you want to use . . .
THEN . . .
exFAT
1
Use either the Drive Erase function or the RAID Management
Configuration function of WD Drive Utilities software
on your
Mac computer
to reformat the device drive partitions to exFAT.
2
Safely dismount the device drives and disconnect the device
from your Mac computer.
3
From your supported Win
dow
s computer, go to:
4
Download and install the latest Windows version of the
WD Drive Utilities software.
5
Connect the My Book Pro device to your Windows computer
as shown in “Connecting the Device and Getting Started” on
page 7.
6
If a Found New Hardware screen appears, click
Cancel
to
close it. The WD software installs the proper driver for your
device.
7
Verify that the device appears in your computer’s file
management utility listing and on the Windows WD Drive
Utilities screen.
Your My Book Pro device is now ready to use on your Windows
computer.
NTFS
1
Safely dismount the device drives and disconnect the device
from your Mac computer.
2
From your Windows computer
, go to:
3
Download and install the latest Windows version of the
WD Drive Utilities software.
4
Connect the My Book Pro device to your Windows computer
as shown in “Connecting the Device and Getting Started” on
page 7.
5
If a Found New Hardware screen appears, click
Cancel
to
close it. The WD software installs the proper driver for your
device.
6
Verify that the device appears on the Windows WD Drive
Utilities screen.
7
Use either the Drive Erase function or the RAID Management
Configuration function of the Windows WD Drive Utilities
software to reformat the My Book Pro drives to NTFS partitions.
Your My Book Pro device is now ready to use on your Windows
computer.
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