On 03/04/2009, at 8:32 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:
On 02/04/2009, at 7:31 PM, Philippe Chaperon wrote:
The button at the back of the drive does not work on Macintosh
computers. I believe there is a software/driver of sort that is meant
to make it work called the ButtonManager, and there is a
On 02/04/2009, at 10:45 AM, Jon Davison wrote:
Exactly the same thing has been happening with my 1TB WD dive, to
the point where it eventually contributed to my graphics card being
fried.
With a new graphics card installed, the same things are happening.
Icon vanishing, files becoming invi
On 02/04/2009, at 7:31 PM, Philippe Chaperon wrote:
The button at the back of the drive does not work on Macintosh
computers. I believe there is a software/driver of sort that is meant
to make it work called the ButtonManager, and there is also another
piece of software called a LifeAgent. But
m not sure if it may
have been related to the powersave feature of these drives - I figure
powering a drive up and down regularly may increase the chance of it
freaking out.
Gav
From: Graham Byatt
Subject: Re: Problem with WD My Book drive
My USB 1TB one, blew the power supply and th
Hi Philippe
Thanks for the update. Surprising, as I've sold lots of those WD drives and
never had a problem with them (bar one that had a faulty powerpack and I
just swapped that over and it worked straight away). Oh, and the dodgy cable
as well. But apart from that,..all the rest go well with the
Hi Daniel, Ronni & Rob,
To answer your question Daniel, my three HardBox FW drives, also
connected via my FW hub, never drops out and have been as stable as on
the day I bought them, many thanks there Daniel! But this WD My Book
750 is the second one doing exactly the same thing as Jon was
mention
Thanks Bob and Ronni. Another thing, the rear (circular) button does
not seem to serve any function whatsoever? it does not turn the device
off or on. Anyone have the same experience?
Jon
On 02/04/2009, at 11:09 AM, Robert Howells wrote:
On 02/04/2009, at 10:45 AM, Jon Davison wrote:
Exa
Hello Philippe & Jon,
A couple of things I've read about Western Digital "My Book" HDs.
When formatting the disk, you need to ensure that you're selecting the
disk and not the volume.
Once in the partition tab, click on the Options button and select GUID
as the partitioning scheme.
Note: t
On 02/04/2009, at 10:45 AM, Jon Davison wrote:
Exactly the same thing has been happening with my 1TB WD dive, to
the point where it eventually contributed to my graphics card being
fried.
With a new graphics card installed, the same things are happening.
Icon vanishing, files becoming invi
Exactly the same thing has been happening with my 1TB WD dive, to the
point where it eventually contributed to my graphics card being fried.
With a new graphics card installed, the same things are happening.
Icon vanishing, files becoming invisible when the icon is present etc.
Really annoying
On 02/04/2009, at 7:17 AM, Graham Byatt wrote:
My USB 1TB one, blew the power supply and then did the same to a
replacement power supply (within 30secs). I'm wondering if this is
likely to be a fixable thing because can't find receipt and don't
know how much stuff is on there that i no
My USB 1TB one, blew the power supply and then did the same to a
replacement power supply (within 30secs). I'm wondering if this is
likely to be a fixable thing because can't find receipt and don't know
how much stuff is on there that i no longer have elsewhere.
Graham
On 02/04/2009, a
On 2/4/09 12:16 AM, "Philippe Chaperon" wrote:
> Dear WAMUG'ers,
>
> Has anyone experienced problems with the Western Digital My Book-Home
> Edition 750GB with 3 interfaces: FW400, USB & eSATA?
>
> I bought one a few weeks ago and experienced problems with formatting
> the disk. I eventually ma
Dear WAMUG'ers,
Has anyone experienced problems with the Western Digital My Book-Home
Edition 750GB with 3 interfaces: FW400, USB & eSATA?
I bought one a few weeks ago and experienced problems with formatting
the disk. I eventually managed to format it as a Mac drive and was
able to transfer some
14 matches
Mail list logo
