3 seconds) Slow flashing (every 5 seconds) Up and downĭescription Power-on state or power-save mode Transitioning to system standby System standby Drive in use Power/Activity LED Appearance Steady Fast flashing (for approx.
The power/activity LED is located on the center, front panel of the device. See "Copy Application Software" on page 4. If you have already saved files on My Book, be sure to back them up before reformatting. Important: Reformatting My Book erases all its contents including the preloaded software. For instructions on repartitioning and reformatting the drive to NTFS prior to installation, see knowledge base answer ID 207 at. See answer ID 1287 at and article IDs 314406 at for further details.įor instructions on repartitioning and reformatting the drive to HFS+ (Journaled) prior to installation, see knowledge base answer ID 287 at. Windows 2000 and XP users can overcome these file size limitations by reformatting the drive to NTFS using the Disk Management utility. This WD device cannot create partitions larger than 32 GB in Windows 2000/XP/Vista. The FAT32 file system has a maximum individual file size of 4 GB. If your product is.This WD device is preformatted as a single FAT32 partition for compatibility with all updated Windows and Macintosh operating systems. My Passport for Mac portable hard drive, with the WD Discovery™, WD Security and WD Drive Utilities software USB 3.0 cable Quick install guide Optional Accessories For information about optional accessories for WD products, visit Operating System Compatibility Your My Passport for Mac drive and the WD Drive Utilities and WD. I downloaded WD Drive Utilities software to check the HD and it passed WD checks. The disk is formatted in the Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format (HFS+). I tried mounting with `diskutil mount /dev/pathToDisk` and `diskutil mount readOnly /dev/pathToDisk` but it won’t mount.
Connected the external HD to my Mac but it won’t mount. The app is developed by Western Digital Technologies and its user rating is 4.7 out of 5. It is a perfect match for System Optimization in the System Tools category.
The latest version of WD Drive Utilities is 2.1 on Mac Informer.
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