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My Book VelociRaptor Duo
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User Manual
My Book VelociRaptor Duo User Manual
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WD Service and Support Should you encounter any problem, please give us an opportunity to address it before returning this product. Most technical support questions can be answered through our knowledge base or email support service at http://support.wdc.com. If the answer is not available or if you prefer, ® please contact WD at the best telephone number shown below. Your product includes 30 days of free telephone support during the warranty period. This 30- day period starts on the date of
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MY BOOK VELOCIRAPTOR DUO USER MANUAL 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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MY BOOK VELOCIRAPTOR DUO USER MANUAL Warranty Information (Australia/New Zealand) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Obtaining Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 GNU General Public License (“GPL”) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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MY BOOK VELOCIRAPTOR DUO USER MANUAL About Your WD Storage Device 1 1 ® Welcome to your My Book VelociRaptor™ Duo dual-drive storage device, uniting the ® extreme speed of two 10,000 RPM WD VelociRaptor drives with revolutionary Thunderbolt™ technology to set new standards for data transfer speeds and workflow flexibility in high-capacity storage. This chapter includes the following topics: Features Kit Contents Optional Accessories Operating System Compatibility Disk Drive Formats Physical D
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MY BOOK VELOCIRAPTOR DUO USER MANUAL Super-fast external boot capability—For information about using your My Book VelociRaptor Duo as an external boot device using Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later operating system, see the Apple Support article at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718 or http:// docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.7/en/mchlp1034.html. User serviceable—When you need to replace a drive, just open the case and do it yourself. No tools are needed. TM WD Drive Utilities software
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MY BOOK VELOCIRAPTOR DUO USER MANUAL Optional Accessories For information about optional accessories for WD products, visit: US http://www.shopwd.com or http://www.wdstore.com Canada http://www.shopwd.ca or http://www.wdstore.ca Europe http://www.shopwd.eu or http://www.wdstore.eu All others Contact WD Technical Support in your region. For a list of Technical Support contacts, visit http://support.wdc.com and see Knowledge Base answer ID 1048. Operating System Compatibility Your My Book Veloc
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MY BOOK VELOCIRAPTOR DUO USER MANUAL Physical Description As shown in Figure 2, the My Book VelociRaptor Duo dual-drive storage device has: • A power/activity LED indicator on the front • The power connector, Thunderbolt ports, and a security slot on the back Thunderbolt Ports ® Kensington Security Slot Power Connector Power/Activity LED Figure 2. My Book VelociRaptor Duo Dual-drive Storage Device Power/Activity LED The power/activity LED shows the device’s normal power state and activit
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MY BOOK VELOCIRAPTOR DUO USER MANUAL Thunderbolt Ports As shown in Figure 2 on page 4, the My Book VelociRaptor Duo dual-drive storage device has two dual-channel Thunderbolt ports that provide a fast, flexible interface for: • Performance—Thunderbolt technology delivers unprecedented data transfer rates thanks to its revolutionary bidirectional I/O throughput. Each Thunderbolt port provides two bidirectional channels, each with theoretically up to 10 Gb/s of bandwidth. • Simplicity—Thu
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MY BOOK VELOCIRAPTOR DUO USER MANUAL Connecting the Device and Getting Started 2 1 This chapter provides instructions for: Connecting the Device Installing the WD Drive Utilities Software Connecting the Device 1. Depending on your region, if required, change the AC adapter as follows: Installing Removing Removing Installing 2. Turn on your computer. 3. Connect the AC adapter to a power receptacle and to the 12 VDC power connector on the device: CONNECTING THE DEVICE AND GETTING STARTED – 6
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MY BOOK VELOCIRAPTOR DUO USER MANUAL 4. Use the Thunderbolt cable to connect either port on the device to your computer: 5. Use the other port on the device to connect additional Thunderbolt peripherals. Note: Thunderbolt technology supports a total of seven devices—your computer and up to six external devices. 6. The device automatically powers up and mounts to your computer. 7. Verify that the My Book VelociRaptor Duo appears under DEVICES in the Sidebar area of your Finder display:
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MY BOOK VELOCIRAPTOR DUO USER MANUAL RAID configurations. The Stripe and Mirror RAID modes of your My Book VelociRaptor Duo device are software configured, and the backup disk encryption feature is not compatible with software-configured RAID devices. If you want to use your device as a backup device with Time Machine on Lion or Mountain Lion, you can either: � Use it in the default striped RAID configuration without backup encryption. � Convert it to a mirrored RAID configuration and use
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MY BOOK VELOCIRAPTOR DUO USER MANUAL 2. Drag the icon for the WD Drive Utilities software to the alias Applications folder on the screen that displays: 3. In the alias Applications folder, double-click the WD Drive Utilities application. 4. Read the license agreement and click Accept to continue and display the WD Drive Utilities screen (see Figure 3 below and “Managing and Customizing the Device” on page 10). . Figure 3. WD Drive Utilities Screen CONNECTING THE DEVICE AND GETTING ST
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MY BOOK VELOCIRAPTOR DUO USER MANUAL Managing and Customizing the Device 3 1 This chapter includes the following topics: Checking Device Health Managing the RAID Configuration Erasing the Device Drives Registering the Device Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image Safely Dismounting the Device Drives The WD Drive Utilities software makes it easy for you to manage and customize your device for the best possible performance: • Diagnostics—Run diagnostics and status checks to make sure your dev
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MY BOOK VELOCIRAPTOR DUO USER MANUAL • Quick Drive Test TM Each device drive has a built-in Data Lifeguard diagnostic utility that tests the drive for error conditions. The quick drive test checks the drives for major performance problems. The result of a quick drive test is a pass or fail evaluation of the drives’ condition. • Complete Drive Test The most comprehensive drive diagnostic is the complete drive test. It checks every sector for error conditions, and inserts bad sector marke
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MY BOOK VELOCIRAPTOR DUO USER MANUAL Managing the RAID Configuration The initial/default configuration of your My Book VelociRaptor Duo device is as a striped RAID 0 disk array for high-speed/maximum-storage performance. You can reconfigure the device as either: • A mirrored RAID 1 disk array for maximum-protection/reduced-storage • JBOD individual drives that can be formatted differently for enhanced flexibility Checking the Device Status The WD Drive Utilities software provides a status
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MY BOOK VELOCIRAPTOR DUO USER MANUAL Changing the Device Configuration CAUTION! Changing the device configuration reformats both drives, which erases all of the data on them. If you have been using the device in one mode and then want to switch to a different mode, back up your files to another storage device before changing the configuration. Note: Changing the device configuration also deletes the WD software and all of the support files, utilities, and user manual files. You can downlo
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MY BOOK VELOCIRAPTOR DUO USER MANUAL 5. On the volume dialog: a. If you want to change the name of a volume, type over the name in the Volume Name box. b. If you are converting to individual drives, select the option to specify the file format for each volume: •HFS+J •ExFAT c. Read the warning about the loss of data when you change the device configuration and select the I understand check box to signify that you accept the risk and activate the Configure button: Important: If you want to
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MY BOOK VELOCIRAPTOR DUO USER MANUAL 8. The first time you configure to a new volume, a message asks if you want to use the device drives to back up with Time Machine: New Mirror Volume New Stripe Volume New Individual Drives Volumes Note: Currently the Encrypt Backup Disk check box only appears on computers using the Lion or Mountain Lion operating system. DO NOT select this check box if you have converted to a RAID volume. Your My Book VelociRaptor Duo device leverages the operating sy
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MY BOOK VELOCIRAPTOR DUO USER MANUAL b. Depending on your computer’s operating system: • Using Snow Leopard, click Use as Backup Disk and skip to step 10. • Using Lion or Mountain Lion: - If you want to create a password to secure your backup files, select the Encrypt Backup Disk check box and proceed to step c. - If you do not want to create a password to encrypt your backup files, click Use as Backup Disk and skip to step 10. c. Click Use as Backup Disk and complete the backup password dia
