Enabling ssh access on mybook world edition the whole process doesnt require hard drive disassembly. My book wdg1nc7500, wdg1nc0n my book world edition nas server, wdg1nc5000 my book world. For more information, see drive management on page 42. The world edition my books function as networkattached storage nas, by way of an ethernet interface. Wd mybook unboxing and installation tutorial youtube. How to fix bricked wd my book world edition white light or install. I would like to access it from linux but so far have had only limited success.
It basically has a small on board controller and a miniature linux build that serves the file sharing system. Wd my book world edition white solved windows 10 forums. Hacking wd mybook world ed welcome to the new home for all. The drive quit responding became inaccessible from the network. Millions of people around the world trust their data to my book desktop storage. How to recover data from a failed my book world edition. This isnt required in order to mount it on a linux box but i recommend it as a way to protect your data. Not sure if this applies to the white light version nor the mybook live mybook live specific page where they have actually facilitated ssh login. The exploit database is a cve compliant archive of public exploits and corresponding vulnerable software, developed for use by penetration testers and vulnerability researchers. The world edition my books works as network attached storage nas. Read and download western digital networking my book world edition iiwhite light quick installation guide page 4 online.
Im struggling with trying to follow the instructions here. Enabling ssh access on mybook world edition hinner. I filled it up and now want to delete the data and start over. Drivers for wd my book world edition ii in windows 10 other. They also feature an extra usb host port to allow an additional usb drive to be daisychained. Ultra fast install for my book world edition i and ii white light of. View online or download western digital wd5000g032 my book world edition user manual. Download free western digital user manuals, owners manuals, instructions, warranties and installation guides, etc. Western digital my book world edition iiwhite light. Also i will show how to connect it to you system and how to start your pc back up process. I found some help about how to do this but a it was spread across many different sources and b wasnt always accurate, so i decided to post my own howto and how not to for the mbweii. My book world edition network storage driver download. My book world edition front and rear view power button the power button turns the device on or off.
Useless wdmb world edition goes rubbish and wont show data partition. My book live is powered by linux and anyone with some linux experience can. How do i mount a wd mybook world network drive in linux. The wd link software will not work with older wd network drives such as the my book world blue rings. The western digital mybook world edition has a glossy white case and shares the same rounded book like shape of other mybook external hard drives. Wd my book world edition 2 blue rings firmware install urgent. The problem im having is that, i can upload to it large files and several transfers by ftp, or using linux o. View and download western digital my book world edition ii specifications online. According to the manual, the mybook supports both the cifssmb and the nfs protocols.
I am thinking of purchasing a wd my book world edition ii 1tb nas device wdg2nc0. I recently purchased a personal network attached storage nas. Im set in my ways and have been accustom to reformatting harddisks periodically sector maintainance, etc. List of all wd firmware and software available for download. I have a western digital my book world edition external storage drive. They hope these examples will help you to get a better understanding of the linux system and that you feel encouraged to try out things on your own. If you have problems with other linux distributionsversions simply use ubuntu 10. While others have interactive desktopbased programs, the my book doesn. I have a western digital my book world edition external harddisk with blue rings.
In all of the documentation it says its windows only wd anywhere access software. Hacking western digital mybook world edition this page provides information on how to hack your mybook world edition, so as you can improve performance and add new features. This ssh hack is based on the mybooklinuxssh hack 1 not martin hinner where a a log file has been added, to help you checking if the hack have been successfull or not. Apr 10, 2009 without a doubt, the 1tb western digital my book world edition is the easiest to use nas ive ever tried. Recovering data from western digitals my book world. If you have problems with other linux distributionsversions simply use ubuntu 12. The dualdrive model my book world edition ii is preconfigured for maximum capacity as a large single spanned volume.
Yesterday, when i turned it on, it was unable to power up. Wd my book world edition white after building a pc with win 10, ive not had my wd my book world edition used for a good while, decided to plug it in and install the drivers etc. Its worked for me as ive luckily have not had a disk crash in 25 years. The documentation that comes with it is a little scant. I have not been able to offer much in the way of hacks and mods myself as my linux knowledge is minimal but the community has really pulled together and there are lots of useful things that can be done with your wdmbwe. Can i plug this into my router and will the mac just pick it up as a nas device or do i need to install the wd access anywhere software to use it. The 8tb version of the western digital my book is a deep well of affordable storage for your photos, music, videos, and more. These are simply the commands i think you should learn first. Wd my book world edition ii blue rings raid problem by dhinge may 25, 2009 4. This procedure will allow connect to your mybook via the putty tool and ssh protocol.
The newer white lights mybook world edition 1 tb and 2 tb storage. After looking around for a storage solution to house my growing collection of photographs, i found the western digital my book world edition ii. This is not a list of the 10 most powerful, most obscure, most likely to make you a commandline ubergenius. Mybook is powered by arm9 microprocessor, it has 32mb of sdram and boots from internal hard drive. Western digital wd5000g032 my book world edition pdf user manuals.
How to recover or rebuild firmware of bricked wd my book world edition white light or installreplace brand new hard disks. Format and configuration my book world edition is preformatted as a linux file system. They are accessed as cifs smb shared folders, via nfs or ftp and also feature upnp. My book world edition network storage driver download software manual installation guide zip my book world edition network storage driver download software drivercategory list one of the most difficult jobs in keeping an up graded driver database on your hard drive or laptop is trying to find each individual driver on the web. For more information, see drive management on page 41.
My book world edition blue rings audio books for 7th graders, my wd external hd is old but it was working just fine until they shut down mionet. Western digital my book dualdrive network storage users manual. Hacking wd mybook world ed welcome to the new home for. So, the thing is that one of the drives is dead and. Wd my book world edition ii nassystem mit festplatte 4tb 8, 9 cm 3, 5 zoll. Designed to meet wds demanding requirements for durability, shock tolerance, and longterm reliability, we back up pun intended. Essential edition, home edition, office edition, mirror edition, studio edition, premium edition, elite edition, pro edition, av dvr live edition, and the world edition. The hard drive is a wd green 1tb that came from a first gen blue rings my book world edition. Page 1 of 2 my book world edition white light not responding posted in external hardware. Wd my book world edition ii 1tb apple ios macos help. Aug 01, 2016 hi all i have the wd my book world edition ii, however it doesnt seem to want to play with windows 10. Hi all, i have a 1tb my book world edition white been sat stationaryuntouched since i bought it 10 months ago logged in yesterday, just to reboot it always figure its healthy to reboot devicesservers every few months bad move, when i logged back into the web interface, it says drive not reconised, and failed to mount drive. Wd my book world edition white light 3 tb upgrade nas.
I have a 1 tb my book world edition, with built in ethernet. My book is a series of external hard drives produced by western digital. This article will help you by presenting my top 10 foundational commands that every linux user must learn if they are to be successful. So i was wondering if anyone knew exactly how to get the wd my book to work on linux. Dec, 2015 this video shows you how to reinstall the firmware after you change the disk drive in the western digital mybookworld edition nas. My book world edition ii storage pdf manual download. Apr 29, 2012 my main concern though is rescuing my data. Similar situation is withwd my book world edition i white light or with my previous hdd that has stopped working.
Unfortunately his house was the recipient of a electrical storm that blew out most of the equipment on his home network. Restore the software on a mybook world edition hard drive. Hello, recently i found an old nas wd mbwe 2 in basement and i wanted to repair it. This book contains many real life examples derived from the authors experience as a linux system and network administrator, trainer and consultant. But linux has moved with leaps and bounds during the years and many linux releases are now beyond the tekkie status of earlier releases and the typical person interested in linux is probably leaning toward one of the major distributions such as ubuntu or mandriva. The version i have has a gb ethernet network connection.
Recover data from my book world edition a friend of mine has had a western digital my world book network attached 500gb storage device. My goal is only transferring the data to another nas. Western digital my book world edition iiwhite light user. I wont use world book white edition ii anymore, its about 9 years old and i just had to recover world book blue ring raid1, 10 years old where the controller failed capacitor burned on print many thanks for any help. Hi, i recently bought a my book world edition ii white light from western digital. To restore the hard drive, we need access to the disk formatting tools offered in linux. Actually, while the linux os partitions on the white light mbwe are ext3, the user data partition is xfs. Ive been storing my photos on single external hard drives so far, but data loss has always been a concern with that approach.
Its a white book, western digital my book world device. The logicboard only has an ac and a ethernet port so theres no way to install linux on place. You should be able to access the mybook on a linux unix system by using the smbclient or mount. May 07, 2017 this video will show you the contents of the wd mybook high capacity home network back up drive. Open the my book world edition and remove the hard drive. How to format 1tb drive retrieved from defective wd my.
Our aim is to serve the most comprehensive collection of exploits gathered through direct submissions, mailing lists, as well as other public sources, and present them. View and download western digital my book wdg1nc0 user manual online. It works fine on every wd mybook we models both i and ii, capacities from 320gb to 2tb. When you continue here, your warranty will be worthless. Wd my book world edition usb connection july 2011 forums. How to recover data from bricked wd my book world edition. I power cycled the drive and it did not power back on. This book looked great and maybe a few years ago it was a great resource. W and still nothing if i reset router and modem it will show up untill the next reboot any help on. How to recover data from wd my book world edition nas device hacking wd mybook world ed as unfortunately i have never used linux before and its not exactly plug and play. The dualdrive model quick install guide my book world edition ii is preconfigured for maximum capacity as a large single spanned volume. Find answers to recovering data from western digitals my book world edition ii blue ring. Theres virtually no setup, its remotely accessible and works flawlessly on both. My book world edition nas multiple vulnerabilities exploit.
This is linux bash script solution to restore mbwe white light install firmware once. It uses samba to emulate an ntfs drive to windows in order to make it networkable. Formatting wd my book world edition external harddisk with. Mybooklinux ssh hack or mybooklinux ssh hack with a log file reboot required for both. Plugged it into a switch and its not being recognised at all, even downloaded the wd cd with the drivers and the detection tool doesnt see it either.
Ultra fast install for both my book world editions i and ii book digital edition home linux my nas. Setting up ssh on western digital my book world devices. You will then be able to manage your mybook as a real linux box, via a command line interface. Presumably if i just put them in the synology then they would need to be formatted to be used. I have the wd my book world edition ii blue ring nas, 2 500g hdd included. I need to recover data from a my book world edition. How to fix bricked wd my book world edition white light or. Help rescuing the data from my mybook world edition avforums. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Only top led is blinkingflashing and mbwe doesnt appear in my network environment.
Apr 16, 2010 my book world edition 1 my dad installed this on our network and i tried to access it. Basically they say you plug it in to your network and assume you can immediately see it on the network. Problem is, i have a lot of my stuff on my external hd. Western digital my book world edition ii specifications pdf. I know my way around a computer, but my linux knowledge is very.
I currently use this for time machine backups for my mac but id also like to use it as a backup location for my linux box which is running ubuntu server. How to increaseupgrade wd my book world edition white light capacity to 3tb4tb mbwe i. Wd my book world edition ii nassystem mit festplatte. The fuguhub my book live edition is designed exclusively for this device and will not operate on any other my book devices such as my book world edition. Though it looks similar, there are quite a few differences with the earlier western digital mybook world edition ii. Oct 20, 2011 windows 7 64b and mybook world edition 1tb trouble cant find drive i have windows 7 64b and mybook worked perfect untill i changed my routermodem now it says cant find mybook make sure it is map and powered up i have reinstalled dicovery s. My book world edition is preformatted as a linux file system.
They also feature an extra usb host port to allow to use usb drive. I have a wd my book world edition 1tb of which ethernet connection point is not working so is there any way i can connect with the usb provided at back side of. It shows up in devices, but in device manager it has a yellow triangle with an exclamation on it. The western digital my book world edition runs on a cut down version of linux and as such can be accessed via ssh. Read and download western digital networking my book world edition iiwhite light users manual page 179 online. Western digital my book world edition blue rings disassembling. Installed ubuntu yet again and this time i am wanting to use it for basically everything. Similar situation is with wd my book world edition i white light or with my previous hdd that has stopped working. The link tool is used to discover wd drives on the network, and to create mapped network drives from their share folders. How can i mount this drive on the linux server so that my cron backups can use it as a backup destination. How to reinstall firmware on wd mybookworld after disk change.
I have not been able to offer much in the way of hacks and mods myself as my linux knowledge is minimal but the community has really. If you are reading this you are probably in a panic, but dont skip ahead, this stuff is important to know. I have been able to use smb to access the public directory but not any of the private directories that i have created from the windows client. I found a guide online telling me how to retrieve the disks how to remove the hard drive in a my book world edition but once they are removed im not sure how i would be able to access them. For highest performance and reliability, it is recommended that you install the latest updates and service pack sp. Cifssmb is the protocol natively used by windows for accessing network drives. It does not even require physical access to the drive.
Ultra fast install for my book world edition i and ii white light of any disk size. Bought a my book world edition 1tb external hard drive on the weekend. Turn on your my book world, and access the network storage manager from a web browser. They hope these examples will help you to get a better understanding of the linux system and that you feel encouraged to. A frontmounted white light doubles as an operation indicator and capacity gauge. Thankfully i was able to retrieve the data using the linux reader software in windows connecting the drive to the motherboard of a computer with windows xp. Western digital wd5000g032 my book world edition manuals. Here is a complete list of links to hacks and howtos for the western digital my book world edition. This download contains the latest version of the wd link tool. Hello everyone, my old western digital my book world 1tb nas hard drive blue circles failed. I needed to set it up to allow the backup scripts ssh access without a password. Similar situation is with wd my book world edition i white light or with my. Drive has to be forcefully removed from unit, plugged into pc, and using a smart tool, data extracted from the xfs partition. Data on first generation blue rings my book world is accessed as cifs smb shared folders.
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