my book

About this tag
The tag 'my book' on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about Western Digital My Book external hard drives, including the My Book Essential, My Book World Edition NAS, and other models. Users report issues such as drives not appearing in My Computer but being accessible via Disk Manager, problems with the eject USB button not responding for My Book drives, and connectivity or sleep/wake issues with My Book NAS on Windows 7 64-bit. Other topics include using a My Book to boot Windows 7 on a new PC without a CD drive, driver power state failures causing BSODs during shutdown, and general compatibility questions when upgrading to Windows 7. The tag reflects troubleshooting and setup advice for these WD external storage devices.

  1. Windows 7 Can't see my WD HD in Computer

    I have a two TB WD External HD (MY Book) that when I go into Computer I don't see it but I see all my other drives. However I can go into Disk Manager and right mouse click the drive and open and there it is. I can access it but why can't I see it in Computer with the other drives?
    • lostsoul65
    • Thread
    • disk management drive recognition external drive file explorer hard drive my book storage issues two tb windows
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
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    Windows 7 Eject USB Button not responding

    I have Windows 7 Ultimate edition 64Bit running on an ASUS Laptop. Recently, whenever I click on the Eject USB button in the system tray, it just flashes. No menu item appears. If I open My Computer, right click on a flash drive, and choose eject, then it ejects file. However, context menu for...
    • Melting Point
    • Thread
    • asus context menu device management drivers eject eject menu file deletion flash drive hardware laptop my book safety storage system tray troubleshooting update usb user experience windows 7
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 64 bit and NAS

    I have a NAS (Western Digital MyBook World Edition) and recently I've upgraded my OS to Windows 7 64 bit (from 32-bit Vista) and I'm experiencing strange problems with NAS presently. When I start it up while Windows is working the system discovers it and allows access, but when I shut the...
    • torq
    • Thread
    • 64-bit access issues computer issues device discovery file access my book nas network ping sleep mode tech support upgrade vista upgrade western digital windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Networking

  4. Windows 7 western digital my book essential 500gb

    I just puchased this external storage unit for creating a backup of my laptop. I use W7 HP and a amd 64X system. I use about 200GB so my brain tells me this device will be adequate for my needs. Am I on the proper sheet of music here. Thanks
    • enigma1944
    • Thread
    • 64-bit amd backup external storage hard drive laptop my book storage western digital windows 7
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 windows 7 driver power state failure caused by ntkrnlpa

    Hi, I wondering if someone could help. I finally managed to install my Western Digital MyBook World Edition but now it takes 20min for Win7 to shut down and I end up with a BSOD. I run the latest version of Win7 and all software and driver are updated...
    • motekx
    • Thread
    • bsod crash drivers dump files error failure maintenance minidump my book ntkrnlpa parameters power state shutdown support system troubleshooting update western digital windows 7
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Trying to boot Windows 7 through a WD My Book on my new computer... HELP PLEASE!!

    I recently purchased a new computer. I put the whole thing together but the only thing is I have no cd drives yet. So, I need to boot up Windows 7 another way. The only external hard drive I have is my 500gb My Book. I tried a program called wintoflash, that was supposed to both make my hard...
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    Windows 7 What external hard drive

    Hi, just joined to ask a few questions and gain some knowledge for the experts. I am about to switch my existing hardware for a new Dell 545 with Windows 7 Professional and M.Office 2007 Home & Student as I mainly use word - Excell and Powerpoint. I have a Dell Laptop with Windows 2003 XP...
    • alexam
    • Thread
    • backup compatibility data transfer dell 545 excel external drive hardware microsoft office my book powerpoint storage technology upgrade user questions windows 7 word
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support