Getting Started Without The Cd (Windows 7/Vista & Mac) - Western Digital WDBVHT0040JCH User Manual

• If the drive is not found, the Troubleshooting screen appears, offering more
information about connecting the My Book Live Duo:
3. Follow the screen instructions and tool tips.
IF you want to . . .
Return to the How to Connect screen to make sure
you have properly connected your drive,
View the Help topic,
Try to discover the drive again,
Note: If you still cannot connect your drive, search for Answer ID 5679 in the WD
Knowledge Base at http://support.wdc.com.
Getting Started Without the CD (Windows 7/Vista & Mac)
If you do not use the product CD for getting started and installing WD SmartWare (Windows
only), you can still:
• Use your My Book Live Duo as an external hard drive, dragging and dropping files to
and from it.
• Configure the drive using the My Book Live Duo dashboard. (See "Using the My Book
Live Duo Dashboard" on page 55.)
• Save and restore files using Windows Backup (see "Using Windows Vista/Windows
7" on page 19) or Apple Time Machine (see "Using Apple Time Machine" on page 41).
Using Windows Vista/Windows 7
Opening the Public Folder.
As an alternative to using the product CD, open the drive as follows:
1.
Physically connect the drive to your network (see page 10).
2. Click > Computer > Network > My Book Live Duo, and locate the drive's Public
folder.
THEN click the . . .
Back button
More Help button
Try Again button
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