Western Digital My Book Live Duo User Manual - Manual (Page 23)

MY BOOK LIVE DUO
USER MANUAL
CONNECTING THE DRIVE AND GETTING STARTED – 17
Getting Started Without the Online Setup Software
(Windows & Mac OS)
If you do not use the online setup software to get started, 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 53.)
• Save and restore files using Windows File History (see “Using Windows 8 File History”
on page 36), Windows Backup (see “Using Windows 7/ Windows Vista Backup” on
page 37) or Apple Time Machine (see “Using Apple Time Machine” on page 38).
Using Windows 8
Opening the Public Folder
As an alternative to using the online software setup, open the drive as follows:
1. Physically connect the drive to your network (see “Physically Connecting the Drive” on
page 11).
2. On the Start Menu, select Desktop,
3. On the Toolbar, click File Explorer .
4. Click Network > MYBOOKLIVEDUO, and locate the drive’s Public folder.
5. Double-click the Public folder to display the Shared Music, Shared Pictures, Shared
Videos, and Software subfolders. You can now drag and drop files into the shared media
folders using Windows Explorer.
Using Windows Vista/Windows 7
Opening the Public Folder
As an alternative to using the online setup software, open the drive as follows:
1. Physically connect the drive to your network (see “Physically Connecting the Drive” on
page 11).
2. Click > Computer > Network > My Book Live Duo, and locate the drive’s Public
folder.