Western Digital My Book Studio Edition User Manual - Manual (Page 4)

MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION
USER MANUAL
ABOUT YOUR WD DRIVE – 3
About Your WD Drive
Drive Format
This WD device is preformatted to HFS+ (Journaled) for compatibility with Macintosh
operating systems. To reformat the device to Windows, visit support.wdc.com and
search our knowledge base for answer ID# 1550.
LED Indicators
The power/activity LED is located on the center, front panel of the device. The LED
indicators function as follows.
Power/Activity LED
Capacity Gauge
USB and FireWire Mode
The Capacity Gauge is enabled only through installation of WD Drive Manager, which
must be installed on each system to which My Book is connected. The Capacity
Gauge is updated automatically upon drive usage.
eSATA Mode
Capacity Gauge is not available in eSATA mode.
Important: Reformatting My Book erases all its contents including the preloaded
software. If you have already saved files on My Book, be sure to back them up before
reformatting.
Appearance Description
Steady Power-on state or power-save mode
Fast flashing (for approx. 3 seconds) Transitioning to system standby
Slow flashing (every 5 seconds) System standby
Alternating top and bottom Drive in use
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