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It is full to the brim 500gb worth of music files vids etc. How to open files on my book external drives for pc wd. By clicking the notify me when available button below, i consent to the use of the information provided below by. After the upgrade i found that i was no longer able to access a western digital mybooklive nas on my home. Im sure a knowledgeable service tech could pop it open easily given a few hints. Western digital my book connection to windows 10 microsoft. Do not shock your wd external hard disk such as dropping, jolting, or shaking the drive. How to open the western digital mybook may not be entirely obvious. In short i have a dell e520 desktop running a 32 bit vista home. When viewed from the front, sata port 0 is located in the right bay drive b in the manual, sata port 1 in the left bay drive a in the manual. Western digital my book live user manual pdf download.
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