Western Digital My Book World Edition (white light) Quick Install Guide User Manual

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Step 2: Access My Book World Edition on the Network

Follow the steps below to easily find your
My Book World Edition on the local area network
(LAN) in Windows XP/Vista using WD Discovery.
Skip to page 5 for Mac Leopard instructions or
page 6 for Mac Tiger instructions.

Note: The WD Discovery application on the
included CD should be installed on every PC
connected to the LAN from which you intend to
access your My Book World Edition.

Windows XP/Vista

1. Turn on your computer and wait for the

operating system to load.

2. Insert the software CD into the CD-ROM

drive.

Note: If AutoPlay is disabled on your
computer, you must install the utilities
manually. Click Start and point to Computer
(Windows Vista) or My Computer, then
double-click Setup.exe in the root directory of
the CD.

3. Windows Vista: Click Run setup.exe, then

click Allow.

4. Click Accept in the Terms of Agreement

screen.

5. If you have connected the My Book device

properly as shown in the Connect screen,
click Next.

6. The Application Installer screen opens,

displaying a list of options. Click WD
Discovery Tool
.

7. Click Map Network Drive in the Things To

Do list.

8. Click Yes.

9. All share folders available on the device will

be mapped as network drives automatically.
Available drive letters are assigned
backwards from Z. When mapping
completes, the share folders appear as
network drives in the WD Discovery screen.

10. Click Start>Computer (Windows Vista) or

My Computer (Windows XP). The network
drives appear. You can now drag and drop
files into the network drive folders using My
Computer or Windows Explorer. See the
complete user manual on the CD for all other
basic and advanced device management
functions.

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