Powering up the drive, Formatting the drive, Wd button manager – Western Digital WD Dual-Option Media Center User Manual User Manual
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WD DUAL-OPTION MEDIA CENTER AND COMBO EXTERNAL STORAGE PRODUCTS
USER MANUAL
CONNECTING THE DRIVE – 10
Powering Up the Drive
1. Press the Power button to turn on the drive. Your operating system automatically detects
the external drive. The area surrounding the Power button illuminates blue and flashes to
indicate drive activity. A new hard drive icon appears in the My Computer window for
PC users or on the desktop for Mac users. Your drive is preformatted as a single FAT32
partition and is now ready to use.
2. Press the button once again to turn off only the drive. The USB hub and memory card
reader (Media Center) are still active. If necessary, follow the procedures in “Removing
Media” on page 12 before proceeding.
3. The interface cable associated with the drive may now be disconnected safely from the
computer.
Note: If you press the Power button while an active window is open, you are prompted to
continue before powering down. To power off the drive when windows are open, press
and hold the Power/Safe Shutdown button for 4 seconds.
4. For the Media Center, proceed to “Using the 8-in-1 Memory Card Reader (Media
Center)” on page 11; otherwise, skip to page 13.
Formatting the Drive
Your WD Dual-option product is preformatted as a single FAT32 partition for compatibility
with all Windows operating systems. The FAT32 file system has a maximum file transfer of
4 GB. For more information about file formats and overcoming file size limitations, refer to
your operating systemKnowledge Base, and search for
answer ID 1053 for Windows 2000 or answer ID 1021 for Windows XP.
Macintosh users, see “Macintosh” on page 6 to reinitialize the drive to a Mac OS format.
WD Button Manager
The WD Button Manager controls dual-option backup functions. The icon in the system
tray (typically located on the bottom right corner of your desktop) is blue. When the drive is
powered off or disconnected, the icon disappears. If the drive has difficulty communicating
with the backup software, the icon becomes red.
NEW HARD DRIVE ICON
WD BUTTON MANAGER ICON