Wd MY Book Velociraptor DUO User Manual

My Book® VelociRaptor

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User Manual

My Book VelociRaptor Duo User Manual

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WD Service and Support

Should you encounter any problem, please give us an opportunity to address it before returning
this product. Most technical support questions can be answered through our knowledge base
or email support service at http://support.wdc.com. If the answer is not available or if you prefer,

please contact WD

Your product includes 30 days of free telephone support during the warranty period. This 30­day period starts on the date of your first telephone contact with WD Technical Support. Email
support is free for the entire warranty period and our extensive knowledge base is available 24/

7. To help us keep you informed of new features and services, remember to register your
product online at http://register.wdc.com.

Accessing Online Support

Visit our product support website at http://support.wdc.com and choose from these topics:

• Downloads—Download drivers, software, and updates for your WD product.

• Registration—Register your WD product to get the latest updates and special offers.

• Warranty & RMA Services—Get warranty, product replacement (RMA), RMA status, and
data recovery information.

• Knowledge Base—Search by keyword, phrase, or answer ID.

• Installation—Get online installation help for your WD product or software.

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at the best telephone number shown below.

• WD Community—Share your thoughts and connect with other WD users.

Contacting WD Technical Support

When contacting WD for support, have your WD product serial number, system hardware, and
system software versions available.

North America Asia Pacific

English 800.ASK.4WDC Australia 1 800 42 9861

(800.275.4932) China 800 820 6682/[phone]

Spanish 800.832.4778 Hong Kong [phone]

India 1 800 11 9393 (MNTL)/1 800 200 5789 (Reliance)

Europe (toll free)* 00800 ASK4 WDEU Indonesia [phone]

(00800 27549338) Japan 0120 994 120/00531 65 0442

Korea 02 703 6550

Europe [phone] Malaysia [phone]/1 800 88 1908/[phone]
Middle East [phone] Philippines 1 800 1441 0159
Africa [phone] Singapore [phone]/[phone]/[phone]

Taiwan [phone]/[phone]

* Toll free number is available in the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy,
Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.

011 26384700 (Pilot Line)

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Table of Contents

WD Service and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

Accessing Online Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

Contacting WD Technical Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

1 About Your WD Storage Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Kit Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Optional Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Operating System Compatibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Disk Drive Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Physical Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Power/Activity LED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Thunderbolt Ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Kensington

Registering Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Handling Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2 Connecting the Device and Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Connecting the Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Installing the WD Drive Utilities Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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Security Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

3 Managing and Customizing the Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Checking Device Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Managing the RAID Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Checking the Device Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Changing the Device Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Erasing the Device Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Registering the Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Restoring the WD Software and Disk Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Safely Dismounting the Device Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

4 Replacing a Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Determining Which Drive Failed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Contacting WD Technical Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Removing and Replacing the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

A Compliance and Warranty Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Regulatory Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

FCC Class B Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

ICES/NMB-003 Compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Safety Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

CE Compliance for Europe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

GS Mark (Germany only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

KC Notice (Republic of Korea only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Environmental Compliance (China). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Warranty Information (All Regions Except Australia/New Zealand) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Obtaining Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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Warranty Information (Australia/New Zealand) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Obtaining Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

GNU General Public License (“GPL”) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

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About Your WD Storage Device

Welcome to your My Book® VelociRaptor™ Duo dual-drive storage device, uniting the
extreme speed of two 10,000 RPM WD VelociRaptor
Thunderbolt™ technology to set new standards for data transfer speeds and workflow
flexibility in high-capacity storage.

This chapter includes the following topics:

Features
Kit Contents
Optional Accessories
Operating System Compatibility
Disk Drive Formats
Physical Description
Registering Your Device
Handling Precautions

Features

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drives with revolutionary

Extreme speed, high capacity storage—Built with two 10,000 RPM WD VelociRaptor
drives inside, My Book VelociRaptor Duo delivers extreme speed and high capacity for
high-end video and photo editing, 3D rendering, graphic-intensive design and more.

Move data at unprecedented speeds—The Thunderbolt connector provides two
channels of up to 10 Gb/s transfer rate in both directions. This allows data to travel both
ways without compromising bandwidth. And this means you can do more work in less
time with the ground-breaking data transfer speed of the Thunderbolt technology.

User-configurable RAID for speed or double-safe data protection—Select the mode
that is right for you:

• RAID 0 (Striped mode) for maximum capacity and accelerated performance.

• RAID 1 (Mirrored mode) for double-safe data protection by automatically creating
a second copy of your data. One drive stores your data and the other saves a
second copy. If either drive fails, your data is protected because it is duplicated on
the other drive.

• JBOD (Individual Drives mode) for using the two drives independently, and not
configured into a RAID array. In JBOD (Just a Bunch of Disks) mode, you can
chose either HFS+J or exFAT format for each drive: HFS+J for Mac applications
or exFAT for running Windows

Daisy chain more drives for more speed—Use the two Thunderbolt ports to daisy
chain more drives for more speed and higher capacity. Connect a Thunderbolt display
and other Thunderbolt-enabled peripherals to achieve maximum efficiency and
productivity.

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operating systems on a Mac computer.

High-speed multitasking—The revolutionary bidirectional Thunderbolt technology
delivers unmatched speed for multitasking projects.

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Super-fast external boot capability—For information about using your My Book
VelociRaptor Duo as an external boot device using Mac OS X

10.6.8 or later operating

system, see the Apple Support article at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718 or http://

docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.7/en/mchlp1034.html.

User serviceable—When you need to replace a drive, just open the case and do it
yourself. No tools are needed.

WD Drive Utilities

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software—Keep your device performing at its best by configuring

the drives, running diagnostics, and more.

Important: For the latest WD product information and news, visit our website at http://

www.westerndigital.com. For the latest software, firmware, and product documentation

and information, go to http://support.wdc.com/downloads.

Kit Contents

As shown in Figure 1, your My Book VelociRaptor Duo dual-drive storage device kit
includes the following:

• My Book VelociRaptor Duo dual-drive storage device

• AC adapter (configuration varies, depending on region)

• Thunderbolt cable

• Quick Install Guide

• WD Drive Utilities software (included on the device)

Thunderbolt Cable

AC Adapter

Figure 1. My Book VelociRaptor Duo Dual-drive Storage Device Kit Components

My Book VelociRaptor Duo Dual-drive Storage Device

Quick Install Guide

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Optional Accessories

For information about optional accessories for WD products, visit:

US http://www.shopwd.com or http://www.wdstore.com

Canada http://www.shopwd.ca or http://www.wdstore.ca

Europe http://www.shopwd.eu or http://www.wdstore.eu

All others Contact WD Technical Support in your region. For a list of Technical Support

contacts, visit http://support.wdc.com and see Knowledge Base answer
ID 1048.

Operating System Compatibility

Your My Book VelociRaptor Duo dual-drive storage device and WD Drive Utilities
software are compatible with the following Mac OS X
on Thunderbolt technology-enabled computers:

• Snow Leopard

• Lion

10.6.8 or later operating systems

• Mountain Lion

Compatibility can vary, depending on hardware configuration and operating system.

For highest performance and reliability, always install the latest software update. Go to
the Apple menu and select Software Update.

Disk Drive Formats

Your My Book VelociRaptor Duo dual-drive storage device is initially formatted with
HFS+J partitions and configured as a striped RAID disk array (RAID 0).

In the RAID configurations, both drives are formatted with a single HFS+J partition for
Mac OS X operating systems. In the JBOD configuration, each drive can be reformatted
as either:

• HFS+J for Mac computers

• exFAT for running Windows operating systems on Mac computers

Note: Older Windows operating systems might need a patch from Microsoft to recognize

the exFAT format. (See

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=955704.)

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Physical Description

As shown in Figure 2, the My Book VelociRaptor Duo dual-drive storage device has:

• A power/activity LED indicator on the front

• The power connector, Thunderbolt ports, and a security slot on the back

Thunderbolt Ports

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Kensington

Security Slot

Power Connector

Power/Activity LED

Figure 2. My Book VelociRaptor Duo Dual-drive Storage Device

Power/Activity LED

The power/activity LED shows the device’s normal power state and activity, and

provides caution/warning indications as follows:

LED Appearance Power State/Activity

Normal Operating Indications

Brief fast-flash display of white-amber-white­amber-white-amber-off, less than one second
in duration

White, on steady Ready, interface enabled, but idle

White, continuous fast flashing,
approximately four times per second

Off No power, no interface connection, or sleep

Initial power-on sequence

Active

status

Caution/Warning Indications

Amber, on steady Fan failure or over-/under-temperature

Amber, slow flashing, approximately two
times per second, every other second

Note: If you see an over-temperature indication, power down the device and let it

cool for 60 minutes. Power it back on, and if the problem persists, contact
WD Support.

condition

At or above critical temperature

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Thunderbolt Ports

As shown in Figure 2 on page 4, the My Book VelociRaptor Duo dual-drive storage
device has two dual-channel Thunderbolt ports that provide a fast, flexible interface for:

• Performance—Thunderbolt technology delivers unprecedented data transfer
rates thanks to its revolutionary bidirectional I/O throughput. Each Thunderbolt
port provides two bidirectional channels, each with theoretically up to 10 Gb/s of
bandwidth.

• Simplicity—Thunderbolt technology supports daisy chaining multiple devices
through a single Thunderbolt connector so you can multitask at Thunderbolt
technology speed without having to use a switch or hub. This reduces the
hardware clutter and increases productivity.

• Flexibility—Connect additional Thunderbolt technology-enabled external hard
drives, media players, HD displays, media capture and editing systems and more
through a single connector.

Note: Your My Book VelociRapto r Duo device must be connected to a Mac computer

that supports Thunderbolt technology. For information about cables that support
Thunderbolt technology, visit

http://support.wdc.com.

Kensington® Security Slot

For physical device security, the Kensington security slot accepts a standard Kensington
security cable (sold separately). For more information about the Kensington security slot
and available products, visit http://www.kensington.com.

Registering Your Device

Always register your My Book VelociRaptor Duo dual-drive storage device to get the
latest updates and special offers. You can easily register your device using the WD Drive
Utilities software, as described in “Registering the Device” on page 18. Another way is to
register online at http://register.wdc.com.

Handling Precautions

WD products are precision instruments and must be handled with care during unpacking
and installation. Drives can be damaged by rough handling, shock, or vibration. Observe
the following precautions when unpacking and using your external storage product:

• Do not drop or jolt the device.

• Do not move the device during power on state.

• Do not operate the device in any position other than the standing upright position.

• Do not use this product as a portable device.

• Do not place the device on carpeting. Make sure the device is on a clean, firm,
and stable surface.

• To allow proper ventilation, do not block any of the enclosure’s air slots.

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Connecting the Device and Getting Started

This chapter provides instructions for:

Connecting the Device
Installing the WD Drive Utilities Software

Connecting the Device

1. Depending on your region, if required, change the AC adapter as follows:

Installing

2. Turn on your computer.

3. Connect the AC adapter to a power receptacle and to the 12 VDC power connector

on the device:

Removing

Installing

Removing

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4. Use the Thunderbolt cable to connect either port on the device to your computer:

5. Use the other port on the device to connect additional Thunderbolt peripherals.

Note: Thunderbolt technology supports a total of seven devices—your computer and up

to six external devices.

6. The device automatically powers up and mounts to your computer.

7. Verify that the My Book VelociRaptor Duo appears under DEVICES in the Sidebar

area of your Finder display:

Note: If the External disks check box is selected on your Finder Preferences dialog, the

My Book

VelociRaptor Duo icon displays on your desktop:

8. The first time you connect the device to your computer, a message asks if you want

to use the device drives to back up with Time Machine:

Note: Currently the Encrypt Backup Disk check box only appears on computers using

the Lion or Mountain Lion operating system. DO NOT select this check box. Your
My Book

VelociRaptor Duo device leverages the operating system to enable

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RAID configurations. The Stripe and Mirror RAID modes of your My Book

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VelociRaptor Duo device are software configured, and the backup disk

encryption feature is not compatible with software-configured RAID devices.

If you want to use your device as a backup device with Time Machine on

Lion or Mountain Lion, you can either:

• Use it in the default striped RAID configuration without backup
encryption.

• Convert it to a mirrored RAID configuration and use it without backup
encryption.

• Convert it to individual drives and use one of them with or without
backup encryption.

(See “Changing the Device Configuration” on page 13.)

•If you do not want to use the Time Machine backup software, or if you want to
change the drive configuration and then set up Time Machine backups, click:

- Don’t Use on Lion or Mountain Lion

- Cancel on Snow Leopard

•If you do want to use the Time Machine backup softwar e, click Use as Backup

Disk.

Either way, your My Book VelociRaptor Duo dual-drive storage device is ready to
use. To manage and customize the device for the best possible performance, install
the WD Drive Utilities software.

Installing the WD Drive Utilities Software

1. Double-click either the My Book VelociRaptor Duo Finder listing or its desktop icon,

and then double-click the .dmg file on the screen that displays:

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