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WD My Book Live 2TB NAS (Network Attached Storage) Network Drive

Item: 918210 Model: WDBACG0020HCH

2TB / 1-Bay / 1 x SATA
2TB max capacity / No RAID support
Create your own personal cloud

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WD My Book Live Network Drive

WD's My Book Live personal cloud storage provides shared storage on your home network that's wirelessly accessible from computers, tablets, smartphones, and connected devices.

2TB / 1-Bay / 1 x SATA
2TB max capacity / No RAID support
Create your own personal cloud
Centralize and share media on your home network
Back up all your PC and Mac computers wirelessly
View your photo collection with your mobile device
Stream media to your entertainment center
Remote access to media and files
Dimensions: 5.5"H x 2"W x 6.6"D, 2.4 lbs.
3-year limited manufacturer warranty

WD's My Book Live Network Drive provides the ability to have shared storage space on your home network. With this one-bay drive, you can wirelessly access your personal cloud from your desktop, laptop, tablet, smartphone, and other connected devices. This is ideal for people who don't want to be tethered to a home computer.

Create Your Own Personal Cloud
With your own personal cloud, everyone in your home or office can share media that has been saved in one centralized location. This saves precious memory and hard drive space on the other computers in your household and will increase the processing speeds of the desktop and laptop computers attached to the network. This one-bay network drive has a 2TB max capacity and no RAID support.

Back up Your Computers Wirelessly
With the WD network drive, you can back up your PC and Mac computers wirelessly. It is even possible to perform this function when you are away from home. If you are traveling for business or pleasure and worked on an important document or piece of media, you can save it to your personal cloud and then back it up for safety.

Remotely Access Media Files
One of the best features of the My Book Live Network Drive is that cloud users can access media files from remote locations. You can pull up family pictures on your smartphone to share with others while you are out and about, or you can show off your latest ideas to your business partners using your tablet< while at an off-site business meeting. All this is done while keeping the documents and pictures safely saved on your personal cloud. You can also stream media directly to your entertainment center.

What's In The Box?

My Book Live network drive
Ethernet cable
AC power adapter
Installation and software CD
Quick Install Guide

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Western DigitalWD My Book Live 2TB NAS (Network Attached Storage) Network Drive

3.5

(based on 46 reviews)

64%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

Reliable (20)
Quiet (18)
Easy to set up (17)
Easy to use (15)
Fast connection (15)

Cons

Poor performance (5)

Best Uses

Back-up (19)
Everyday use (13)
Multimedia (10)
Laptops (6)
Large projects (6)

- Reviewer Profile:
- Tech savvy (17), Midrange shopper (11), Budget shopper (7), Tech professional (4), High-end shopper (3)
- Primary use:
- Personal (38), Business (8)
- Computer Platform:
- PC (22)
- Was this a gift?:
- No (20)

Most Helpful Positive Review

Great product with some quirks

The drive is very quiet and nice looking. The most frustrating problem is trying to access a password protected folder on the drive. The common folders can be accessed easily by typing \\mybooklive\ on the address bar and opening the common drive. However, if the folder is password protected, you may either get an error message that you do not have permission to access this network resource, or the user id and password will not get accepted in the pop-up window. I was able to get around it replacing the word mybooklive with the IP address of the drive. The user id and password then get accepted and the folder is accessible.

Most Helpful Negative Review

Just Say No To WDC Smartware!

It sounded so easy - a 2TB network storage drive that my entire family could use to backup their data and share music and photos. Then I made the mistake of installing WD Smartware. ...Read complete review

It sounded so easy - a 2TB network storage drive that my entire family could use to backup their data and share music and photos. Then I made the mistake of installing WD Smartware. After two years of perfectly reliable operation, my HP laptop started freezing for no reason, my USB ports shut down, and instead of going to sleep when I close the display, it just keeps running until I pull the plug and kill the power. None of this has ever happened until the Smartware installation failed a few days ago. Then...oh, and then!...I discovered that there is no uninstall feature for WDC's software and because the install failed, Windows Vista can't uninstall it and Windows restore won't get rid of it either! It's the 21st Century. How can a major hardware vendor not include an uninstall feature??? As a professional system builder, I've installed and used hundreds of Western Digital products without serious problems, but this is intolerable. The only good news out of this upgrade idea is that Staples made the return process very easy and I now have a new 2TB USB drive (made by Seagate!) which cost half as much as the WDC network drive, which will (hopefully) plug and play a little more easily into the USB port on my router. BOTTOM LINE: Using this product and its included software will put your computer and data at risk. Avoid this product!

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5/16/2013

1.0

wast of money

By loser

from FW, Tx

About Me Power user

Pros

Cons

Complicated To Set Up

Best Uses

Comments about Western Digital WD My Book Live 2TB NAS (Network Attached Storage) Network Drive:

cannot get it configed, supplied setup is of no help. WD support is also no help. WD techs will not communicate verberly, they don't flow up on the problem, all they want is to add a fee to help. It seem to be JUNK

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5/2/2013

5.0

Best NAS for a Home Office

By JDAjr

from Concord, NC

About Me Tech Professional

Pros

Durable
Fast Connectivity
Quiet
Reliable

Cons

Best Uses

Backup
Laptops

Comments about Western Digital WD My Book Live 2TB NAS (Network Attached Storage) Network Drive:

I have two of these ... 1 for backup up my laptop via LAN and the 2nd as a backup (SafePoint) to the 1st WD Drive

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4/19/2013

4.0

Had to share!

By Staples Fan

from Sligo, PA

About Me Tech Savvy

Pros

Fast Connectivity
Quiet
Versatile

Cons

Best Uses

Backup
Personal Cloud

Comments about Western Digital WD My Book Live 2TB NAS (Network Attached Storage) Network Drive:

I purchased two of these last summer and love them. I recently puchased two more as gifts for family members. I love digital photograpy and ALL of my photos can be accessed from my cell phone from anywhere in seconds. I also use mine for backing up my business every day. I use the automatic back up for 3 desk tops and 1 laptop.
The one that I purchased for my brother has not been as much of a joy for him as his internet service is awful (.19 when he should have 3.0), but it still functions great for backing up his laptop.

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3/22/2013

5.0

This is an excellent device

By Mr. Dan

from Connecticut

About Me Some Technical Knowledge

Pros

Durable
Fast Connectivity
Quiet
Reliable
Versatile

Cons

Setup Is Not Too Easy
Size

Best Uses

A Private "cloud"
Backup
Laptops
Large Projects

Comments about Western Digital WD My Book Live 2TB NAS (Network Attached Storage) Network Drive:

I am using this as my own personal cloud, because I can access it from any device, my pc's, my iPad's or my iPhone. It is fast and easy to use. Any cons that I had were easily overcome, and they were just mentioned for truthfulness, and size, it is robust, and that is a good thing. I would recommend this product to anyone, WD makes excellent products at reasonable prices. As far as setup goes, just follow the directions, and you will not go wrong. My device just sits here now, and I can access it from anywhere, literally, anywhere in the world, so it is my own personal cloud, and it can be yours too, not gigabytes, but terrabytes.

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3/21/2013

4.0

Great external drive.

By LAG

from NYC

About Me Tech Savvy

Pros

Fast Connectivity
Quiet
Reliable
Versatile

Cons

Best Uses

Backup
Laptops
Multimedia
Travel

Comments about Western Digital WD My Book Live 2TB NAS (Network Attached Storage) Network Drive:

Using as a personal cloud with no issues.

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Q:
Can this drive be attached to my main computer and still be accessed by my other computer in the house ... or ... does it need to be attached to the router of the house ... my router is located in the house but is in the basement closet ... which I call my server room ...
Asked on 3/10/2013 by hillja10 from Thornton, Colorado
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- A:
  This storage device is a NAS, or network attached storage, server. Its only data connection is via the Ethernet port. You need to connect this NAS server to a free Ethernet port on your router. Once connected, it can be accessed by any computer on your home network. If you cannot locate it near the router then you may need to consider other connection options. You might look into getting set of Ethernet over power line adapters. This avoids the need to run any additional wires through the walls of your house.
  Answered on 3/11/2013 by Community Answer from None
Q:
will I be able to edit and copy files remotely using the internet
Asked on 12/14/2012 by BobB
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- A:
  Depending on your specific router and home network setup you should be able to accomplish remote, Internet based, access by following the directions from Western Digital at the provided link.
  Answered on 12/14/2012 by Community Answer from None
Q:
can you piggy back these drives and use as a video library
Asked on 7/21/2012 by east
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  A:
  You should be able to use two Western Digital My Book Live 2TB personal cloud storage units on your computer, simply connect and access the unit’s individually. For additional specifies on the My Book Live please visit the knowledge base on the manufactures website below:
  http://support.wdc.com/product/kb.asp?groupid=902&lang=en
  Answered on 7/23/2012 by Laura B from Staples
Q:
What is the rpm's of this product?
Asked on 7/5/2012 by andre from Yonkers NY
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- A:
  Western Digital My Book Live external hard drives are based on either a 5400 RPM Caviar Green hard drive or a 7200 RPM Caviar Black hard drive. The 2TB model you are looking at, the WDBACG0020HCH, has a 7200 RPM drive.
  Answered on 7/5/2012 by Community Answer from None
Q:
Does this product wotk in a mixed network with XP & Windows7 Home edition. Will it perform automatic backups and can it be scheduled.
Asked on 3/6/2012 by don from hollis, nh
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  Yes, this will work with both XP and Windows 7. I was only able to find automatic backs for MAC.
  Answered on 3/9/2012 by Bonnie B from Staples
- A:
  There are several free backup utilities. Cobian works well.
  Answered on 7/30/2012 by therightway from Salt Lake City, UT
Q:
Will this product work with windows 7 home edition and XP systems in the same network? Also, will it back up data from 4 pc's or is there a limit in terms of the number of pc's? Will any additional software be required to have a complete backup of the 4 pc's?
Asked on 3/5/2012 by don from hollis, nh
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- A:
  The Western Digital My Book Live 2TB Home Network Hard Drive can be connected to as many as 255 devices on a network. No additional software is required and the PCs can Windows 7, XP or even Macs.
  Answered on 3/7/2012 by Community Answer from None
Q:
Will the GigE port support 100M (ie/will it autoneg down to FE)?
Asked on 9/5/2011 by Anonymous
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  A:
  Due to the technical nature of your quest, please contact Western Digital at 800-275-4932.
  Answered on 9/9/2011 by Bonnie B from Staples
Q:
Is the backup capable of imaging computer hard drives in the event the "c" drive crashes so a reimage can be generated to a new master?
Asked on 2/14/2011 by Anonymous
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  A:
  Unfortunately, this drive does not show the ability to image an entire drive.
  Answered on 2/21/2011 by Steve S. from Staples
Q:
does this unit support 803.11b/g/n wireless devices?
Asked on 1/11/2011 by Dennis from Cape Girardeau, MO
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  A:
  This will support 802.11 B/G/N devices. If you require assistance placing the order, feel free to call us at 800-333-3330.
  Answered on 1/21/2011 by Ben M from Staples