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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

3.6

(based on 52 reviews)

67%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

Easy to set up (21)
Reliable (20)
Easy to use (19)
Quiet (18)
Fast connection (15)

Cons

Poor performance (5)
Complicated to set up (3)

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), Power user (5), Tech professional (4)
- Primary use:
- Personal (40), Business (12)
- Computer Platform:
- PC (26)
- 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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6/14/2013

5.0

Excellent for multiple workstations

By Happy in PA

from Pennsylvania

About Me Power user

Pros

Compact
Easy To Manage
Easy To Set Up
Fast
Highly Compatible

Cons

Best Uses

Small Networks

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

This product was easy to install and is only slightly larger than my modem. It makes an excellent addition to our office, so we can access files quicker. Before we had to have each computer turned on, so we could access the files that were on that certain computer. Now we have all shared files in one place! Also makes backup quicker, because all the important files are kept on this drive. The compact size is amazing! I can't believe 2 TB of data can fit into such a small amount of space! Great product for the money!

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6/11/2013

4.0

Works fine

By KellytheGradStudent

from Commerce, TX

About Me Casual User

Pros

Easy To Manage
Easy To Set Up
Fast
Highly Compatible

Cons

Best Uses

Home
Sensitive Materials
Small Networks

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

I use this as a fail-safe backup for two Macs that have Time Machine and external storage. It also works as a source for my iPad, iPod and iPhone to get access to items I don't want to put on them directly. Works great so far, though installation was a bit tricky. I recommend this for any person who is looking for a second backup source to sensitive and hard (if not impossible) to replace items. I have found that downloading from it is fast and uncomplicated, which is essential when I'm in another room and don't want to bother with my iMac.

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6/7/2013

4.0

Got it worked, Enjoying it now.

By FlynhghR

from Cedar Rapids, IA

About Me Power user

Pros

Easy To Manage
Efficient
Good Price To Performance

Cons

Complicated To Set Up

Best Uses

Business
Home
Homesmall Business
Small Networks

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

I did have some minor issues setting up this product. At first it seemed easy but the majority of the network I was trying to set it up on was XP and the software wouldn't even run on xp. Luckily they had a Windows 7 pc I was able to use as well.

Once I got it going, and all devices were plugged in they could all access the network. However, as soon as I left the next day only one could get online at a time. The errors seemed to be XP only, and the company, thankfully, did help me out through their support.

Support was kind and easy to understand, but it was frustrating every 2 minutes being put on hold while they "researched". I'm sure they have a lot of product but you would think they would have quicker access to the manuals and common issues.

As a Power user/pc Tech it was easy for me to get it setup the way I think it should have worked, but it didn't work that way. That's why I didn't give it 5 stars. It does deserve it because for a home use one login is probably enough, and lets face it, the business I was helping is really behind the times with so many XP computers.

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6/6/2013

2.0

What next,stuck in the mud

By Dead in the water

from Warren, OH

About Me Casual User

Pros

Cons

Complicated To Set Up
Very Difficult To Setup

Best Uses

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

drive comes with no instructions. Must search web sites to find a 140 +/- page "pdf" file for a user manual, which amounts to reading a book while learning to do brain surgery, Paper instructions probably save pennies per unit, that next year will sell for half of current prices, and at half price will still be profitable.

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6/6/2013

3.0

WD NAS Drive Good buy

By Nate

from Jersey

About Me Power user

Pros

Compact
Easy To Manage
Easy To Set Up
Highly Compatible

Cons

Slow

Best Uses

High Volume
Small Networks

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

Good overall NAS drive little on the slow side (not too bad) Good upgradable features

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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
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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
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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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  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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  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