WD My Book World Edition

#1 12-01-2008, 10:32 PM

I've had a 1TB WD My Book World Edition and it is really annoying!
It only operates through a network and it is unbelievably SLOW.

I just thought of taking it apart, removing the hard drive and connecting it to a normal enclosure.

Do you have any reason to think that this would not work?
Does anyone know what type of drive is in there?

Thanks!

- Michael

thiggins · #2 12-02-2008, 09:38 AM

As noted in the review, the product is slow.

I would imagine it has a 1 TB WD drive in there. You will need to reformat it to use on a Windows system.

#3 12-02-2008, 10:32 AM

what do you mean reformat it? I currently use it w/ windows. why the reformat?
- Michael

thiggins · #4 12-02-2008, 11:11 AM

Because the disk is probably formatted with EXT or another Linux format, since that is the OS used in the product.

Windows uses SMB/CIFS as a network filesystem to read/write data to the NAS. But internally, the drive itself is formatted to match the OS.

Since you want to attach the drive directly to a Windows system, you need to format the drive to use a Windows drive format (FAT32, NTFS).

#5 12-02-2008, 11:16 AM

Can I do that after I have attached it to the Windows computer already?

thiggins · #6 12-02-2008, 12:01 PM

If you already have it attached and can read the data on the drive, you don't have to do anything. What is Windows saying the drive Filesystem is? (Found under drive Properties)

#7 12-02-2008, 12:23 PM

Well,
It is currently connected on the network as they sell it. I checked it, and it says that it is NTFS. I guess it should work properly if I were to connect it through a USB connection (?)

You wouldn't happen to know if it is IDE or SATA? (i.e. which enclosure should I buy?) How could I tell when I open the WD enclosure?

thiggins · #8 12-02-2008, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Unregistered

You wouldn't happen to know if it is IDE or SATA? (i.e. which enclosure should I buy?)

If you read the review, you would know.

The mapped drive format doesn't mean anything. I'm pretty sure you will need to reformat it to attach it directly to your system.

#9 12-02-2008, 01:04 PM

Got it!

I appreciate your help.

- Michael

claykin · #10 12-02-2008, 06:47 PM

Tim, if the Worldbook drives are formatted NTFS, that could partially explain the poor performance. It really doesn't make sense why these drives would be formatted NTFS. Maybe the OP is incorrect?

Anyway, I don't think Windows will identify an EXT formatted drive unless you have a driver like EXT2 IFS installed.