http://www.fixya.com/support/p511647-western_digital_500gb_my_book_worldSolved technical support problems provided by FixYa users.en-usCopyright (c) 2007 FixYa, LTD. All rights reserved.info@fixya.comThu, 07 Jan 2010 13:42:43 GMT80http://www.fixya.com/support/t353155-device_generic_volume_cannot_stoppedOn a USB hard drive when trying to "safely remove hardware" Can anyone give a true way to determine why this happens... I have gone thru many answers including checking which processes may have a lock on the drive. None seem to have it... Not...Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:42:43 GMThttp://www.fixya.com/support/t3811811-hdd_gets_connected_after_few_huors_itsmy hdd gets connected and after a few huors its disconnected and I can't re map it . need help in keeping it connectedThu, 07 Jan 2010 13:42:43 GMThttp://www.fixya.com/support/t3810211-device_generic_volume_cannot_stopped'the device 'Generic volume' cannot be stopped right now. Try stopping the device again later' This message comes up when I try to 'safely remove' my hard disk from my laptop. How can this be sorted? I do not know much about computers, so specific...Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:42:43 GMThttp://www.fixya.com/support/t1416837-500gb_mybook_world_editions_mother_boardOkay so my 500GB Mybook world edition's network card and motherboard died. I took the case apart and slaved it to my computer's SATA port. in the Bios it reads it just fine, and when i'm in Windows XP it' sees the drive. but when i try to access any...Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:42:43 GMThttp://www.fixya.com/support/t3770957-western_digital_hard_drive_knocked_overmy western digital hard drive was knocked over while it was running, now the computer doesnt recognize it and asks to reformat it, HELPThu, 07 Jan 2010 13:42:43 GMThttp://www.fixya.com/support/t1769078-mybook_not_recognized_macHello. my MyBook 500 GB just decided not to work i can start it up but not read it. i had my computer turned off and i started it up and nothing happened. The computer does not recognize it. My MyBook info is ?Name : WD M MODEL External Media Type...Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:42:43 GMThttp://www.fixya.com/support/t3539437-not_recognizedinstalled the ethernet cable, plugged in; no new hardware. not recognized. any help?Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:42:43 GMThttp://www.fixya.com/support/t3517074-anyone_tell_me_type_replacement_drivescan anyone tell me what type of replacement drives go in a WD World book II? 1 TBThu, 07 Jan 2010 13:42:43 GMThttp://www.fixya.com/support/t3471769-external_hard_dive_suddenly_not_detectedHello, I have a Western Digital External Hard Drive (My Book) that my PC suddenly won't recognise. When I connect the HD via usb 2.0 there is a loud clicking sound followed by some whirring. This happens three or four times then stops. Device Manager...Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:42:43 GMThttp://www.fixya.com/support/t172132-western_digital_book_500gb_notI just pcked up a Western Digital My Book 5000GB Essential Edition. According to the install guide WIndows XP should automatically recoginize the drive when connected. I've had no such luck. The drive does not show up when connected. A "New...Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:42:43 GMThttp://www.fixya.com/support/t3413867-computer_some_reason_now_will_notmy computer for some reason now will not recognized my 500 G "My Essential external hard drive. It has worked fine for a long time now nothing. I have two with me and they are doing the same responce.Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:42:43 GMThttp://www.fixya.com/support/t3366146-not_openIt can be seen in My Computer, but when you click Open, it request you to insert the drive.Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:42:43 GMThttp://www.fixya.com/support/t3340046-transer_file_sizes_more_4_gbI can't transer file sizes more than 4 GB... What I've done to get around this is save my movies in multiple parts to make each file size smaller. Is there something I need to be able to transfer my files to my External Harddrive without it quitting...Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:42:43 GMThttp://www.fixya.com/support/t3335376-computer_will_not_recognize_one_500Computer will not recognize one 500 external hard drive- nothing wrong with connections- other external hard drives are fine. I have tried everythingThu, 07 Jan 2010 13:42:43 GMThttp://www.fixya.com/support/t3264328-500g_western_digital_book_worldI have the 500g Western Digital My Book World Edition and there is power going to it, but the blue rings will not show up and the drive is not shown in Mionet or My Computer. I have tried every fix I can find on this website, but nothing has worked....Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:42:43 GMThttp://www.fixya.com/support/t2555565-cannot_transfer_files_greater_4gbHI i have a WD 500Gb hd .i cannot transfer files that are greater than 4GB from the computer to the external 500gb hd .it says not enough free disk space. i have 200 gb free. i tried doing disk cleanup .why is this happening? .what is the solution ?Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:42:43 GMThttp://www.fixya.com/support/t3250954-book_world_edition_turn_even_thoughtMy Book World Edition won't turn on even thought there is power going to it. I can see a light is on by the internet outlet. When I put the button to turn it on the light around the button doesn't come on.Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:42:43 GMThttp://www.fixya.com/support/t3218395-suddenly_wd_external_500gb_book_droppedSuddenly my WD external 500GB My Book dropped off my control panel and doesn't respond. I am hoping that it has not crashed. It is not more than 2 years old. It has some pretty important work files on it as well as HD backup. The USB works fine, so...Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:42:43 GMThttp://www.fixya.com/support/t3209895-westerndigital_ws5000ys_re2_harddrivehi i have westerndigital ws5000ys re2. harddrive ,i've been using it in exteral case, today i turned it on ,and browse the folders,it suddenly stop responding. i turned it off and on again, but now my computer doesn't reconize it anymore, and the...Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:42:43 GMThttp://www.fixya.com/support/t3160993-when_connect_book_doesnt_not_readWhen I connect to My Book it doesnt read the drive... My Book just flashes on and off the lights. The WD icon on my PC flashes also and reads (RAIDO -Bad)Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:42:43 GMThttp://www.fixya.com/support/t3112555-500g_western_digital_mybook_hissingMy 500g Wetern Digital MyBook is hissing and is not being recognized by mutliple computers.Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:42:43 GMThttp://www.fixya.com/support/t3008619-same_problemPlus the lan leds do not light up either... Help !Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:42:43 GMThttp://www.fixya.com/support/t3051300-wd_500_gb_passport_formatting_errorMy Western Digital passport 500 GB is recognized with all the directories, but when I try to open any file or copy it to my local machine it says that the "Drive is not formatted".Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:42:43 GMThttp://www.fixya.com/support/t2439411-windows_stop_generic_volume_deviceWindows can't stop your 'Generic volume' device because in useThu, 07 Jan 2010 13:42:43 GMThttp://www.fixya.com/support/t3007549-didnt_dropped_connections_likeI didn't dropped it ; the connections are like they always were but out of nowhere it just wont boot up.the pc is fine ; i can hear the sound of boot up a bit and i can also ''feel'' the hd inside working but it wont boot up and the blue-ring light...Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:42:43 GMThttp://www.fixya.com/support/t2503261-connect_1tb_wd_world_edition_linksysi have a western digital 1TB world edition (blue ring). when i plug the HDD to my laptop (running vista premium 32bits) via the network connection, no problem my laptop can see it in the network connections and i can acces it and put some files in...Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:42:43 GMThttp://www.fixya.com/support/t2811991-manage_mybookworld_1tb_blue_ringsI can sign in/sign out and stop/launch mionet - can't manage or gain access to MyBookWorld.Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:42:43 GMThttp://www.fixya.com/support/t2613559-mionet_problemmionet used to work but recently the mionet manager wont start so i cannot access my western digital drive how can i resolve the problemThu, 07 Jan 2010 13:42:43 GMThttp://www.fixya.com/support/t2948816-keep_folders_run_offhow do i keep my folders and run them off my external hard drive. with out putting them on my computerThu, 07 Jan 2010 13:42:43 GMT