Most NAS boxes are extremely weak though, I do agree with you there. It's "green" because it runs at 5400RPM (or rather close to it). First, use a flathead screwdriver to pry the mesh away from the cover (do not try to lift the cover up, you will just break things). I also used razor blades, but they can be replaced or omitted if you would like to do it differently. The fact that once you take apart that external case you completely lost all warranty on the drive should be another example of your lack of understanding or just complete lack of caring. To remove the cover of the My Book, you will need a flathead screwdriver. 05-02-2020 hello, guys im suppose to ask a question but i am providing a solution to wd external hard drives at least for my book anyways, ive had my my book for a couple years gave up on because i couldnt figure how get stuff to save to the harddrive because it was not being recognized.
That's just your lack of understanding the product and it really shows. Gb portable hard drive unboxing & first look. The company later admitted that the drive ran at closer to the former than the latter, but we haven't been able to coax out an exact spindle speed." "When it first launched the GreenPower Caviar, WD refused to disclose the drive's actual spindle speed, saying only that it was somewhere between 5,400 and 7,200RPM. They all have ARM processors and well that seems weak. A lot of them also seem underpowered unless you go past $600 at very minimum. I've seen some of these NAS boxes and they are expensive as f***. This is going through my Desktop's ethernet to the modem and the modem wirelessly sends to the laptop. Again my question is can this hard drive be used to stream HD as my file server hard drive, it seems as though my only bottleneck is my Wireless G. It isn't only at 5400RPMs you know, it does go up to 7200RPM thus being an energy saving GreenDrive.