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johnaduk
Sep 11, 2012Aspirant
WD My Book Essential 3TB USB 3.0 and NV+ v2
I naively bought a WD My Book Essential 3TB USB 3.0 (USB 2.0 compatible) for use as a backup drive for my NV+ v2 (with 3 x 3TB WD drives inside), having used a number of different USB 2.0 drives in th...
dsm1212
Feb 21, 2013Apprentice
I take it back my Wd my book essential is just working fine with the USB 3.0 cable. It was the seagates that need the 2.0 cable to work. I don't remember doing anything special to get it to work. I think I did use the Wd tools to change the sleep timeout from a pc.
Steve
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