When you power down this drive, should your computer first be shut down?
776985
It is not necessary. Just eject the icon like you would any usb jump drive to safely turn off the drive.
460382
Sure. Once you have it set the way you like. You can shut it down from the control panel interface. Then just start it back up when you need it.
2222795
You got it! Can't turn the @#$% thing off once it is connected. Have to shutdown the computer and then unplug it. I plug it in and do a weekly backup, then shutdown and unplug it. A pain, I'd rather just reboot before my backup then eject the thing.
973627
So far, for me, when the computer sleeps, it disconnects the drive. When it wakes, it mounts it again. Sometimes, it just disconnects and reconnects for me while I am working. :(
42495
I've had mine ever since they came out early on, and Its has been turned on ever since I purchased it. Through out my years of experience, turning the hard drives off/on is more harm full than just leaving it on. I would say that my WD My Book 2TB has been on since I originally plugged it up. Do not by Seagate or Matrox. WD never gives up on me or at work. However, connect it up to a UPS black out , power strikes, and brown outs will hurt the drive worse than anything else you can allow to happen. Good Luck
492899
There is no on/off switch on the drive. I'm guessing here, but the only way to shut it down is to disconnect the power cord. I use it as my Carbonite backup drive, so it's always on.
81484
Is the power adapter necessary for this drive or will it run off he computer battery if needed?
1285711
If you are using the USB3 port, I am not surprised. If you are using Windows, the power saving suspend mode needs to be disabled. This may be what is causing the shut down.
1481078
The drive spins down if not used for a while. Both the drive and the power adapter feel cool. According to my Kill-A-Watt the drive draws 3 watts when idle and about 10 W when spinning/seeking. It's too bad the idle power isn't closer to zero -- I may have to start unplugging.
579526
That's totally dependant on how much power your pulling from the battery. If you're using a 600 watt power supply and running a monitor and external souund system you'll probably get about a minute or two. If you connect the ups to your computer with the supplied usb cable it can start the shut down automatically. Also whenever you connect the ups to your computer it'll tell how much power you're using and how much on battery run time you'd have. Hopefully this will help your decision process.
838377
If you go to menu and select shutdown, it will give you three power options, one which is "power down." After selecting "power down," it tells you to power off the system using the power switch at the rear.
1330049
Your Windows power settings (assuming you're using windows) determine whether or not the drive will 'sleep'. However, the WD website states that power management settings should be set so that the drive never sleeps otherwise you may see problems. As long as you don't 'span volumes' with the drive, you should be able to remove it safely any time you wish.
2212849
No, the drive does not have a "on and off" switch. The drive has its own power source, so it is on, as long as it stays plugged in.
1963601
i don't know that specific answer, mine its always on..... you dont have an easy option to power it off, it does have a button on the back that you need to press around 5 seconds to turn it off, but its not that accessible, also through the admin webpage you have options to turn the hard disk off while idle for more than X minutes... like sleep mode, but you never turn it off... hope that helps
86486
Yes. Leave it on. In fact, if there is a power failure the whole re-booting, re-linking process needs to start over again from step-1. It's an overly complicated and one can tell Philips designed it, not Apple.
2194562
If your DC battery is dying and you plug your computer in to AC power using the power cord adapter, the computer should not shut down unless it has already initiated shut down safeguards. Once plugged into a wall outlet, it shifts to that power source and starts slowly charging the batter as well.
1449449
Probably would give you a few minutes of runtime depend on what actual load your computer is under. Most of the time idling your computer isn't using a ton of power, so it would probably be enough in a power outage to signal the machine to shut down and have enough time to do so. If the power tanks while you're gaming or something intensive, maybe not.. of course it all depends on the hardware you have installed.