Reply
Occasional Visitor
psilver1
Posts: 1
Registered: ‎03-18-2012
0

Cannot map Mybook on new PC

I had Mybook World Edition (white light) hooked to my laptop running Windows 7 32 bit. I then wanted to centralize my router in my entertainment room with my other equipment so I moved my router. Everything worked fine except when I went to hook up Mybook, the new desktop PC would not map the drive. It runs Windows 7 64-bit edition. When I go into the networok page and have it map the network, it sees the Mybook in the network, along with my other devices plugged into my router that are on (like my Smart TV for example).

 

I have reset the hard drive to its default settings and it still cannot be mapped. I can get into the hard drive using my web browser. It is updated to the latest firmware.

 

Any suggestions?

Honored Contributor
Vadir
Posts: 1,220
Registered: ‎10-26-2010
0

Re: Cannot map Mybook on new PC

Make sure your computer has all latest updates from Microsoft.  You may also check that your computer, and the My Book World, are both configured to the same Workgroup.

Click the Kudos star to say thank you for helpful posts and be sure to come back and click 'Accept as Solution' under options, for the post that solved your issue.
Honored Contributor
Wizer
Posts: 3,894
Registered: ‎04-04-2011
0

Re: Cannot map Mybook on new PC


psilver1 wrote:

I had Mybook World Edition (white light) hooked to my laptop running Windows 7 32 bit. I then wanted to centralize my router in my entertainment room with my other equipment so I moved my router. Everything worked fine except when I went to hook up Mybook, the new desktop PC would not map the drive. It runs Windows 7 64-bit edition. When I go into the networok page and have it map the network, it sees the Mybook in the network, along with my other devices plugged into my router that are on (like my Smart TV for example).

 

I have reset the hard drive to its default settings and it still cannot be mapped. I can get into the hard drive using my web browser. It is updated to the latest firmware.

 

Any suggestions?


try this

 

\\mybookworld and right click on the folder you want to map

 

make sure internet security and firewall is not blocking

 

also, make sure you are using the default browser for the pc

 

you can also try from the search bar on windows

Click the Kudos star to say thank you for helpful posts and be sure to come back and 'Accept as Solution' under options for the post that solved your issue.
Forums | Ideas | News and Announcements | Register | Sign in | Help | Forum Guidelines
Copyright © 2001 - 2010 Western Digital Corporation, All rights reserved. | Trademarks | Privacy | Terms of Service | Terms of Use | Copyright | Contact WD