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In march, western digital announced an extension to their my book studio edition ii dualdrive storage system. May 05, 2011 in march, western digital announced an extension to their my book studio edition ii dualdrive storage system. On the upper right part of the control panel window, type troubleshooting. Obviously, this isnt a professional rig like xraids and the like, but if you want hard drive that is. However, wd green drives which seems to be the only compatible according to the manual are discontinued. It wont format with disk utility under mac os extended journal.
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