Western Digital BLACK 2

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Summary

WD Service and Support

Accessing Online Support

Guide to accessing WD's online support for downloads, registration, warranty, knowledge base, and community.

Contacting WD Technical Support

Provides phone numbers for technical support across various regions including North America, Asia Pacific, South America, and Europe.

Getting Started

WD Black² Firmware Update Procedure

Creating the Bootable Linux USB Flash Drive

Detailed steps to prepare a bootable Linux USB drive, necessary for updating the WD Black² drive firmware.

Installing the Linux ISO Image on the USB Flash Drive

Instructions for using Disk Utility to restore the Linux ISO image onto the prepared USB flash drive.

Update the Drive Firmware

Procedure to update the WD Black² drive firmware using the bootable USB flash drive.

Setting Up the WD Black² Drive

Preparing your WD Black² Drive

Steps to initialize and prepare the WD Black² drive to expand its capacity to 1.12 TB.

Configuring the WD Black Drive

Explains the two configuration options: Fusion Drive or Dual Drive (Non-Fusion).

Create a Mac Fusion Drive

Guide on using the utility to create a Fusion Drive, merging SSD and HDD for unified storage.

Create a Dual Drive (Non-Fusion)

Instructions for setting up the WD Black² as a Dual Drive for manual data placement control.

Verify Creation of a Fusion Drive or Dual Drive (Non-Fusion)

How to confirm successful Fusion Drive or Dual Drive configuration by checking system storage.

Restoring the Master Drive Image to the WD Black² Drive

Restoring to a Fusion Drive

Steps to restore the original system drive image to the newly configured Fusion Drive on the WD Black².

Restoring to a Dual Drive (Non-Fusion)

Instructions to restore the original system image to the SSD portion of the WD Black² Dual Drive.