How do I daisy chain via the USB port in the back of the drive? How do I daisy chain successfully?
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You can't daisy chain this product with another My Book. But you can add a standard external hard drive to it.
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There is only a single USB port on the drive. So each drive would have to be plugged into a dedicated USB port on your computer or plugged into a USB 2 or USB 3 hub. I have both of mine plugged into a hub.
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I imagine so, but I cannot confirm. I have mine (the 2 TB model) daisy chained with two older 1TB WD My Studio drives, running into a thunderbolt port, and have had not problems. Comp &lt; 2TB [firewire to thunderbolt] &lt; 1TB [firewire 800] &lt; 1TB [firewire 800] They are really pretty much a plug and play solution, set them up once, and forget em. I wish I would have ponied up the other fifty or so bucks and for the 3TB to run as time machine. Hope this helps.
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No it can't clone the drive in that manner. Using that setup you can only copy from on drive to the next. Not clone
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Well, a USB back up? SO you have turned it into a external hard drive? If so it most likley just needs to be configured into what you want it to do. Odd though, never had this problem with any hard drive I have ever worked with or bought.
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No, you cannot daisy chain USB. In addition if you can avoid it do not put a hard drive on a USB hub as you will degrade the performance. Always attach a hard drive directly to your computer.To other "answers:" If you don't know, please don't answer. If your "answer" contains "I don't know but..." then just delete your "answer."Would you want someone giving you a random guess when you ask a pre-purchase question? Don't guess at a question you don't know and don't provide information you don't know to be true. It's not helpful. Again, would you want someone to give you an opinion when you're looking for facts? No, you cannot daisy chain USB. In addition if you can avoid it do not put a hard drive on a USB hub as you will degrade the performance. Always attach a hard drive directly to your computer.To other "answers:" If you don't know, please don't answer. If your "answer" contains "I don't know but..." then just delete your "answer."Would you want someone giving you a random guess when you ask a pre-purchase question? Don't guess at a question you don't know and don't provide information you don't know to be true. It's not... » Read More No, you cannot daisy chain USB. In addition if you can avoid it do not put a hard drive on a USB hub as you will degrade the performance. Always attach a hard drive directly to your computer.To other "answers:" If you don't know, please don't answer. If your "answer" contains "I don't know but..." then just delete your "answer."Would you want someone giving you a random guess when you ask a pre-purchase question? Don't guess at a question you don't know and don't provide information you don't know to be true. It's not helpful. Again, would you want someone to give you an opinion when you're looking for facts? « Show Less
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Rocco, I wish that I knew the answer. I have the same question, as I'm interested in purchasing two, of the WD World Edition 2TB, to daisychain them through the USB. Maybe, somebody will know soon?
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The drive needs to be connected to a plug in and through USB (1.0, 2.0, or 3.0)
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I tried to daisy chain the interface through my firewire Western Digital drive and it created a bad latency issue that i could not seem to fix, so for me, it did not work
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You could use two like that but it would not be daisy chaining. There would be no connection from the first drive to the second, but the computer would see both.
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You can use the cable that came with the drive (actually, you have to since USB 3.0 has one different end). It will automatically transfer data at 2.0 speeds.
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If you have FireWire 800 you can daisy chain several drives together. I have a 12 core mac that can do that, not sure on a PC . The drives can be formatted for PC. The best thing would be to ask customer support at G-Tech, they have been very good at answering my questions in the past.
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There are older external 1.8" drive with LIF internal connector cases available that attach and power from a USB external to host connection. Just be gentle but firm when connecting the drive, ans the cable ends don't take much abuse well.
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Use the USB and a USB external hard drive. WD has one with 2TB I picked up during Black Friday sales.
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Hi Charles, I have two of these drives, the first one I configured myself to RAID 1, which I use to store my most important files, due to the redundancy. The second drive I left as is, which is RAID 0, which I use as a working drive where I need speed. Once I finish my job and edit the files, I store them on the first drive. I have them daisy chained together and have not encountered any problems. Hope this helps! I love these drives, very fast, good build quality and quiet. Good quality for the money.
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they only have 1 thunderbolt port and 1 usb you might be able to daisy chain with the USB but not at thunderbolt speeds and I wouldnt use them that way. theyre consumer drives but they work well.
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There are 4 drive bays. I haven't done so, but I understand you can rig the DVD slot for an additional drive. I have already added USB external without a problem. As far as the larger that 2TB drives - sorry, I haven't tried that. I'm running two small drives to handle the OS in a RAID configuration and 2-2TB drives in a RAID for everything else. Just haven't had a reason to upgrade beyond 2TB yet.