| Data Lifeguard Tools V. 11.0 |
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Data Lifeguard v11.0 for Windows
98SE/2000/ME/XP
September, 2003
(3.47 MB)
Data Lifeguard v11.0 for DOS
ZIP Version (1.56 MB)
EXE Version (1.74 MB)
98SE/2000/ME/XP
September, 2003
| The downloadable Data Lifeguard Tools now comes in both DOS and Windows versions and was written specifically for the installation of Western Digital EIDE hard drives. If your computer system already has a hard drive installed with an operating system of Windows 98SE or greater, you should use the Windows version of Data Lifeguard for best results. The DOS version is required if installing a hard drive in a new system without existing operating system support.
New features: - Certified to work on all current WD drives (model numbers starting with "WD")
- Friendly user interface and easy to use
- GUI Interface Drive Installation Software
- Printable tutorial customized to help you optimize your configuration
- Improved drive to drive copy capability
- (Windows version) Will work with Windows 2000 SP3 and Windows XP SP1 to overcome the 137GB barrier without the need for a controller card
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| Diagnostic Utilities |
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DLG Diagnostic
Ver. 5.04c
ZIP Version (1,538 KB)
EXE Version (1,823 KB)
June, 2004
| The Diagnostics utility allows you to test the drive, print results for last drive tested, repair errors found during the Test Drive option and write zeros to the drive. To use this utility, please download the file to your computer. If using the ZIP version of the file, then next unzip the utility. Finally, just run the program "DLGDiagv504c.exe" which will walk you through the steps to create a bootable diagnostic diskette. |
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| Data Lifeguard Diagnostics - DLGDIAG for Windows |
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Win DLG
Ver. 1.02
Sep, 2004
(351 KB)
| This is a Windows version of the Data Lifeguard Diagnostics utility. The utility can perform drive identification, diagnostics, and repairs on a Western Digital FireWire, EIDE, or USB drive. In addition, it can provide you with the drive's serial and model numbers. |
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| Media Center / Dual-Option Backup USB Driver Update for Windows ME |
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USB Driver Update
wdmc_usb.zip
March, 2004
(26 KB)
| The version of the driver installation routine located on your CD may not install properly in Windows ME. The driver in the attached zip file is designed to correct this issue. To use, please download the wdmc_usb.zip file and then extract the files to your desktop. Double click on the file named "Install.bat". The driver should install automatically. To complete the process, please reboot your system. |
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| Media Center Driver Update for Windows XP |
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WDMCDRVR
Ver. 11.8
ZIP Version (3,264 KB)
EXE Version (3,302 KB)
Aug, 2004
| The version of the Media Center driver located on your installation CD may cause an unwanted rearrangement of your desktop icons in Windows XP each time you boot your computer. The driver in the attached zip file is designed to correct this issue. To use, please follow the instructions below:
- Go into the Control Panel in Windows by clicking on Start, Settings, Control Panel or Start, Control Panel and select Add/Remove Programs. Uninstall the Media Center driver.
- Download the wdmcdrvr.zip file or wdmcdrvr.exe file, and then extract the files to your desktop.
- Double click on the file named "Install.bat". The driver should install automatically.
- Reboot your system.
- (optional) you can delete the downloaded files from the desktop.
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| Dantz Retrospect Backup Software Upgrade for Apple Macintosh OSX v10.3 and Higher |
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Dantz Retrospect Backup Software Upgrade
REx-WD_Monoco-8_6_04.dmg (13.9 MB)
Aug, 2004
| This download is for Media Center and Dual-Option backup external drive customers running Macintosh OS v10.3 and higher who have the 1.0 or 1.1 version of the installation CD. Please follow the steps below when upgrading from Retrospect Express 5.1 to Retrospect Express 6.0:
- Uninstall Retrospect Express 5.1
- Restart
- Download the file to the left.
- Run the file to install Retrospect Express 6.0
NOTE: When the Retrospect Express 5.1 installer is used to "uninstall" the application, you will be asked if you want to keep your existing preferences. You should choose to keep your existing preferences. When 6.0 is launched, it will ask you if you would like to import the old preferences. It is OK to keep the older prefs - Retrospect Express 6.0 will import the older prefs into the new application.
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| Card Reader Driver Update for Windows 2000 |
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Card Reader Driver Update
SetIcon.zip
March, 2004
(26 KB)
| Under Windows 2000, the icons associated with the Media Center drive may display incorrectly. Dual icons for a single device may be displayed. Icons may also be swapped (i.e., a thumb-drive may appear as the 5-in1 device while the 5-in1 device appears as a thumb-drive). The driver in the attached zip file is designed to correct this issue. To use, please download the seticon.zip file and then extract the files to your desktop. Double click on the file named "Install.bat". The driver should install automatically. To complete the process, please reboot your system. |
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| Promise Ultra TX2 Windows Driver |
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Ultra TX2 Driver
Ver. 2.0.0210.36
December, 2002
(116 KB)
| This Windows Driver is for use with the Promise Ultra 100 TX2 controller card when used with Western Digital hard drives greater than 137GB. To use, please extract this zip file to a blank floppy. Afterward, follow the instructions included with your drive and controller card to update your OS with the new driver. |
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| SIIG Serial ATA Controller Windows Driver |
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Windows Driver
98SE/2000/ME/XP/2003
October, 2003
(172 KB)
| This Windows Driver is for use with the SIIG Serial ATA controller card included with some Western Digital hard drives. To use, please extract this zip file to a blank floppy. Afterward, follow the instructions included with your drive and controller card to update your OS with the new driver.
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| Serial ATA RAID Controller Drivers |
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Serial ATA RAID Controller Drivers
May, 2004
(281 KB)
| This Windows Driver is for use with the Western Digital Serial ATA RAID controller card. To use, please extract this zip file to a blank floppy. Afterward, follow the instructions included with your controller card to properly install the controller card. |
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| IDE RAID Compatibility Upgrade Utility for 3Ware 7500-X controllers cards |
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IDE RAID Upgrade - 3Ware
Ver. 1.07
April, 2003
(140 KB)
| The utility runs within DOS and is used to update WD drives that are connected to one or more 3Ware 7500-X IDE (Parallel ATA) RAID controllers.
Affected drives:
- WD drives with capacities between 40GB & 120GB
- WD drives with greater than 120GB capacity with Mfg. date codes earlier than 3/25/03 Please check the Technical FAQ for additional information. Please refer to the readme.txt file for instructions to follow on systems utilizing multiple 3Ware 7500-X IDE RAID controllers.
Note:The utility will NOT run in DOS within Windows.
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| IDE Upgrade Utility (Non-3Ware controller cards) |
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IDE Upgrade Utility (Non-3Ware controller cards)
DOS
April, 2003
(143 KB)
| The utility runs within DOS and is used to update WD drives connected to a host system via the primary IDE controller on the system's motherboard.
Affected drives:
- WD drives with capacities between 40GB & 120GB
- WD drives with greater than 120GB capacity with Mfg. date codes earlier than 3/25/03 Please check the Technical FAQ for additional information. Please refer to the readme.txt file for installation instructions.
Note:The utility will NOT run in DOS within Windows.
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| External Combo FireWire/USB 2.0 Driver |
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Combo Driver
EXE Version (1.86 MB)
ZIP Version (1.78 MB)
98SE
October, 2003
| Windows 98SE users only: The device drivers are necessary for your system to communicate with your Series II USB 2.0 external hard drive. You must install the device drivers on your system prior to connecting the external hard drive. It is not necessary to download the device drivers for Windows ME, 2000 & XP.
Note: If you are having problems downloading the software, please disable any pop-up blocker software that is installed on your system.
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| Series II USB 2.0 Hard Drive |
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USB 2.0 Driver
Series II
EXE Version (1.86 MB)
ZIP Version (1.78 MB)
98SE
October, 2003
|  Windows 98SE users only: The device drivers are necessary for your system to communicate with your Series II USB 2.0 external hard drive. You must install the device drivers on your system prior to connecting the external hard drive. It is not necessary to download the device drivers for Windows ME, 2000 & XP.
Note: If you are having problems downloading the software, please disable any pop-up blocker software that is installed on your system.
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| Series I USB 2.0 Hard Drive |
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USB 2.0 Driver
Series I
98SE
August, 2002
(1.52 MB)
Install Guide
August, 2002
(PDF, 569 KB)
|  Windows 98SE users only: The device drivers are necessary for your system to communicate with your Series I USB 2.0 external hard drive. You must install the device drivers on your system prior to connecting the external hard drive. It is not necessary to download the device drivers for Windows ME, 2000 & XP.
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| Western Digital Essentials USB Driver Download |
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Essentials USB Driver
Win98SE/ME/2000
July, 2004
(2.04 MB)
| Please download and unZIP this file to a directory you've created on your hard drive (i.e., Essentials). Execute "Setup" to install the driver. Restart your system once installed.
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| Spindown or Stop Utility for Western Digital External Drives v1.00 |
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Spindown or Stop Utility v1.00
98/SE/ME/2000/XP
Sep, 2004
(3.50 MB)
| This utility is for use with all Western Digital external hard drives except for the Media Center and the Dual-option Backup drives. It is designed to give greater user control over the spindown of the external drive. To install, please download the zip file to your internal drive, unzip the utility, and then double click on setup.exe to install the utility.
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| Old DLG Diag |
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DLG Diagnostic
dlgdiag28.zip
August, 2002
(192 KB)
| The Diagnostics utility allows you to test the drive, print results for last drive tested, repair errors found during the Test Drive option and write zeros to the drive. |
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| Archived / Miscellaneous |
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ASPI Menu v1.16
January, 1998
(542 KB) | This is a MS Windows-based application that uses ASPI to provide a generic interactive command interface to any SCSI hard drive. In addition to providing interactive commands to a SCSI hard drive, this tool provides advanced scripting features for writing functions such as testing or applying updates to SCSI devices. ASPIMENU also has extensive help text relating to SCSI.
| WD SCSI Workbench v1.4
August, 1999
(278 KB) | This is a MS Windows-based application that uses ASPI to provide support and utility functions for Western Digital SCSI hard drives. With this application you can create dump files that contain support and log data, format drives, short stroke drives, copy one drive to another, perform read and write/read qualification testing, generate defect data lists, and convert between logical and physical addressing schemes.
| WD Scan.exe v1.0
August, 1997
(382 KB) | This is a MS Windows-based application that uses ASPI to provide a graphic representation of peripherals connected to the SCSI architecture. The tool's initial release detects devices, builds the graphic model, and provides a hexadecimal & ASCII dump of the Inquiry data from the devices detected.
| WD Logo Icon
June, 2004
(1 KB) | Western Digital logo to display as a hard drive icon
Instructions for adding the Western Digital Logo to display as the Hard Drive Icon.
- Create a folder named AUTORUN directly on the root of the drive (example E:\AUTORUN)
- Extract or move the WDLOGO.ICO into the E:\AUTORUN folder.
- Extract or move the AUTORUN.INF file into the root of the drive (Example E:\AUTORUN.INF)
- Reboot the computer, or in the case of an external drive, "safely remove" the hard drive and then reboot the computer. Plug the drive back in.
THe Icon should now be displayed in "explorer" or "My Computer"
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