Im glad I was able to wipe it out, but rue not copying the smartware files first, before I did it. To do this, simply right click on any ISO file and select Mount. You can certainly mount ISO files on the computer in order to view the contents within the image. I understand that you want to add a virtual CD/DVD drive on your computer. I drove 30 miles to a Fry’s to get a good price, and frankly, I dont really want the VCD for anything other than the smartware so I can adjust the elabel. Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums. Someone could (preferably with the same drive) could send me the bundled smartware, and I don’t have to worry about this firmware update. Updating the firmware might help retrieve the VCD, but the firmware update for this drive isn’t yet available. I need the smartware that came bundled on the drive’s VCD, which apparently, I wiped out during a reformat. Looks like I totally wiped out the VCD, which is fine, but I still need the smartware to deal with the elabel. Problem is, the firmware updater posted on their site won’t work with My Book Studio. The advice on this forum says search the Extra folder in the ‘CD’ drive - but I have now hidden it. It said that it wouldn’t work with the firmware I have installed and that I should update it. (WD SmartWare Virtual CD Manager for Windows-v1.0.7.4) All seemed fine, but noticed that a driver has failed to install in my Device Manager for WD SES Device USB Device. gBurner Virtual Drive allows you to use almost all CD/DVD image without burning them onto CD or DVD in order to easily access. For anyone who deals with CD/DVD-based programs - it is a MUST. gBurner Virtual Drive is a free utility designed for creating and managing virtual CD / DVD drives. To help you hide or display the VCD, WD SmartWare Virtual CD Manager uses a simple, comprehensive wizard. Download gBurner Virtual Drive v5.2 64-bit Edition. Download VCD Manager VirtualCDManagerv1003. 987 Ubuntu server on a virtual machine, installing, 974975 vi editor. My drive appeared in the drop-down menu, but the “configure” button was grayed out. Download gBurner Virtual Drive v5.2 32-bit Edition. 972 dual-boot systems and a live CD, 986987 FTP software in Ubuntu. That worked until I got to the screen where you select the drive. I’m assuming that WD hasn’t updated the website for these new drives and that the posted firmware are for different drives altogteher? I have tried connecting the drive via USB and Firewire (800 and 400) and nothing’s helping.Īny help would be much appreciated! I’m starting to get irritated my the VCD from mounting every time I start my Mac. When running the updater, i get the error “No Western Digital Essential or Elite Device Found. No WD Essential or Elite devices were detected on the USB bus.” I’ve also tried to update the firmware and disable the VCD in Windows 7 as well and I get similar errors. So i proceeded to update the firmware of the drive. I downloaded WD Virtual CD manager 1003 from the WD website and it told me that the firmware in my drive was out of date (the drive’s firmware version is 1.004). I followed the instructions on the WD support website. I’ve been trying to prevent the Smartware CD from mounting everytime I boot my computer. I’ve just bought myself a 1TB My Book Studio and I’m having some issue with Smartware.
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