Western Digital BLACK 2 User manual

WD BLACK²

Fusion and Dual Drive Configuration for Mac®

Installation Guide

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Table of Contents

1 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

2 WD Black² Firmware Update Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Creating the Bootable Linux USB Flash Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Installing the Linux ISO Image on the USB Flash Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Update the Drive Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

3 Setting Up the WD Black² Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Preparing your WD Black2Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Configuring the WD Black2 Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Create a Mac Fusion Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Create a Dual Drive (Non-Fusion) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Verify Creation of a Fusion Drive or Dual Drive (Non-Fusion) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

4 Restoring the Master Drive Image to the WD Black² Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Restoring to a Fusion Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Restoring to a Dual Drive (Non-Fusion) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

WD Black² Fusion and Dual Drive Configuration for Mac

Installation Guide

GETTING STARTED 1

Getting Started

This document is intended to guide you through the process of installing your new

WD Black² as a Mac Fusion or dual drive (non-Fusion) configuration.

Important: To install the WD Black² dual drive, you must have a Mac

System that supports a 9.5 mm (2.5") drive with Mavericks OSX 10.9.x.

Items needed to perform this process:

A Phillips screwdriver with “0” tip head

SATA to USB adapter cable (included in retail box)

Image Backup of Mac System drive (Refer to your Apple system documentation

for information on using Time Machine.)

A blank 2 GB, or larger, USB flash drive

Download the following zip files to your local drive. These will be needed in the

procedures that follow.

WD Black² Firmware Update for Mac

WD Black² Configuration Utilities for Mac

WD Black² Fusion and Dual Drive Configuration for Mac

Installation Guide

GETTING STARTED 2

WD BLACK² FIRMWARE UPDATE PROCEDURE 3

WD Black² Firmware Update Procedure

You must update the WD Black² drive firmware before setting up or configuring the

drive. Updating the WD Black² drive firmware requires creating a bootable Linux

USB flash drive.

Creating the Bootable Linux USB Flash Drive

CAUTION: During this procedure, all data on your flash drive will be erased.

Please backup your data before you proceed.

1. Locate the WD_Black2_Firmware_Update_Utility zip file that you downloaded in

the “Getting Started” section, and unzip it on your desktop.

2. Double-click the WD Black2 Firmware Update Utility file to mount it.

3. Plug in the USB flash drive. If a pop up message appears, click Ignore.

4. Launch the Disk Utility (Applications > Utilities).

5. Select the USB flash drive in the left pane.

Important: Verify the correct flash drive is selected or the wrong disk will be

formatted.

6. Select the Partition tab.

7. Under Partition Layout, select 1 Partition.

8. Select Options.

9. Select Master Boot Record, then click OK. Enter a temporary name for the

flash drive. This name will be overwritten in the following procedure.

10.Under Format, select MS-DOS (FAT).

11.Click Apply to apply changes to your flash drive.

12.Click Partition to create the partition on the USB flash drive.

WD Black² Fusion and Dual Drive Configuration for Mac

Installation Guide

WD BLACK² FIRMWARE UPDATE PROCEDURE 4

Installing the Linux ISO Image on the USB Flash Drive

1. The WD Black2Firmware Update Utility file should be mounted in Disk Utility

under the divider line on the left side. Select the mounted partition WD_LINUX.

Note: If WD Black2Firmware Update Utility is not mounted in Disk Utility, you will need

to double click the file to mount it, as stated in Step 2 on page 3.

2. Select the Restore tab. The WD_LINUX volume name appears in the Source

field.

WD Black² Fusion and Dual Drive Configuration for Mac

Installation Guide

WD BLACK² FIRMWARE UPDATE PROCEDURE 5

3. To select a destination volume, drag the partition with the temporary name you

gave the flash drive in Step 9 on page 3, from the list on the left to the Destination

field.

4. Click Restore. The following message appears.

5. Click Erase to confirm that you want to erase your USB flash drive.

The Linux ISO is restored to the USB flash drive which is now bootable.

6. If the following screen appears prompting for a password, Enter the

administrator password that you created for the Mac.

WD Black² Fusion and Dual Drive Configuration for Mac

Installation Guide

WD BLACK² FIRMWARE UPDATE PROCEDURE 6

Allow approximately 4 minutes for Linux to load onto the USB flash drive. When

complete, the USB bootable Linux flash drive is ready to boot to Linux and

update the firmware.

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