After installation it asked me to update the wd smartware to 1. Ive tried to check though the forum for a solution without much luck. I know the problem was not with my computer or cables because i had another same wd bought exactly at the same time and it was working well. Hi, i have one 3 tb wd my book external hard drive it gets unallocated. Im not gonna brag my parents and ask them to get my. Wd my book drives not working posted in windows 10 support. Wd my book essential 2tb corrupted and not recognized. Hi guys, i have a problem on my wd my passport essential 500gb. I had the flashing light problem on a wd my book essentials i unplugged 2 fans that were plugged into an extension cord plugged my hd and. This is my 2nd western digital external hard drive. Wd 2 tb my book not recognized by norton or by file explorer, but shows up in device manager.
My 1tb wd external hard drive is not working on my windows 10 pc and i can do nothing to the drive since it fails to show up in this pc. To check whether the usb port is ok, you can unplug wd hard drive and connect it to another usb port to see if it is able to be recognized by windows 10. Hi folks, a friend of mine has given me his my book to test for him. I had the same problem with a new 6tb seagate drive even though i already had a 4tb drive from the same company working well. I said i didnt care about the warranty, just the data, so he said just to remove the drive and buy a sata cable to reconnect and obtain the data that way. Recently my 3tb wd my book gave up and would not power on, this is how i managed to rescue all of my 2. My 2tb mybook essential external hard drive wont show external. Western digitals mybook drives are very convenient and popular storage options, but if the drive stops working then you might have success by giving it a quick. I have been following with wd support for past two months for a similar problem i am facing, where the power supply cord is not working and. When connection port is dead or damaged, you will not see wd hard drive in windows 10.
Find out the most possible events, causing wd hard drive not recognized in windows 10, take responding. It is working on my other pcwindows xp but here in my windows 7 ultimate it will not initialized. Wd unlocker right after i plugged in the externalhd to unlock it then the icon of the drive appears but i cannot open my wd external hard drive, windows explorer malfunctions when im trying to open the external hard drive. How i rescued my data from a 3tb wd my book external hard. My book external drive is not working i keep getting an. I moved all my music, photos and personal files onto. Western digital my book problem question and answer dti data. Therefore, how to fix the problem and finish wd external hard drive. Fix wd external hard drive not workingrecognizedshowing up.
Then all of a suddent it disappeared and i got a message saying that my. Western digital s mybook drives are very convenient and popular storage options, but if the drive stops working then you might have success by giving it a quick. Hi, i installed a wd my book essential hard drive, but it does not seem to work porperly. My wd my book essential was working completely fine until yesterday, which was the first time i hooked it up to my new computer dell laptop with windows 8, if thats relevant. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. How i rescued my data from a 3tb wd my book external hard drive. Some smoke actually came out of the case so i assume the electrics are cooked but. Wd my book essential 1 not recognized, stopped working. Wd my book essential 2tb corrupted and not recognized initialized. Help retriving files from wd my book essential by sudsy 1 feb 19, 2012 12. Wd my passport essential not initialized solved windows. Heres some more info it doesnt show up in my computer or disk management however. Computers do not recognize my wd my book essential. I keep getting unknown usb device device descriptor request failed code 43.
The first one i purchase around 4 years ago and it was up and going in a matter of minutes. How to fix external drive not recognized error in windows. My unit appears to be dead when reconnecting after not using it for 6 months or so. Thanks for the photos showing how to get a wd my book essential case open. When i first hooked it up to the new computer, the computer did recognize it and i was able to view the files within it for about a minute. I bought a western digital my book essential edition 1tb external hard drive in july 09. Wd my book essential not being recognized in windows 10. Also, when plugged in at boot up, it stopsfreezes computer. Wd external hard drive data recovery is easy enough minitool. My book essential drive seen by desktop but wont open stops responding. External hard drive stopped working external drives for pc wd.
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