Why WD My Passport could not initialize

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Drag the WD hard disk icon to the Trash

Try Disk Warrior to test and repair your HD! It's an excellent sofware! If the problem persist you need to re-initialize your HD!

use the USB connector that connects one end to your computer and the other to the WD passport, If your using windows or a MAC it should automatically give you a pop up, or you may have to go into my computer to see the drive.

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check hardisk circuit board. check F2-fusable 5Vdc protect. if HDD have sound while spinning disk head damaged.

For Western Digital Passport make sure you use the prigina;l USB cable or a replacement. They are not all the same. WD uses a propriatary cable with an extra power line I believe.

Here is the WD page, pick your Passport type, on the next page download the software you need:
Select the software to download:

• Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows
• WD Logo Icon
• External USB/FireWire Fat32 Formatting Utility
• WD Sync™ Passport Synchronization software

http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?level1=2&lang=en

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Try using a Usb 2 cable "The one that came with the WD My Passport " And put it directly to the PC...
In some cases, Like mine, I used an extended cable + the cable that came with the "WD My Passport" and i got the same problem ..
So i simply removed the extended cable and put the put "WD My Passport " directly to the PC with its own cable and the problem was solved to me ..
Samer.F

i need the instalation

You can use your WD Passport to sychronize data on multiple computers, you just need to set up the other computer name (e.g. "Work computer")using the software.

WARNING: Do not think that theyourWD Passport, using the WD Sync software, is a
backup drive; it is NOT !

As per the documentation with this device:
"synchronization software is intended to synchronize the data from a
computer to the drive (WD Passport) and SHOULD NOT be used as backup
software. To use this software properly, we advise that you do not wipe or
erase the data from the internal hard drive (computer) and resynchronize, as
this will cause the data that WD Sync stored to the Passport to be deleted."

This is why you are hearing so many people saying that they are deleting the
WD Sync software, reformatting, and using the WC Passport as a true backup
drive where you can actually see the files that you are backing up, rather
than a bunch of unrecognizable sync files that likely don't have all the files that you thought you "backed up".