SOURCE: wd external hard drive stopped working
Sounds like you need to create a new partition, and if you find that a partition already exists, delete it and create another.
SOURCE: I forgot my password to
to remove the hdd password do the follwing
1) Restart your computer. Note that during computer restart, the screen goes blank for 3 to 5 seconds. Text then appears and the operating system boots up.
2) As soon as the first text lines appear on the screen, press the "Del" key on your keyboard to enter the BIOS setup
3) Navigate to "Security" in the BIOS menu using the arrow keys on your keyboard
4) Navigate to the option "Hard Disk User Password" and press "Enter
5) Navigate to a hard drive, press "Enter" and select "Disable" to remove the hard drive password.
6) Press "F10" to save and exit the BIOS settings. Computer booting resumes.
this will remove the hdd password
SOURCE: i bought a wd external
Unfortunately without the password there is no way to recover the contents of the drive.
To make the drive usable again, you can reformat it (and lose all the current contents):
Power down your computer.
Remove the screws on the rear of the case and remove the side panel.
Place the jumper on the back of the hard drive to the "write-enabled" position.
Consult your drive manual if unsure of how to do this for your specific Western Digital drive model.
Replace the side panel and restart the computer.
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If you know the password, go into the installation disc that pops up in my computer when you plug in your wd hard drive (right click and then open, not autorun) there should be some sort of thing called security.
Possibly unlock, or something along those lines on there double click on it and type in your password it should unlock it then every time then that you plug in your hard drive, you might have to do this to access your files
hope this helps
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