WD 250 gig ext hard drive

Heres what to do.
1st go to this link ------ > Click Here

Next step is to choose your product type.

After choosing your product just click on the link WD SES DRIVER to download the driver of your product.

after downloading it, install it in your pc.

After installing the PC, insert your WD PASSPORT 250GB External hard drive to test if the driver you download works.

Goodluck. Hope my solution will help you. Please give me feedback regarding my solution on your problem. Thank you very much.

Try to test your WD Ext HDD to a different computer and check if you will get the same problem.

If the same problem persist try to use a different cable for your WD Ext HDD.

If still fails kindly ask the store where you bought the WD Ext HDD on how to retrieve your files and have WD EXT HDD replaced?

If your WD Ext HDD works to a different computer then update the BIOS and Chipset of the computer where your WD Ext HDD connected previously.

Hope this helps.

it is impossible to install windows 7 to an external drive on any PC. to install it you will have to remove the drive you have in the laptop and then run the setup for windows

I too have the same problem, did you get any soultion

Had similar issue with my WD passport , it turned out that it didn’t like my USB 2 ext lead, as i am unable to access my PC’S USB socket i was a bit stuck ...... i have now found that a low cost “POWERED” USB hub solved the issue .....good luck

Whether your computer is a laptop or desktop does not inherently decide if the drive will work or not. If it can't see the connection, there must be another problem with the drive. I would suggest reporting what you have done to try and make it work and anything you notice out of the ordinary (how lights on the drive are acting, noises the drive is making, alerts you see when you plug it into your laptop, etc). That will allow us to better help you find a solution to the problem.

files are there but data is not there & its showing file is empty

Is it truly broken or just not working, ie, not being recognized?

If it is broken, there are companies who specialize in data recovery.

One site is:

http://www.harddiskrecovery.net/

I've never used such a service, but they will give you a free quote.

Hi

Is it showing the 300gig in the properties? if yes then try to copy with command mode,If again its given problem then u need to backup your data and format the drive, then try copying.I think it will work.

T.Boopathy

"what the error actually says is, you have either run out of space, or the backup file (.bkf) is too large for this disk. note: if the disk is formatted with FAT32, the maximum possible size for the backup file is limited to 4 gigs."

That error means that the FAT32 file system only allows 4GB files or smaller to be transfered. The chance that the backup file (.bkf) is larger than 4GB suggests that this file is causing your problems. You could try manually copying around that file (selecting all files from that folder except the large one) and see if that works.

Usually you will get many errors copying a drive directly as system files will be inaccessible and whatnot. Your best bet is to limit your copying to "C:\Program Files\" and "C:\Documents and Settings\", assuming you have Windows.