I cannot copy files FROM my Western Digital 500GB

Good day, this video tutorial will help you to recognize your WD 500GB. Just follow instruction and your problem will gonna fix.

Try using a different USB port and change your cable.

It depends. If you used a 'drive-image' program to make a copy, then you can use 'drive-image' to copy from the backup onto the new disk-drive. But, if you did a file-by-file copy, the answer is 'no'.

If it is still under warranty, Western Digital will replace it, but all your data will be gone (shipped to them, but they take no responsibility for "rescuing" your files).

What you could try is to open the case, separate the disk-drive from the USB-to-disk-drive adapter, and then connect the disk-drive as a "slave" disk-drive in some desktop computer, to see if you can access the files, i.e., that USB-to-disk-drive adapter could have failed.

Or, search online for a professional "Data Recovery" service. For a lot of money, they will repair your disk-drive, just long-enough to copy all your files.

If you plan to store movies on the HD, better buying a 1TB hard drive. WD Mybook is one of the best external HD.

To rip and store DVD movies into the hard disk you will need a specific software, like the ones below.

DVD Converter - convert DVD video to AVI/MPEG/DIVX files

Freeware converts DVD AVI MPEG WMV RM to MP3 or iPod Video

Movie2x Freeware DVD Converter Download

DVDx (freeware from labDV)

The lack of free space iis on your internal HD not the external. Whenever transferring files from one drive to another, you are acturally making a copy of the file to be transferred and sending the copy to the new drive. If your internal HD is nearly full, you can try to Cut and Paste the files to the external, or clear up more space on your internal b/4 tryiing to move the bigger files. Best of luck.
Greg

I have ".Window 7." Sometime I see a icon and it shows the drive size and can't read and my work. Yes, I do save my work on my hard drive, but I also want to save it on my external drive. . I even reboot.

I will recommend you to use Western Digital I my self alos using a western Digital and its very reliable to use , So I will go for buying that one and it will be a big help for you...

Hope that helps.......

- Try to install proper drivers for your operating system.
- Check if your device is supported with that server/pc ? does server supports USB2.0 ?

Update NIC drivers to the latest level

Western digital drives ****! I'm having the same problem repeatedly. Seagate drives work fine though.