SOURCE: WD Passport Essential 160gb with PowerBook G4
The problem is that your powerbook G4 does not provide enough power to your 160gb passport HD. This does not happens to the new Macs with intel inside.
There are several ways to fix it:
1) Go to West Digital Website and buy a "Power Buster Cable USB" (that connect your 2 USB ports to your passport HD in order to provide more power). I think that it costs 10$. This is the link: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/accessories.asp?ProdID=170
2) The other solution is easier. If you have an external USB hard drive with two USB ports, or a DVD/CD burner with two usb ports, you can pug your passport in one of the ports while the other HD or DVD/CD burner is connected to you PowerBook. You will be able to see and use your q60gb Passport HD.
SOURCE: 320GB WD passport essential works with XP os but not with vista
both of my vista machines worked perfectly... i am not using the software that came on the drive. as a mass storage device it works perfectly.
SOURCE: WD My Passport Essential 250GB USB2.0 is not working in WIn 98SE
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
SOURCE: WD passport 320GB Can I use it as storage, not backup?
You can use it as storage if you would like. You can also delete files once they are put on the passport. When it is connected to the computer open my computer and it will be listed there. You can use it as storage by copying files into this way rather than syncing it. Syncing it could cause you to lose files.
SOURCE: how to remove the wd smartware software on the
Open "Windows Explorer".
Select the 'WD SmartWare' folder.
Press DELETE to delete the folder, and its contents.
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