Western Digital Computers & Internet - Recent Questions, Troubleshooting & Support
My Book makes clicking noise and does not show up anymore
THIS WORKS....Here try this...unplug everything including the power cable...press and hold the button on the unit for 10 seconds. after that hook the unit back in the power cord first..and it should work...files and everythin are there...I got this from tech support and it worked for me
WDH1U5000N data recovery
Use this
data recovery program:
http://www.asoftech.com/adr/You can find it in magazines or on a internet...It is a simple, fast program which thorough scan the computer, which allows you to recover lost filesDo not use the machines to take more photos before you have recovered or is likely to override the old and losing it all ....The program can also use it to retrieve other types of files such as music and video.
Can't read data on WD external my book hard drive
Hello,It seems that your WD hard drive is corrupted soyou are unable to access the stored files. But there is no need to worry sinceit is very easy to recover data from corrupted WD partition by using Western digital partition recoverysoftware. Couple of days ago, even I was stuck under similar problem I triedthis software which really helped me to retrieve all my lost data. All the best,Linda William
Not showing my external hard drive
I HAVE SOLVED THE PROBLEM! or at least this works for my my book 1tb external hard drive. when i initially connect it i get the 'new device detected' pop up thing, but then it doesn't show on my computer. However, I have found that keeping the device pllugged into the computer but removing then replacing the power source from the device causes it to show up. That's all I did, unplug the power cord on the back and replace it. The computer says 'new hardware detected' and 'found my book mass storage device,' then it appears on my my computer tab. Hope this works with you as well!
My wd2500jb drive makes a clicking noise every
Hello
At the link below you will be directed to a tip i wrote on this exact issue. Click on the link below to navigate to page.
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Please feel free to let me know if you need any further assistance.
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Lock123
I have a SAMSUNG G2
https://www.easeus.com has recovery programs.
First off, I assume that you have a USB Hard drive that use between computers. One big mistake people make when moving a USB device from the computer is they fail to use the EJECT method. For example, when you go to File Explorer and select a drive from the "This PC" whereby all attached devices are listed and you are able to make a section from the icons showing on the screen. Assume you bring up a USB Drive, use the drive for some reason, and then when finished, you simply PULL the USB drive out by hand. NO! Use the eject format to disconnect the USB drive so you do not create STATIC Charge. Down at the lower right side of the computer screen is a ^. Hit that and Icons come up. An Icon that looks like a USB device (may be upper left) is the safety removal tool. The hard disc you have may have been statically charged and thus the FORMAT may have been damaged. Without a format, the drive is not capable of being read. Repair programs have the ability to read sectors and lift data that was lost to a Format problem.
External HD is not detected by laptop Windows XP
A common issue...I'm sure your hard drive is working fine, Windows is just not giving it an unused drive letter.
1. Insert the device (camera or usb drive)
2. Right-click "My Computer" and select "Manage".
3. Click on "Disk Management"
4. Right-click the item in the list that looks like your camera or usb drive, and then click "Change Drive Letter and Paths."
5. Click "Change".
6. Give it a drive letter that is not being used.
7. Click OK.
The device should work instantly after that.
My WD fell on the
Hello jazzmania67
The best solution in this case is to use a recovery tool to recover and store your data on another drive
Free Recuva works fine :
http://download.cnet.com/Recuva/3000-2242_4-10753287.htmlDo not try to recover all at once but each category at a time , documents , pictures , music ...etc...
If it fails , try this one . It's not free but very efficient : Tenorshare Data Recovery. It can recover data after deeply scanning your hard drive to look for lost data due to unwanted erasing , system sabotage, virus corrupted partitions,drives crash, physical damage,ect..
http://www.any-data-recovery.com/product/index.htmIf you still don't have success , you will have to go to a recovery office but let's hope not because it will cost you a lot of money .
Regards ,
fanaudi .
My Book files and folders disappeared
For me, the problem has now been resolved. What I was really worried about was the 18 Gb of data that I thought I had lost. I was however able to find the containing folder by going into the "Tools" menu in the Explorer window. After selecting "Folder Options" I chose the "View" tab and marked "Show hidden files and folders" and unmarked "Hide protected operating system files (recommended)". Nothing happened at first but when I came back to my drive later I found a hidden folder with all the data I lost that had some funny extension to it. Can't remember what it was but someone I spoke to thought it could be the result of an incomplete file transfer being interrupted. So it seems my problem wasn't more severe than this. However, everytime I try to use Safely Remove Hardware to disconnect my WD 500Gb it says I can't and that I should try later. So there's my new problem: how to disconnect the drive without interrupting a (non-visible) data transfer...
How to get a WD Elements Drive recognized by Windows 10
Problem: WD Elements drive inaccessible when plugged into USB 3.0 Port on Windows 10 computer
Symptoms: Drive appears and vanished repeatedly, blinking Drive light, error message of "invalid directory", files inaccessible
Solution: Go to Control Panel. Click Change Power Plans. Go to USB settings. Click the plus sign. Beside USB selective suspend setting, click the plus sign. Change the "on battery: and the "plugged in" to disabled. Click apply. Click OK.
The drive should appear as per normal and files be accessible.
Note: The WD Elements drive WAS already accessible to a Toshiba laptop running Windows 7. It failed to be recognized by Windows 10. This solution has been tested upon an Aesus and an HP under Windows 10 Home and Pro.
My external hard drive icon does not appear on my
Try the drive on a windows machine and a Linux machine. It depends on the drive has been formatted. If ex fat or fat then it should be read on a mac ok. If NTFS or Fat 32 then a windows machine should see it.
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