Then restart PC and you can check out whether the problem still exists or not. Fix corrupted system files and update device driver on WD drive. If the system files corrupted or the WD device driver is outdated, you won't be able to access the drive. Follow to see how to fix corrupted system files and update WD device driver now: Step 1.
Good afternoon western digital community Just a small question about a really big problem i have posted previously and still has not been solved. I currently have a western digital passport wd3200bmvu-11a04s0 I bought this drive a couple of years ago and had some problems with it, it was so frustrating that it’s been hidden away ever since.
Unfortunately it has a lot of stuff on it as you would expect and i want to get it off. When I plug this drive in the power light comes on, that’s about it, there is no windows detection of the drive not even in the disc management section. It is not making any ‘clicking sound’ others have reported about this drive either. I have run the quick and full western digital tests and both result in the drive being fine which I really don’t understand. The warranty has truly expired so I have opened it up to see if I can find a SATA cable and remove it that way but I can’t find a cable that will connect to this does anyone have any ideas?? (picture in link ) Also one more point as the hard drive is connected and tests are running etc it seems to get a little bit warm, also I’m not sure but I remember i used to hear a fan whirling away,could this be the problem?
One user has already suggested that i could convert it to sata by hardwire but he failed to reply. Does anyone know if this is the case what type of sata cable would fit this hard drive?? Hi - I don't know about your specific model but I have a WD Passport that occasionally goes catatonic, too. Usually, if I simply unplug the power on the drive and then plug it in again, the system can access it. Mine also has a reset switch on the back. You could try that, but I have not had to use it on my drive.
Hi thanks for replying, this passport is only powered by the micro usb port, there is no reset buttons on the back of it or anything. When i plug it in the light comes on and thats about it, have run all the diagnostic programmes on western digital for this model and they all result in it being ok, yet it still cannot recognise it pain in the a.
Good afternoon western digital community Just a small question about a really big problem i have posted previously and still has not been solved. I currently have a western digital passport wd3200bmvu-11a04s0 I bought this drive a couple of years ago and had some problems with it, it was so frustrating that it’s been hidden away ever since.
Unfortunately it has a lot of stuff on it as you would expect and i want to get it off. When I plug this drive in the power light comes on, that’s about it, there is no windows detection of the drive not even in the disc management section. It is not making any ‘clicking sound’ others have reported about this drive either. I have run the quick and full western digital tests and both result in the drive being fine which I really don’t understand. The warranty has truly expired so I have opened it up to see if I can find a SATA cable and remove it that way but I can’t find a cable that will connect to this does anyone have any ideas??
(picture in link ) Also one more point as the hard drive is connected and tests are running etc it seems to get a little bit warm, also I’m not sure but I remember i used to hear a fan whirling away,could this be the problem? One user has already suggested that i could convert it to sata by hardwire but he failed to reply. Does anyone know if this is the case what type of sata cable would fit this hard drive?? Thanks First thing check how that HDD is formatted, Because Windows will detect NTFS and FAT format and you be able to get in your drive.
If you have MAC and you formatted your HDD in ExFat system you will see this problem happening, therefore, in this case re-formatting your HDD in Fat or ntfs will do the trick.
I have a WD Ultra 'My Passport' external hard drive and had originally configured it to my MacBook pro, but I just received the surface pro 4 as a gift and I'm trying to use the external hard drive with this device. I saw a post about getting the WD app, and I did that, but it doesn't recognize my device, or at least it is not detecting it.
Can I reconfigure it to be read by my surface? I'm not really 100% sure what to do. Hi, We want to make sure that you get the best out of your Surface Pro 4. Here's what we can do to make your external hard drive be detected or recognized by your device:. Please. To isolate the issue, you may try another USB drive to make sure other devices are working. If the USB port works fine with other devices other than your external hard drive, here are the troubleshooting steps that you can follow:.
Make sure that your Surface Pro 4 is plugged in and connected to the internet. Press on the Windows key + Q. Type in Troubleshooting in the search box. Click on Troubleshooting and choose Hardware and Sound then select Hardware and Devices.
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Click on Next and follow the on-screen prompts. Let us know how it goes. To all of you; Apple uses a customized NTFS file system which does not exist in the drive table recognized by Windows and there is no patch or fix unless WD may have an app that can be installed.
A hard disk formatted from a Windows computer can be read on a Mac but you cannot write to it (it will tell you it is locked). Since you already have the hard disk formatted for your Windows system, keep it that way.
On the Mac, go to the App Store and download/install OneDrive for Mac and transfer your files in that fashion. If you want a drive to backup your Mac, you can get another WD hard disk and reformat it via the Disk utility on the Mac and it will be totally usable 'on the Mac only'. You can use it to backup all your files on the Mac. The hard disk you have now, use it to backup you Windows system. Apple did this deliberately a long time ago and there is only one universal solution and that is to get a NAS (Network Attached Storage) drive which hooks up to your router. Those are not machine dependent and both systems can use it. Yea, I had hooked up my mini-HD to my Mac mini to test it out and thought to explore 'why'.
Apple modified a NTFS file system format which does not exist on the drive table listing for formats. There was a regular hard disk at one time that would but it came with a program that you installed on the Mac. The app would act as a 'converter' when accessing the drive and allowed read/write operations. Another reason why Apple never really makes it in the business world.
I found out the format structure on my Linux system by taking a spare hard disk and formatting it with my Mac mini and then plugged it into the Linux system which can read/write to both formats. La Cie' may be the maker of that hard disk I mentioned before but has been a really long time before I looked at the issue of using external hard disks with Apple machines. USB pendrives and SD cards are no problem.
Just hard disks. Oh, early OS/1 through 9 and early versions of OS/X where FAT32. When they made the change is unknown.