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Western Digital My Book (WDG1C3200) 320 GB USB 2.0 Hard Drive Questions & Answers
Slow transfer
It could be that the USB port you are using to transfer the data is not a "High Speed 2.0" enabled port.
Does it give you a pop-up message when you plug it in, one that says "This device can perform faster".
If so, It is not a High Speed USB port. Try using another USB port on your PC.
Wont show up on my computer
Firstly, make sure that all the cables are plugged in properly for power and USB data transfer. If it still doesn't show up after a few minutes, then Right-Click on My Computer (Vista & Win7 users will see it labeled Computer), then choose Manage, then choose Storage, Then Disk Managment. It will take a few seconds for your computer to fully load in the screen. At the top it should list your hard drive or hard drive partitions if you have more than one partition. Under that you will see Disk 0, Disk 1, and so on. Do you see any of these with a long black bar to the right of it with it labeled Unallocated Space inside the box area under the black bar? If not, then there is something severely wrong with your My Book or the power or USB cables to it, or your computer's USB port is burned out, try all of your USB ports just to be sure. If you do see a long black bar that says Unallocated Space underneath it, then this is likely your My Book. Unallocated Space means that the hard drive hasn't been formatted yet, or that it's partition has somehow been deleted. If you've used this external hard drive in the past to back things up on, then your data is lost because data can't be stored or retained on a hard drive that isn't formatted or partitioned. Be sure that the area of Unallocated Space is actually your My Book. It should show how much Unallocated Space there is, and your's should be reading between 300GB - 320GB.
To get your computer to recognize your hard drive you will have to partition and format it. Right-click in the white area under the black bar and choose Create Simple Volume. Follow the steps thru and format the hard drive. After its formatted it should be recognized by your computer again.
I ;have formatted the WD external drive and
You should not even try to install an operating system on an external drive. Windows looks at the "C" drive and installs programs to "C" drive. You are trying to put it on the "G" drive. You will have too many problems and wish you never had tried. Buy a larger main drive and partition it with two equal partitions. Then "Dual Boot". You will find how to do this on the internet. Just Google "Dual Booting".
Sir,
I have a Lenovo laptop.
If your HARD DRIVE was exposed to a magnetic field, this can happen.
Try a scandisck run.
Boot up in safe mode and run fix disk.
Cannot format my WD 1TB external hard drive
The hard disk is having bad sectors on its first 3000 sectors.the bad sectors are caused by degradation of the platter of the hard disk.OR the factory area of the hard disk has certain files called SMART, G -LIST and other log files.Unless one empties those log files with a good tool , one cant format ones hard disk.
Not detecting, beeping
This is likely a couple problems;
1. The hard drive is dying or is dead. You're looking at hardware recovery if this is the case. There are some tools such as Spinrite that might be able to recover the disk. (
GRCHard drive data recovery software)
2. The power supply on the computer/laptop is not functioning as well as it used to. Try using another PC to see if there's any difference in results.
Western digital 2tb my passport keeps flashing; not detected
Remove the drive from the external case it is in and connect directly to your computer - see if the bios recognizes it. If so, the OS will do so also and you can access it. Also means the electronics of the external case are no good. If not recognized in other machine, the hard drive has gone to hard drive heaven and needs to be replaced.
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