20 Most Recent Western Digital My Passport Essential 320 GB External WDBAAA3200ASL-NESN USB 2.0 Hard Drive Questions & Answers

The most common way that most of us know on how to reset or clear the BIOS password is to physically remove the power from the computer by disconnecting the power plug and then removing a battery for 30 minutes from the motherboard. Another way is to reset the clear CMOS jumper on the motherboard itself. Both of the 2 methods mentioned works because most motherboards use a battery to sustain the BIOS/CMOS settings for the motherboards PROM chip. So by cutting off the battery power, the BIOS/CMOS settings will be erased.

Under the keyboard or bottom of laptop - If you are working on a laptop computerthe location of the dipswitch (almost never a jumper) can be under the keyboard or on the bottom of the laptop in a compartment such as the memory compartment.

If it fails, then try to remove the battery for at least one hour.

click start control panel Open User Accounts in Control Panel. On the Users tab, click the name of the user whose password you want to change, and then click Reset Password. In New password and Confirm new password, type the new password, and then click OK. Notes You can change passwords only for local computer accounts, such as guest, administrator, or accounts you create for your computer. You cannot change your network logon password in User Accounts. To change your own password, press CTRL ALT DELETE and then click Change Password

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You need to prepare:1:A blank CD/DVD or USB flash drive2.A computer which can link to internet3.A program called Windows Password Recovery 6.0Get started with this 3 simple steps:Website: http://lost-password.net/products/windowspasswordrecoery.htmlStep 1 - Download windows password recovery utility and install it.Step 2 -Burn your Windows Password Reset CD:To burn your CD, you'll need a blank CD-R and the .ISO file of Windows Password Reset.Step 3 - Put in your newly created CD and remove your Windows password.hope it helps don't forget to vote

Did the WD Hard drive come with a software driver installation package? What operating system are you using? If Windows, please check Windows "Device Manager" and verify if there are question marks next to the device when inserted into USB port. I would also recommend upgrading the firmware on this model:
http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/wdsmartwareupdate/Step1.asp?id=wdfMP_Essential&os=win

Have you verified that other USB-compatible devices work in the USB port that you are using? Have you tried inserting this device into another USB port? If you are using multiple USB ports for multiple devices, try removing all USB-compatible devices and then re-insert WD hard drive on its own.

Please email me your results at [email protected]. Thanks!

The Smart is on verge of showing that the hard disk has plenty of bad sectors, and cannot be trusted for data.A data recovery expert is needed to get data first and If you can clone the patient hard disk to a new donor hard disk , then your NAS will be up and working.I hope there are no head reading issues.

If your WD passport is no longer seen by your desktop or laptop operating system something within the passport has failed. You won't have many options to try to resolve this, as when they fail , it is usually due to age or a component faulure. If you know an honest reliable techy you can ask if they can try to test the device for your or can recover the data from it.

try to change the data cable of HDD.

This program allows you to modify the date (and other metadata) on one or multiple files. http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/bulk_file_changer.html

You can send it in to WD or a company that specializes in data retrieval from dead hard drives and have them copy off the files for you, but it will cost a furtune to do it.

Any Walmart, Best Buy, Target, Computer store, online...etc.

Connect it like usual and see if its working. Better to backup any data you have on that hard drive, to be safe.

These may be helpful for your issue:

You can try this: Fix the problem with Microsoft Windows Update that is not working OR this: You receive 0x8007041D error when you visit the Windows Update Web site

It appears to be ans external hard drive enclosure or something connected with it. You can find the enclosures on ebay - about 10 - 20 USD

Not DIY. Most professionals won't work on this because it requires very advanced knowledge and techniques and is very expensive.

Read only is a file attribute. There is read and modify, and full control. You would have to change the attribute if you have the right permissions (administrator). To change the permissions you would have to right click on the file, go to the security tab on top and change what is allowed.

I suggest you contact WD support with that question - by email I find best, you may also try by telephone (1800-200-5789) http://support.wdc.com/country/country.asp?c=india You will need to 'register' (create an account) https://westerndigital.secure.force.com/?lang=en 13.April.2014

take the HDD out of the caddy and plug it into your PC. what's happened is the caddy is probably broken. if you can see it in your pc then it will be a case of buying a new caddy

are you u using SATA to usb connector?? and when you plug in then system detecting the hard drive?? if yes then you should go to computer property click on manage the go to disc drive option you will see your connected hard drives. if your required HDD is showing the right click on western HDD and mount it all portion. hope it will work.