20 Most Recent Western Digital My Book Essential Edition (WDG1U5000N) 500 GB Hard Drive - Page 7 Questions & Answers

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Reboot the computer As the computer is booting repeatadly press the F8 key as the computer is booting

If done properly the user should get to a screen similar to the below screen.

Select the option for Safe mode command prompt only

Windows Advanced Options MenuPlease select an option:

Safe ModeSafe Mode with NetworkingSafe Mode with Command Prompt

Enable Boot LoggingEnable VGA modeLast Known Good Configuration (your most recent settings that worked)Directory Services Restore Mode (Windows domain controllers only)Debugging Mode

Start Windows NormallyRebootReturn to OS Choices Menu

Use the up and down arrow keys to move the highlight to your choice

select safe mode with command prompt

Click start run type cmd press Enter

black screen should open DOS mode

this will vary depending on your operating system

type in net user username

For eg. If you want to change administrator password , type net user Administrator

it will prompt you to enter the new password

enter the new password and the password is changed

hope this helps

Right-click My Computer and go to Manage Computer. Then, click Disk Management. You will see the different partitions of the disk labeled by alphabet characters. Click on the partition associated with your external drive and then just change the character to any alphabet character that's aren't used as labels. If you need further help, contact 1.877.787.8749 and use promo code SYNAFFMRKT2012 to avail of discounts.

You should find all the drivers here:
http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?level1=1&lang=en

Try plugging it in to a different usb port.

If you want to use this USB external hard drive to exchange data between a PC and a MAC then format this hard drive on a PC, BUT format the hard drive in FAT32 not NTFS file system.Then MAC can read and write files on this hard drive as well as the PC.

It's likely you now have a damaged partition. It's a common problem. If you don't care about the data just reformat.Or you can try http://findandmount.com/Or get data recovery help remotely from http://FreeDataRecovery.us

try to check the bat. , then open and clean or look for bad contacts

Well, it's obviously your external WD drive infected with virus which stop you from accessing the data by turning them into shortcuts (such as 1KB or 2KB). This blog article how to fix folder become shortcuts should help you out. Follow the step by step please. Note: do not attempt to format the drive before you try.

If you want to move itunes to an extrnal driver, ..plug in the external, click my computer..open the local driver, look for " my music icon" and scroll it to the extenal driver icon...or right click the " music and where it says save..save to external driver.

Sounds like your external drive might be bad. Try connecting it to another system and see what happens. If you can't get to read data on another system, the drive is bad.

The drive is probably gone bad. Try connecting it to another system and see if it has the same problem.

some of the hard drive might have been damagedright click on the drive select properties click tools you should see click check now click start two boxes automatically fix files and scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors place then a tick in both boxes then select check now start you might tick one box then return after its finished the first repair then return and tick the second box you should not do anything while the chkdsk utility is in progress any input may damage this drive I found that you get best results by ticking one box then returning after it has finished then tick the other boxit will schedule to happen on restart if its your primary drive if its a usb drive it will just happenhope it helps