Western Digital Passport WDXML800UE (WDXML800UETE) 80 GB Hard Drive - Answered Questions & Fixed issues

The "my computer" icon has nothing to do with the WDD hard drive. You do not say what the "other detail" is. Google on how to perform a System File Check and run that . If it repairs the system files then good, if not then run a chkdsk /R". That should resolve all issues. If you have further problems then tell us what operating system you are using and try and be more specific in what the problem/s are.

Yes there is. Please note that removing the drive from your external will likely void any warranty you may have with the manufacturer. If ok with that, remove the drive from the enclosure very carefully. Then connect the internal drive directly to a SATA connector, do not use USB and see if able to access drive. If so, backup data right away. If this model is only USB connector, or if still not accessible when connected to SATA, then you will need a reputable data recovery service provider.

Plug in the drive and, on the status bar next to the data and time there will be an USB icon Click on "Safety remove hardware and eject media". Once its says its safe to remove media, unplug the hardware and plug it in again after a few minutes and it should start working again. If it still does not work you need to delete your USB driver from system setting and reinstall the driver.

I assume you did reboot your computer and plugged the external HDD to other USB port but still has this issue. I can only suggest to recover your external HDD to different computer dont rush it, sometimes it takes time to load.

The smart may be has failed and the firmware looks crashed.

Download testdisk and run it to see if it recognised in the list. If so use the intel option to find a boot sector

i tried this, but still can't acces my wd passport. computer finds him but i can't read data from it, neither write down

Your drive is probably in FAT32 format.  FAT32 has a 4GB file limit that is why your 5GB movie isn't saving.  You will have to format the drive in Mac OS file format (HFS) using Disk Utility.
Unfortunately once its in Mac format the drive will not be recognized by windows PCs.  What I do is have a program called macdrive installed on my windows computers so that they can access mac format hard drives.
i hope this helps!

Try to scan Western Digital Passport WDXML800UE 80 GB Hard Drive connect to PC have updated anti-virus clean and disinfect viruses.

means ur pc got virus. clean it first.

There are several free file recovery programs out there. However if the password is still in effect then these won't matter. If it's wiped like the rest of the drive then recovered you then have the same problem have the same problem. If the recovery program does work it usually wants a different drive to write the files to.

Sounds like your just starting out. A "gb" is the size of the hard drive. The higher the number the more information it will store. If you store a lot of music and videos you'd need a larger hard drive. Technically a "gb" (gigabyte) is about 1000 Megabytes. A terabyte (T) is about 1000 Gigabytes.

reformat your external hd.

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I found some solutions already listed here on FixYa that really worked. Here's the link:

http://www.fixya.com/support/t2950434-wd_elements_usb_drive_not_recognized

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it seems all the files have become hidden go to folder option check show hidden files then check it

When i hit my passport e in the icon it wont open. But its listed in devices and porinters.

I think the hard drive has failed to initialize for mac os .The best suggestion is connect the drive with some other Mac PC and start recovering the drive with the help of a good recovery tool .To recover failed hard drive mac i used this tool.It is so quick than the other and recovered almost all of my drive completely.It also recovers data from a partitioned mac hard drive completely.first try the demo if good results reached go for the full version as i did ..

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