20 Most Recent Western Digital Passport WDXMS800TN 80 GB USB 2.0 Hard Drive Questions & Answers

hi,

go to start->search->all files and folder

search the file named INFCACHE.1
delete that file and reebot your pc.
The computer should now recognize the HD.

Riccardo

In the bottom right hand corner of the screen, there will be an icon with a green arrow (pointing to the left), and when you mouse over it, it will say "safely remove hardware" left click on it and you should get some options that say things like "safely remove USB mass storage device - drive (f:, c:)" find the one that is your device, and click on it... now the device is safe to unplug from the usb!

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.