Change mybook from one pc to another

I would DEFINITELY backup your data, I have not heard of a way to change from FAT32 to NTFS without a complete format. I seriously doubt it can be done. I would burn your data to CD/DVD's, its a pretty cheap way of backing it up, but takes quite a lot of time.

The "best" usage for an external disk-drive is to make one more "copy" of all your important files & E-mail & music.

So, if your computer "dies", you still have one copy of your files on the MyBook.
Fix or replace your computer, and copy the files from the MyBook onto the repaired/new computer.

Or, if your MyBook "dies", you still have one copy of your files on your 'C:' drive,
and you can fix/replace your MyBook, and copy your files onto the "revived" MyBook.

Is it still under warranty?

Possibilities:
* try connecting to a different USB port on your computer
* try connecting to a USB port on a different computer
* try a different USB cable between the computer and the MyBook
* disassemble the casing, and remove the disk-drive, and connect it as a "slave" drive in some desktop computer, to see if the files on the disk-drive are intact

If all else fails, search online for "professional data recovery service" -- a company that will repair the MyBook just long enough to copy all your files onto a new disk-drive. Of course, this is _expensive_.

Note that Western Digital has a Customer Loyalty Program -- knowing the serial-number on your disk-drive, you can buy a new MyBook from their web-site, at a good discount.

Hmmn. Far easier, I would think, to share the files via the network (if both machines are on the same network.) Check this link:

http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/3001.html

Using the MyBook would be faster if there is a LOT of data, though.

What OS are you running on the PC?

Hi,
don't panic your hard drive might still be working . you say it dose not sign showing it's on. please have any cable that connect the hard disk to the computer checked. I think your cables might be bad.
thanks

If all you want to do is transfer data that you have backed up on your main computer then all you need to do is plug the drive into another computer, click on 'my computer' and click on the mybook drive to explore the data on it. To transfer a certain file just copy it and paste it onto the drive of the new computer.

If you are talking about backing up data from a second PC, you will need to install the WD software on that particular PC, and use the advanced backup menu. Just remember that if you back up a second computer, you need to create a folder for that data to be stored in, otherwise it is possible that it would overwrite the data from your first PC

in otherwords to back up several PCs the root of the WD drive should have folders in it labeled - 'PC 1', 'PC 2', etc

Hope this helps

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DarkmnaUK

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you might have a bad drive, espeacially because its not working on any pc.

You should buy a program called "Partition Table Doctor". I went through the EXACT same thing and it was just a bad partition on my mybook which is the EXACT same as yours is. It cleared up the problem for me. I still have problems with my mybook so i wish that I bought a different hard drive, but oh well.

but try "Partition Table Doctor", it will scan your mybook and fix any partition errors with it.

I was in the same boat as you over a year ago and trust me, "Partition Table Doctor" is a LIFESAVER!

What happens when you plug the Hard Drive into a Windows machine?

I have had this problem with several MyBook hard drives. They work fine for a bit and then the windows xp OS fails to recognize them. If they do show up the computer warns me they are not formatted. My solution does not help fix the MyBook as is. However, if you have data you must have on it this may be of help. I simply opened up the MyBook plastic case. It is different for each drive. The Pro/premiums I have found you must remove the rubber packing to get at the latch area. After I removed the bare drive from the holder I used an IDE/SATA adapter kit with external power and plugged directly into a USB port. The drive was recognized immediately and I offloaded the data. The drive actually works better now then when it was in the Mybook holder. I am taking no chances though and have switched to LaCie drives. Hope this helps somewhat.