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Mybook issues I can not get my laptop to recognize mybook anymore

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  • Anonymous Dec 01, 2007

    windows vista does not find drivers.

  • vhollund Dec 11, 2007

    Same problem here

    My gaurantee is still valid so im reluctened to open the shell

  • chukbrokeit Dec 16, 2007

    Not sure if this is related but, I am now, after being a happy owner for a while, find that the drive does not spin up anymore. The unit is receiving power ok but, regardless of whether its plugged in firewire or usb. The ring indicator lights are on and flicker when it is plugged in, it just doesnt mount up anymore. Could this be related to the power source circuitry? Could I have fried the board somehow?




    Carlos

  • riflo Dec 22, 2007

    I e the same problem. Please help! I cannot find WD book on laptop.

  • Anonymous Apr 05, 2008

    I have the My Book Premium II and it worked fine for about a year - now my laptop doesn't recognize it as being mounted, regardless of which USB I use. Also reinstalled the software and also tried on a 2nd laptop with no luck. Seems to work fine by the indicator lights.

  • Anonymous May 31, 2008

    I have the same issue but both on my desktop and laptop. The drive was excellent for about a year and then sporadically would not be recognized. At first a reboot of the drive and my PC would correct the problem, but now it cannot be recognized by either the desktop or laptop. I took it in to a local PC shop (Geekbox - excellent place) and they could not get it to mount either. Called WD support and would not help me at all because it has been more than 12 months. The ******* actually said, "try unplugging it from your powerstrip and plug it directly into the wall." That was his solution to get me off the phone. I'm done with WD but must retrieve my photos from this drive and prefer not to spend $500-$1000 on recovery software.

  • tmermer Sep 25, 2008

    the same for me on my mac. i use it for automatic backups and suddenly it doesn't mount anymore for me to retrieve files - i'm not impressed.

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I bought the Studio Edition II  This one was quit but had its own life  Turned it self off in the middle of tranfers HAL9000 comes to mind From now on its Lacie for me

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I bought the Studio Edition II  This one was quit but had its own life  Turned it self off in the middle of tranfers HAL9000 comes to mind From now on its Lacie for me

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My Book Essential Edition 750gig dosnt work, what can i do? when i try to connect it it just tells me to formate it, but i have somthing on it i cant lose, and it happend when i formate my pc.

PLZ what can i do?

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