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Just check in device manager...whether is detected by the computer. you can go to my computer...right click on it...then click on manage.
if its detected there then go device manager...then go to disk management under storage...right click on the drive there with no name then click on change drive name letter..hit ok,,check in my computer you will see the harddrive there...else if you don't see anything in device manager...contact the manufacturer.
It seems that your Harddrive has problems with internal Micro USB connector. WD, Transcend and Seagate brands are having such kind of problems.
Try to adjust the micro usb cable in such a way that your data transfer or ongoing activity will not hamper. Else to have perfect solution on your problem, backup complete data from the HDD and hand-over the HDD to the nearest WD technical department.
They may diagnose the issue and if not resolvable, will handover new WD Harddrive.
It makes that noise because something is wrong with that hard disk mechanically - you need to test it. Install in a pc this
http://www.hdtune.com/files/hdtune_255.exe - it's free connect the disk to that pc and launch the program - it will automatically detect it - and perform an error test on it.
Most likely you have damaged the actual harddrive, the ticking sound is NOT A GOOD HARDDRIVE SOUND! Contact western digital and tell them that your NEW harddrive is making this sound out of the box DO NOT MENTION DROPPING IT. They should RMA it as long as you really did just buy it.
right click on my computer
select manage
then disk management
identify the correct drive
right click and format,
once formatted remove
then plug back in,
you should beable to then see it under my computer
The Mybook USB/ATA controller board is faulty.
In this case you can simply take apart the enclosure and mount the disk
into a new enclosure. WD Mybooks are SATA, but double check the hard disk
connector to ensure.
The hard disk inside is faulty.
In this case repair may be expensive. You need to locate a data
recovery facility with a 'clean room' , the cost is usually more than
$800.
If this happened after a power surge, then the problem is most likely a faulty controller board.
If instead you have dropped the hard disk it is possible an hard drive failure, in that case repair will be expensive.
A replacement enclosure will stfrom art about $20 on Ebay or Amazon, and must not necessarily be WD . Check if your disk is Sata or PATA (IDE) before buying the enclosure.
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