HP computer running Windows 7 will not recognize the WD My Book 1Tb external hard drive anymore. It doesn't show up in device manager or anywhere else. It had been working fine on this computer for about 7 months. It still works fine on a computer running XP. Also, I have an older My Book that still works okay on the HP computer.
SOURCE: My Computer does not show: Western Digital My Book Essential Edition 500 GB external USB hard drive
Well i got a simple 320 gb external hard drive, and since the first month i had problems, i solve the recovery issue by opening the hard drive, and find it out, the inside was broken, and it got unplugged. so plugged it back and got my info. if your data its more important than 200dlls or less break the thing open, because if you claim the warranty they are not responsible for your information.
SOURCE: My Book files and folders disappeared
For me, the problem has now been resolved. What I was really worried about was the 18 Gb of data that I thought I had lost. I was however able to find the containing folder by going into the "Tools" menu in the Explorer window. After selecting "Folder Options" I chose the "View" tab and marked "Show hidden files and folders" and unmarked "Hide protected operating system files (recommended)". Nothing happened at first but when I came back to my drive later I found a hidden folder with all the data I lost that had some funny extension to it. Can't remember what it was but someone I spoke to thought it could be the result of an incomplete file transfer being interrupted. So it seems my problem wasn't more severe than this. However, everytime I try to use Safely Remove Hardware to disconnect my WD 500Gb it says I can't and that I should try later. So there's my new problem: how to disconnect the drive without interrupting a (non-visible) data transfer...
SOURCE: wd anywhere backup wont allow macbook to shutdown
I couldn't stop it from backing up, so used "force quit" from the activity monitor. It was still running a background service (WDMemeoAgent?). I stopped that from an icon left in my tool bar. I don't think I use it since it estimated 30-40 for the first backup of my home folder and it wouldn't allow me to pause or quit.
SOURCE: My I Mac doesn't recognize the WD 500GB external drive anymore
it must be initialised /mounted 1st for osx
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