Lesson learned about using external Western Digital drives. Cheaper at the moment than data recovery, and prob my last shot before I give up and decide its time to let the data go or store the drive until I can afford to pay to have it done. Ive just ordered an identical model, to be delivered tomorrow- which I plan to take apart and see if I can simply use the USB board on this hard drive to see if that will end up getting it to where I can pull my data off it. I have also been working with it this morning- and actually got it to show up in my disk management- only problem is it says not initialized- and when I try to initialize it, it tells me it is protected media. it uses smartware, meaning that if you disconnect the USB hookup, it will not read, which gives the explanation why it wont work hooked up directly internally. I spoke with a WD tech, and this external hard drive does in fact have encryption on it.
Should have still had another copy of stuff I agree. I understand your point, but actually it was an external that I did not keep hooked up- Only to place files and backups then it came unplugged to store files. I am desperate to get this to function so I can get my files off of it- Please, if anyone has any ideas what I can do, please share. I then read online that someone mentioned that with these they often have an encryption built in to the usb connection which makes it so the hard drive will not power up as an internal hard drive or without that usb board on it. I brought the drive home- Hooked back up the USB board and plugged it back in as if it was again a external- It turned on- light begin to blink as before- but I can also hear and feel it spinning- I am not hearing any strange sounds, nothing sound loose inside, it just sounds like it spins for a few minutes, then stops- and that light constantly blinks. I took it to another computer store who told me they could send it out and attempt data recovery at the tune of $300+ that data recovery was not even possible and I should throw the hard drive away and start over. I then took it to Best Buy- And they informed it that the hard drive was trash- That her machine would not even get it to power up at all. I then hooked it into another computer where I have a second hard drive- Took mine out and put this one in its place since I know that I am able to access my second hard drive on this computer- It simply didnt show up. I went into BIOS and did see a removable disk, but if I set it as boot priority, obviously it would not work- I do not know if there was something else I should have done to get it to work in BIOS. I put it in my computer hooked up to a SATA drive- It did not show up in Disk management or under my computer. I read about taking the hard drive out of the casing (yes I realize it voids any warranty but at this point I am more concerned with my data than getting any sort of a replacement) so I carefully removed it. First think I did was try a new USB cord, which changed nothing- I also have tried it on three different computers- Nothing. When I would power it off or on or reset it it would attempt to load, but the blue light would constantly blink. I am just desperate to recover my files without having to pay someone $300 to try to do it for me.Ī few weeks ago, my computer simply stopped recognizing it was there. but I would not consider myself a beginner. Please keep in mind I am not an expert by any means and do not have a lot of experience with these types of things other than simple computer installs ect. I suggest formatting in NTFS if your OS supports it though.My house was hit by lightening a few years ago and it fried my computers- so I very quickly went out and bought a WD 500g mybook external hard drive which I have everything stored on.
#WD MY BOOK ESSENTIAL 1TB RESET WINDOWS#
It works on newer versions of windows, older versions of windows and Mac's OS. The drive comes formatted in FAT32 for a reason.
If somebody can provide me with reliable evidence otherwise, I'd love to see it. Overall Review: I've heard a lot of criticism about how the HDD drive suffers from the same amount of wear when coming out of stand by as it does if you leave it running constantly for X amount of hours. It does take a few seconds to come out of stand by when you try to access it. I wish you had an option to set it higher, like 30-45 min.
#WD MY BOOK ESSENTIAL 1TB RESET PRO#
The stand by function is a pro and a con.The pros are it's eco friendly, keeps the drive cool when not in use and saves wear and tear overall (depending on how often you access the drive)Ĭons: Like I said, the stand by function is also a con. I've had the 1TB for over and month and two 750GB for about 6 months and all work great! Pros: Lots of space, quiet, eco friendly, runs cool, looks sexy, turns off and on with computer.
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