I have four wd my book drives working with windows 10 and no problems. I recently upgraded to windows 10 and can no longer use my wd mybook essentials 1tb external hard drive now. I have a wd 500gb external hard drive that is not being recognized by my computer anymore. This time it is the 1tb mybook after i shut down the pc, i disconnected the wd. Western digital mybook disassembly and repair part 1 youtube. When i plug it in to either the usb or firewire ports the computer detects and the instillation wizard pops up. Here is the easy answer for this fix you have to download wd quick formatter here is the link because it took me forever to figure out how to do this i went from website to website but here is your solution download this.
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It seems that my wd 1tb external hard drive cannot be recognized on. I had purchased a 1tb my book essential and attempted to use this on my system for just over a week. How i rescued my data from a 3tb wd my book external hard drive. How to solve my wd hard drive not recognized in windows 10. I have used almost 700gb on my hard drive and cant afford to be without out for any period of time for data recovery. My 1tb wd external hard drive is not working on my.
We have had issues ever since loading the software. Anyone afraid of getting a drive thats higher than 1tb, dont. We are trying to run on two seperate computers both hp laptops one running win7 one running vista. Hello, guys im suppose to ask a question but i am providing a. Available in various editions from essential, to premium to world edition. Fix wd external hard drive not recognizedworking with light on. Dieser artikel beschreibt, wie sie probleme mit wdfestplatten wie wd my book oder wd elements wird. Nurfed101 posts 1 registration date saturday november 25, 2017 status member last seen november 25, 2017 updated on sep 9, 2019 at 07. Gotta try this, if i found similar drive to my book essential 1tb usb 2. Is the wd smartware software compatible with the my book home edition 1tb unit. When i plug the usb cable in, windows recognizes that the device is there, and says that it has installed the approapriate software for the device and it is ready to use.
Install it you have to extract it i created a new folder on my hard drive for wd software once you accept the license it will. I have three other hard drives that all function fine, including a newer wd that i purchased to replace the mybook. My book and windows 10 external drives for pc wd community. Ich habe eine tragbare externe western digital 1tb elements. I have a western digital 1tb elements portable external hard drive.
The computer does not detect it at all, despite the fact that it is switched on and running whirring sound and light is on. Western digital s mybook drives are very convenient and popular storage options, but if the drive stops working then you might have success by giving it a quick love tap. When i want to run smartware it cant find writable partitions. Western digital external hard drive problem wd portable.
I had the flashing light problem on a wd my book essentials i. That is to say, i am unable to access my wd hard drive from file explorer. Sorry i dont have a solution to your problem but all i wanted to say is that i am never buying something from wd again and you should definitely replace all your external drives to prevent this kind of situations. My book wont power up western digital my book ifixit. After having owned a external hd drive from wd that died without reason i again have a problem with the wd. Recently my 3tb wd my book gave up and would not power on, this is how i managed to rescue all of my 2. If not, look in disk management and locate the drive by drive letter.
I eventually returned this device, along with three others i purchased for family members for the holidays, due to the problems from my device and not wanting to have. Wd mybook essentials 1tb not detected on win10 microsoft. Western digital my book problem question and answer dti data. This is the third backup drive i have installed and the first from wd.
Follow effective solutions here to fix this issue and repair wd external. Follow to see how to repair not working wd external hard drive without losing any data. If your product is not listed above, please visit the product page. A line of external hard drives by western digital, styled after hardbound books. If it indicates the drive is off line, click off line and a menu will pop up with an option to change the drive to online. This was also the first that has given me any problems. Mine is now doing the same thing, still have 743 days left on my warranty. Fix wd external hard drive not workingrecognizedshowing up. Ive had the same problem with my wd my book essential and have lost many files two times already, and now im having problems again for the third time.