I've tried using a different USB cable to connect it.īasically I'm pretty sure the data is still on the drive but I need a way of retrieving it. I've tried plugging the drive into a different machine and same thing happens
WD MY BOOK EXTERNAL DRIVE LIGHT FLASHING DIM PORTABLE
This is the sound of the read/write heads moving up the ramp that guides them into place over the data storage platters. TDSOURCING WESTERN DIGITAL WD My Book 4TB USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive with Password Protection and auto Backup Software - USB 3.0 - Black - Retail - 256-bit Encryption Standard 4 offers from 174.77 WD 4TB My Passport Portable External Hard Drive HDD, USB 3.0, USB 2. On my computer, it detects a new device when I plug it, but it cannot tell anything about it, and it blocks everything. The upper part stays lit (unlike someone else elsewhere where it did not). My LED light blinks once every second, but only the lower part. Family Bundle Offer - Save when you bundle IXpand Wireless Charger Sync 128GB and two (2) IXpand Wireless Charger 15W. The LED light is blinking strangely, and nowhere have I found an information about it. The power light on the front flashes at a constant speed, rather than the sporadic flashing you normally get when the drive is active. Clicking Western Digital My Passport Not Recognized The Dreaded Click of Death A healthy hard drive clicks once upon starting up. Home Bundle Offer - Save when you bundle IXpand Wireless Charger Sync 256GB and IXpand Wireless Charger 15W. When it does appear you can browse the folders/files on the drive very briefly, but then Windows Explorer completely closes (which seems very weird as even if you unplug a drive that you are browsing I would expect WinExplorer to stay open and just flick back to the C drive or to Control Panel).Īlso, when the drive is plugged in, you get the popup near the system tray saying "this is a USB 2.0 and would run faster if plugged into a USB 2.0 port." but it is plugged into a USB 2.0 port. The AV-TV looks just like any other single-drive My Book drive in WDs stable of external USB products, but it has some slight differences that make it better. Sometimes the drive letter will appear, but for no more than a few seconds. WDs My Book AV-TV is a hard drive that is specifically designed to be the storage space for these TVs, allowing them to be turned into personal video recorders (PVRs) quite easily. I've got a WD My Book external drive which has been working fine for about a year, but now the drive does not appear in Windows Explorer.