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Unfortunately, this wasnt an obvious process and this excellent article by scott cramer didnt apply to the newer version 1 tb drive enclosure i have. Equipped with social media and cloud storage import, password protection and perfectly paired with wd backup or time machine, my book desktop storage helps keep your. Unfortunately this edition has no esata or firewire adaptability, so without the usb im forced to take the casing apart and retrieve. Hey i got a wd my book essential 1tb, and the micro usb port is broke and its off the board and i can hear thats falled in the board. Hp usb disk storage format tool utility will format any usb flash drive, with your choice of fat, fat32, or ntfs partition types. The my book live must be plugged into a functioning ethernet network. I recently needed to removed the drive from a western digital my book external usbesata drive enclosure. Anyways, when i connected my wd my book that has worked flawlessly on my macbook, and it has a bunch of videos and pictures stored it doesnt open automatically and when i looked under file explorer its not listed on the left side either. I have a 500gig western digital my book external hard drive that worked perfectly fine. My book drive, with the wd backup, wd drive utilities, and wd security software. I plugged my usb cable into the port of my book external hard drive, and it started connecting and disconnecting on its own. We opened this hard drive for purposes of data recovery at our office and ultimately ended up replacing the board in order to get the data out, successfully. Follow this section 1 if you havent upgrade the firmware and you dont want to.
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Western digital 3tb my book desktop external hard drive. Western digital my book duo wdblwe0080jch 2bay 8tb 2 x 4tb usb 3. I have a surface pro 4 also running windows 10 and with the usual single usb 3. Wd my book live is network storage installed with debian linux operating system. Is there any way to fix that, or at least get the info from the hd. So a few days ago the micro usb socket from the wd my book external enclosure case randomly fell off. Nov, 2008 i have a 500gig western digital my book external hard drive that worked perfectly fine. We recently had an unbacked up hard drive fail and looked into getting some of our critical files recovered from the device, however the recovery company wanted more than we. I just got a wd my book live and loaded all my movies, music and pictures onto it. Wd my book world edition usb connection july 2011 forums.
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What to do when your external hard drive wont show up pcmag. Wd my book 2tb shows up in device manager but doesnt open. Usb broken on wd external hard drive march 2011 forums cnet. The worlds bestselling external hard drive now features a new, smart, visual backup solution that protects your data automatically. Mar, 2011 usb broken on wd external hard drive by thomaswcarrier mar, 2011 9. Wd my book mac edition 1tb external desktop hard drive usb. I opened the enclosure to see if maybe it would be a quick and easy fix, but it appears not. Ultrafast transfer rates my book desktop storage is optimized for the fastest possible data transfer rates. Powered directly from the usb port on your computer, no separate power supply is needed, though an optional cable is available for the few computers that limit power from the usb port. Change usb portcable to detect wd external hard drive. However, i have some specific questions that i did not find answers to in those postings.
When i connect my wd my book duo 4tb ntfs formatted and configured as raid 1, so shows as 2tb to the usb 3. Ive got a 1tb my book essential, and im wondering how i can access the data without usb, as the jack within the my book has broken off from the board. My book external drives are designed to save energy. Change registry and format to repair wd external hard drive not recognizedworking error. Amazon is offering the 8tb wd my book desktop usb 3. Wd my book world edition usb connection please note. While some drives can draw enough power from your computers usb port. Have used wd external drives for years with zero problem, starting with a 1tb my book which i. Forum forum my book world edition blue rings what exactly can the usb port do. Western digital my book opening the case removing the. So far i havent been able to find anything and the only other option i can think of is buying a whole.
Mini usb port broke off 2tb wd mybook hd external drives. Tried it in my computer, click l drive and it asks for format, but it wont. I have a lenovo z50 laptop running windows 10 which has two usb 2. So here you go, the steps required to disassemble a newstyle western digital my book drive enclosure. The 2tb elements external desktop hard disk drive from western digital is an external hard drive designed to fit easily onto your desktop. Usually, hard drives just use windows builtin usb and hard disk drivers, so this isnt likely to fix a. However when i opened device manager it was listed under disk drives and wd drive management devices. Usb mini port broken on 1tb my book essential wd community. The mybook cases are very nice, many of them feature usb, firewire and esata. Copying a 1gb file between the my book and the internal hard disk on my pc gives write speed 288 mega bits per second and read speed 364 mega bits per second. How to format a hard drive fat32 in windows 7 1tb toshiba usb drive duration. I also have a relatively newly purchased wd my book 2tb external hard drive. Wd my book essential connector board replace and data recovery diy 4061705059003 4061705059001 duration.
Wd my book 4tb external usb crashed techspot forums. I unplugged it, and boom, i heard a piece bouncing around down inside the drive. The drive worked perfectly fine up until that point, and smart tests detect that the drive is still ok. I opened up the enclosure and pulled the internal hard drive out so i could connect the hdd to straight to my computer and hopefully recover my data. Meanwhile i had inserted the 3tb wd drive into the usb port on my router usb 2. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. The live edition has an onboard jtag and uart port. Here you will find stepbystep instructions on how to open a western digital my book essential usb 3. Im not sure how but the usb port on the hard drive is now broken, does anyone know how i can repair it, and if so any links. I have attached several pictures so you can see what happened. I have several pieces of art work on there that i want to save. Wd my book mac edition 1tb external desktop hard drive usb 2. Wd has configured the drives in raid 0 and lets you reconfigure them in raid 1 or jbod, using the. How to format a hard drive fat32 in windows 7 1tb toshiba usb drive.
Fix wd external hard drive not recognizedworking with light on. Somehow the mini usb port on the side of it became loose and broke off the green circuit chip. We can setup this device to be our web server at home. Shop for western digital my book essential 1 tb usb 3. It is still attached to the board but the black insert inside the mini female port has broken off and. I plugged my usb cable into the port of my book external hard drive, and. Put your digital life on the high capacity my book desktop hard drive with ultrafast usb 3. Western digital my book essential broken usb youtube. Western digital desktop external hdds villman computers. Jun 23, 2014 so a few days ago the micro usb socket from the wd my book external enclosure case randomly fell off. Somehow the mini usb port on the side of it became loose and broke off the. Figure 2 shows the rear of the live duo, which differs from the live single in having a usb 2.
Western digital my book mini usb port replacement ifixit. So far i havent been able to find anything and the only other option i can think of is buying a whole new hard drive. You can also make the disk bootable by specifying a. Wd my book external hard drive not recognised on usb 3. When soldering, you run the risk of damaging the board and yourself. Equipped with social media and cloud storage import, password protection and perfectly paired with wd backup or time machine, my book desktop storage helps keep your files safe. I bought an identical one and switched the internal drives and got my data off. Western digital wdbaag0020hch my book for mac 2tb usb 2. Wd external hard drive cannot be recognized with the light on in pc. Hello wd community, i have read several threads here on this subject. The western digital my book is twice as fast as the other two, which are about the same as eachother.
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