Copying files to Western Digital My Passport external hard drive is very slow.

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• Western Digital Elements WDBAAU0010HBK external hard drive,

  I want to use a Western Digital elements external hard drive WDBAAU0010HBK, but my laptop does not recognize it as a drive in windows Explorer. It gives notice that the hardware is installed and ready to use, but I'm not. In printers, and other devices, it displays an icon of the hard disk, but I only see the properties of the disc and not the files that are on it. I searched the internet for drivers for this drive, but WD elements has no pilot at all to its Web site, it says that the drivers must be installed automatically by Windows. I hope there's a sollution to this problem.

  Hello
  (1) have you made changes before the start of this issue?
  (2) you are trying to connect the external hard drive via the Hub?
  Method 1: My drive does not appear in Windows Explorer.
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/330140#appliesTo
  Note: Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems can occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you proceed with caution. For added protection, back up the registry before you edit it. Then you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click on the number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 322756 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756 /) how to back up and restore the registry in Windows

  Method 2: Open the hardware and devices troubleshooter.
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/open-the-hardware-and-devices-Troubleshooter
  
  I hope this helps.

• LR 5.7 cannot find my files already edited because I accidentally deleted them. I have original and exported raw files edited JPEG images on an external hard drive. How do return on LR the possibility to repeat already published photos complete with the p

  LR 5.7 cannot find my files already edited because I accidentally deleted them. I have original and exported raw files edited JPEG images on an external hard drive. How to get back on LR the possibility to repeat already published photos complete with a history of editing? Thank you.

  Thank you Joe Maniac.  I deleted the original linked files on my internal hard drive which were dng files, but had copies of the raw files edited and edited the exported raw files (in JPEG format).  I don't have copies of dng files.  So what I ended up having to do was import the original raw files which then made a DNG copy on my internal hard drive.  The link has not changed, but now the files were back in the original track for missing photo alerts disappeared and I was able to see my change history.  The process has been painful, but without the dng, I had nothing to do a link to more if at least re-import them files has recreated the dng.  I don't know if there was an easier way, but it seemed that the problem did not the link deletion.  I use LR for a few years, but it was a rookie mistake, precipitated by my hard drive being so jammed up I ended up delete what I shouldn't.  I should have just moved the dng and the link to an external hard drive. Thanks again.

• Passport external hard drive does not work

  I dropped my external hard drive USB plug (WD Passport).  I can't open it to access my files at all (many of them that I need for work). Its icon appears in the Device Manager and it evven shows that it works correctly.  I can do at home before I have send off by the Geek Squad for $250?  I heard a horror story already that turned into $ 1600 to $ 250.  I can't afford this.  Help, please.

  Saturday, September 29, 2012 19:14:03 + 0000, debramirez wrote:

  I dropped my external hard drive USB plug (WD Passport).  I can't open it to access my files at all (many of them that I need for work). Its icon appears in the Device Manager and it evven shows that it works correctly.  I can do at home before I have send off by the Geek Squad for $250?  I heard a horror story already that turned into $ 1600 to $ 250.  I can't afford this.  Help, please.

  Two points:

  1. If you dropped out, it's probably broken, and you will be unable to
  do something with. Next time, make sure that you have a backup on another medium
  files that interest you.

  2. If you decide to take it somewhere to the service, avoiding the Geek
  Team like the plague. In my opinion and that of many others of us
  Here, the other stores to large surface and they are terrible - the worst places for
  Opt for the service.

  Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP

• WD My Passport external hard drive appears as drive F:\, but could not find the music in iTunes

  I have a WD My Passport which appears as drive "F". I use this for backup of music & photos etc.  It seems to be is no longer working and it asks me to format it, I tried, and windows is unable to do.  Problem is that I now have a lot of music in Itunes which is no longer available as original file is not found. Does anyone have ideas how I can return this music?

  If you left click the drive letter 'F'... it displays the
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  WARNING! Formatting will erase your files. WARNING!

  See the following article from WD on formatting:

  How to partition and format a drive WD on Windows (7, Vista, XP) and Mac OSX
  http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/A_ID/3865 The following links to Support WD may be worth a try:

  Forums Community WD (external drives)
  http://community.wdc.com/T5/WD-external-drives/CT-p/external_drives

  WD knowledge base
  http://support.wdc.com/product/KB.asp?lang=en

  WD E-mail and phone support
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• Back to the top: the files are not backed up on external hard drive

  When I back up my hard drive to Windows Vista, the backup (which should include my documents) works about 30 seconds and it didn't save the file created on my external hard drive of diving. The hard drive is a Seagate 160 GB with about 90 GB of available disk space. I have my using the Windows Vista program upward.

  Thanks for the help.

  Hello

  ·        Have you tried the same files and backup folder in one different location (another drive or media)?

  You can check if there are errors listed in Event Viewer related to backup is not made. To open Event Viewer, follow the link below.

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/open-Event-Viewer

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/what-information-appears-in-event-logs-Event-Viewer

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  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/disable-antivirus-software

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  Amrita M

  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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• Sudden appearance of the names of long and digital folder on external hard drives

  I have a couple of external hard drives - from different manufacturers - that I use for storage of music and video files and backups. For some reason, the two generated spontaneously records with alphanumeric long file names - for example H:\6f4f50122a8503a6e12ba6813091dede.

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  In fact, I went to the length of formatting of disks. He gets rid of these files, but they come back soon. Does anyone know the purpose of these files?

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• External hard drive is extremely slow backup

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• Cannot find the files in macbook trash of the external hard drive

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• Get the "Access denied" error when you try to play all video files in another folder on my external hard drive.

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  Kind regards
  Haley

  Hey HRolston,

  What version/service pack of XP are you using?

  What format of your hard drive is formatted to?

  You can check the version/service pack:

  ·         Click Start

  ·         Right click my computer

  ·         Click on Properties

  ·         On the general tab, under System: you will see your information

  For example: Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Version 2002, Service Pack 3

  You can check what is the format of your hard drive is:

  ·         Click Start

  ·         Click on my computer

  ·         Right click on Local disk (c) (or letter that contains your operating system)

  ·         Click on Properties

  ·         On the general tab, next to file system: you will see the format of your hard drive (Fat32 or NTFS)

  Can't wait to hear back on your part.

  Steven
  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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• MP3 files have changed. IDX on external hard drive and can not open

  Original title:. IDX FILES

  My HD has all my music files.  Somehow, the files have changed MP3 for. IDX I can't open an any of them.  Microsoft does not support.  I want back my music files.  How can I do this?  Help please!  I am computer illiterate.  Thank you! Remember - this is a public forum so never post private information such as numbers of mail or telephone!

  Ideas:

  • You have problems with programs
  • Error messages
  • Recent changes to your computer
  • What you have already tried to solve the problem

  Hi Cidnee.Elise,

  1. don't you get an error message when tried to open the. IDX file?
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  We recommend that you change the default program that Windows XP uses to open this type of file.
  See change the program by default, Windows XP uses to open a specific file type

  Visit our Microsoft answers feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

• How to back up files and computer programs on an external hard drive

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  Hello

  What version of Vista you have? Backup routines are different for the different versions.

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  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/100133-backup-files.html

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  I prefer for the most of backup data and prefer to do it in a way that makes it easy to find and
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  ImageBurn - free
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• IO error 0x8007045D with Western Digital External Hard Drive in Windows 7

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• My external hard drive missing from my computer

  Hi everyone is smarter than me... which would include about each of you.  ;-)
  I have a Western Digital 1 TB external hard drive connected to my laptop Dell Inspiron 6000 Intel Pentium clocked at 1.86 GHz proc running Windows XP V2002 Pro 32 bit SP3. Until a few days ago the WD is working fine since I bought it about 3 years ago.

  The problem: the drive is listed in the device as Manager works fine but it does not appear in my computer. I reinstalled the WD software and run the diagnosis that came back with a mistake or two test and repair but not yet in MyComp. I searched the entire computer, but the E: drive is not there. I have studied this thing to the end, including the proposed solutions on Microsoft here, but I am against the wall and do not know what else to do.

  Any suggestions?
  Thanks in advance!
  Mike

  Me = SHOUTING, CHEERING, YELLING, CELEBRATING, essentially going nuts!  :-)

  Guess what, y ' All? I found my Western Digital external hard drive!  I'm so excited!  I was not happy that since my children were born.  Laughing out loud.

  AND I OWE IT ALL TO TECH-GEEK! THANK YOU 1 BILLION, JILLION AND GAZILLION, BILLIONS OF TIMES!

  Your post today mentioning external hard drive to your customer and how you had retrieved all the data using http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk, it's what saved my life! I spent very little time on their site and very little time running of the programme and BING POW ZOOM! My drive is back, fully intact, not a single missing file!  I think it's all because I was able to give the drive a name (you know, L for logic and so forth). Because as soon as I wrote the files on the disk - which literally seconds - restarted, and BINGO! She's back in my computer!

  I can't begin to even formulate words to properly express how I am grateful to you, TG. I am most grateful. Can I make a donation to your charity in your name?

  A BAJILLION THANKS!
  Mike