Hard drive WD Passport not recognized.

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  I have a Western Digital Passport 80 GB HD, which worked fine with XP until today.  I plugged this morning and received an error not recognized USB.  I followed the troubleshooting tips and online help.  It seems that in most cases, if you go to computer management / disk management, you can see the external hard drive.  This is not the case with mine.  I don't see the player.  I downloaded the recovery software, but everything is based on the premise that the drive appears.  Mine does not work.  Can someone help me?

  Thank you.

  Unfortunately, this drive has probably went wrong.  Have you tried another cable to connect your player to your computer?  It may be a long shot, but it is possible that the cable could be damaged.  You may need to take your car to a specialist in recovery to recover the data.  I apologize for the bad news.

  See you soon

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• Maxtor OneTouch II 300 GB external hard drive USB/FireWire not recognized by the computer

  Title: Maxtor OneTouch II 300 GB USB/FireWire external hard drive of origin

  I found my old external hard drive and I wanted to access some old photos. Since I bought the drive, I have upgraded to Windows 7. Windows does not see the hard drive after updating the usb drivers. I look in the tab of the computer and no hard drive. I looked in disk management and I see it but it won't initialize. Shows the error, and that's all... HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  Hello

  
  1. have you checked if the external drive is detected on another computer?
  2. What is the exact error message you get when the task fails?
   
  To work with the issue, check out the following link.
  
  My drive does not appear in Windows Explorer
  
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/330140
  
  Check if it helps.

• When I plug in an external hard drive usb, it is recognized in Device Manager, but not in Solution Explorer.

  When I plug in an external hard drive usb, it is recognized in Device Manager, but not in Solution Explorer. I use windows 7 on a laptop Pavilion dv7-6b77dx.

  Thank you.  I followed your instructions and it worked.  I am amazed by these forums.  No matter what a person has problems, there is someone out there who has the knowledge and the willingness to share with the less informed.  Thanks again for you information.

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• Backup of Assistant - Placement of files on external hard drive (WD Passport)

  I've recently backed up all my photos, videos and music files on an external hard drive (WD Passport) using the Microsoft Backup Wizard.  In the past I had used WD Sync or Dmailer Sync, but I wasn't able to find my files anywhere, don't know why. If anyone knows why let me know, but my question is...

  When Microsoft Backup Wizard saved my files from my PC to my external drive it placed the files in an array of files (backup folder 1, Folder 2 Backup, etc.), then you must go through a table of records in the records to access my files.  Files were not arranged in the same folders/fashion as they were on my PC. Is there anyway that I can do so that I can find my files on the external hard drive faster or easier?

  Any information would be helpful.

  Thank you very much.

  Unfortunately, this is how Microsoft Backup works under Vista.  If you need to do a restore, it should bring it back to their original location (not all jumbled up like they are in the backup).  I do not know why this happens, but that's what we have to live with this product.  Products Microsoft Backup (in pretty much all of them) are not the best on the market and have quite a few gaps which we hope will be addressed in the future and updates or distributions.

  A lot of people don't like Microsoft Backup and Restore Center and choose a 3rd party product to make backups (I don't - but have judged several times when I encounter problems or read on the problems here in these forums).  The one I heard most frequently recommended (and recommend) is Acronis True Image http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/.  I don't know it it solves this problem, but it comes with a free trial version so you can check for yourself without any risk.

  Regarding the search for your missing files for WD Sync or Dmailer Sync, if you know the names, we do a THOROUGH system search (a regular search search locations and file types in the index, and they may not be there - have you checked all the programs to see if they made an entry there for their backup functions).  Here's how: to search the entire C: drive under Vista go to start / search and type in ' or '. As you type, you'll see two hyperlinks appear just above where you type and we'll search everywhere.  A click on it.  Who will do a fast indexed search and bring up a dialog box.  Click on advanced search.  Click the drop-down location and find the C: drive and click on it. Check the box "include not indexed, hidden and system files (might be slow).»  Then click on search.  You will now search your entire hard drive to the specified file.  And Yes, is not a very effective way to search the entire disk for a file but this is how it is done under Vista (and it does not search the entire disk).

  I hope this helps.

  Good luck!
  Lorien - MCSA/MCSE/network + / A +.

• After Vista update cannot find the external hard drive, AutoPlay does not work, and new unusable disk appears under my computer

  After Vista update cannot find the external hard drive, AutoPlay does not work, and new unusable disk appears under my computer. Also I can't 'manage' my computer because I do not have "permissions". I tried a fix he 45071 and it did nothing.

  Applications, (Norton and McAfee) (including free evaluation versions are notorious for not not upgrade (or uninstalling) itself.) If NIS has been installed for 3 years, you have NIS update at least once and maybe twice (e.g., NIS 2009 > NIS 2010 > NIS 2011).

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  NOTE: Do NOT activate or install additional modules of Norton (for example, Norton Anti-Phishing) immediately.

  7. manually and repeatedly run LiveUpdate (Norton) until you get a prompt "no update more".

  8. open Internet Explorer (only) to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737 & run the difficulty.

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  10. restart once again & test.

  NB: Installation KB971029 disables AutoRun/autoplay on USB connected but not 'brilliant media' external drives (i.e., CDs & DVDs). See http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2011/02/08/deeper-insight-into-the-security-advisory-967940-update.aspx

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  [1] full Disclosure: the difficulty operating in AGGRESSIVE mode will remove your update history but not list the updates installed in Add/Remove Programs (Windows XP) or installed updates.

  ~ Robear Dyer (PA Bear) ~ MS MVP (that is to say, mail, security, Windows & Update Services) since 2002 ~ WARNING: MS MVPs represent or work for Microsoft

• How can I fix my CD-ROM drive or a DVD drive that is not recognized by Windows or other programs, so I can't play or access a CD or a DVD.

  How can I fix my CD-ROM drive or a DVD drive that is not recognized by Windows or other programs, so I can't play or access a CD or a DVD. Sometimes, when I click on one of the disks that it opens, but the page for the drive is empty. It also says to insert a disk, sometimes when there is a disc in the drive. How this can be fixed.

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  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/982116

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• HP ProBook s 4540: How can I tell if my laptop has all the spare HARD drive bay or not?

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  Your maintenance and Service Guide here.

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  Remove the old hard drive and connect it on the new computer using a USB to SATA connector like this...

  http://www.TigerDirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3276554&CATID=11527

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  Download the zip on the site below...

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• Personal Media Drive (HDD) is not recognized in HP xb4 Docking Station laptop with HDX 18i

  Hello:

  This is my first post since obtaining these three pieces of equipment.

  a lot of problems with my new laptop and separate hard drive docking station.

  But this one is the most annoying:

  my HP Personal Media Drive HD10000x slips into a Bay (specifically for these players) on my xb4 docking station.

  Connected to the docking station is my laptop, a HDX18.

  Everything works very well between the laptop and docking station, except the HARD drive: it lights not or anything when you slide into the dock media Bay.

  This is supposed to be 'hot-swapable' and everything, but it is just dead.    It's new, but I hate to send it back (at my expense) if there is another problem here.

  If someone has encountered this?

  Help, please!

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• Computer failure, hard drive readable: can not find the 5 Lightroom Catalog.

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  I used 5.3 LR on Win7, never pay attention in the name of the catalog used. My photo files were on the same physical hard disk D: partition.

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• I had to replace my hard drive and can not get my Photoshop CS2 9.0.2 to activate.  I tried the phone and the Web site and have both the serial number

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• WD My Passport not recognized as drive external HARD on windows 7

  Hello

  I would like to ask if anyone has experienced this and how the address the issue:

  I just bought a WD My Passport Ultra 1 TB and tested on two devices (desktop to Win7 ultimate) and portable Win7 Pro. At first I used it on my desk and it it detected as required WDC but subsequently using the router as its update driver.

  -J' checked the Disk Manager, and he's not here.

  -J' checked Device Manager, it is detected as "Internet access server" (maybe the reason a router driver has been used).

  -J' tried to uninstall the server "Internet access" and restart the system to flush it out

  -The Office again the HDD detected as "Internet access server.

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  After all this I tried on the laptop. No problem and did a reformat of the hard drive so that it can be detected as a disk of expenses by the office. Still no luck.

  Hope someone can help me here.

  Thank you

  Perry

  Hi Perry,

  First of all, check Device Manager to see if the WD hard drive status.
  Right-click on the device and click Properties to check the status of the device.

  Try to connect the WD Passport to another USB port.

  Kindly, follow these methods and check if that helps.
  Method 1:
  Try the Fixit from Microsoft Hardware:

  Hardware devices do not work or are not detected in Windows
  http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/hardware_device_problems/en-us?WA=wsignin1.0

  
  Method 2:
  If this does not help, try to rescan the disks in disk management.
  a. right click "my computer".
  b. click 'manage '.
  c. Select 'disk management '.
  d. click Actions and click 'analyze disk '.
  e. find your player in the list in the lower pane. Right click and select "Initialize" and "Add partition".

  Method 3:
  If none of the steps help, then remove and reinstall USB controllers.
  a. disconnect all USB devices except the keyboard and mouse.
  b. click on the Start button.
  c. type devmgmt.msc and press ENTER.
  d. in the Manager device scroll down to USB controllers.
  e. right click each one, one at a time and click Uninstall.
  f. restart your computer now, each USB port is reinstalled.

  Now test the question.

  Let us know if it helps. If the issue persits, we will be happy to help you.

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• drive hard Seagate usm is not recognized by the computer.

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