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• Western Digital drive hard problem; Forced to Format

  I have been using an external hard drive Western Digital Home Edition 500 GB with Windows Vista for more than 8 months without any problem.  Recently, I used the hard drive on a computer running Windows XP (also without any problem).  Now, the hard drive does not open on Windows Vista.  It is recognized in my computer, but when I try to open the location she reads, 'the drive must be formatted before use".  The drive still works under Windows XP.  I would rather not format it, because I didn't save my data :(

  102,

  First of all, make sure that it is not the hardware on your computer:

  1.) try all USB ports on the machine in question with the external hard drive

  2.) try other USB devices on the machine as well. You get the same result?

  Sometimes this is also caused by software conflicts. Anything to be downloaded or installed recently?

  It can also be caused by the power surges that occur in your home. Thunderstorms through here lately? Do you use a surge protector?
  If everything else seems to work very well, another cause can also be a virus. Update your virus definitions, then run a full system scan. Thank you, Jeremy M - Support Engineer

• Western Digital drive hard 60 GB tested OK through diagnostics but seems audio problems

  All audio sounds are rough with intermittent breaks through speakers or headphones. After that replace old soundcard with a new and new correct drivers the condition is the same. Check the wiring from the motherboard to the hard drive and I noticed that by moving WDC600BB HDD from different angles and positions of frying noise disappears. Ran extensive test it on the HARD drive it passed with flying colors. A way to repair the HARD drive... all my programs are on it.

  Did you use WD bootable SeaTools utility test or another?

• Western Digital external hard drive to backup impossible after installing the MS Fix It program

  I installed MS difficulty it program and since then, I had backup problems with my external hard drive WD (Western DigitaL).  I've used this for many months to back up my entire computer, using my Norton program, and now I get the message that there is a problem "with the back up.  He asks me to check if the device is connected, (it is of course!).  I also noticed that my external hard drive has been changed to 'F' to 'G' after I installeld Fix It.  That's fine, but WHY?  Is it considered a CORRECTION device?

  WHAT'S PAST AND HOW I CAN GET THIS BACK TO NORMAL, SO I CAN EASILY BACK UP AGAIN? It's very frustrating.

  Thanks for any help you can give.

  Claudia

  Hello

  1. what fixit did you run?

  2. What is the exact error message you get when you try to back up?

  I suggest you do system restore and see if it helps:

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/306084

  It will be useful.

• Western Digital external hard drive not recognized in Vista

  This computer is Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit) with Service Pack 2.

  I have connected an external Western Digital (My Book).  Sometimes the HD appears in devices such as WD My Book IEEE 1394 SBP @. Device Manager, and sometimes it isn't. ????

  No matter, it NEVER so appears as a disc when I look in Windows Explorer. ???

  Help, please!

  Thank you.

  You can get in trouble with your device drivers.  Go to Device Manager by going to start / find and type Device Manager and enter and then double-click on the program icon that appears.  Check each device to a red x, yellow! or white?  These identify devices with problems probably (drivers, but also of conflict or something else).  Click on each for more details and troubleshooting tips.  If you need to get drivers (and you shouldbring at least for an external hard drive and all you have time to do - they can help way beyond simply solve this problem), let the computer dealer or the manufacturer of the device (NOT of Microsoft Updates).  In fact, you must disable automatic updates in Windows Update driver as follows: http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/how-to-disable-automatic-driver-installation-in-windows-vista/. Follow these steps to get the drivers: http://pcsupport.about.com/od/driverssupport/ht/driverdlmfgr.htm.  Once you have the drivers, you can install them via the Manager device as follows:http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/193584-device-manager-install-driver.html.

  I hope this helps.

  Good luck!

  Lorien - MCSA/MCSE/network + / has + - if this post solves your problem, please click the 'Mark as answer' or 'Useful' button at the top of this message. Marking a post as answer, or relatively useful, you help others find the answer more quickly.

• IO error 0x8007045D with Western Digital External Hard Drive in Windows 7

  I have a Western Digital 1 TB external hard drive, and I am currently running Windows 7.  When I try to move files on the hard drive I get the error 0x8007045D i/o and it won't let me move or copy the file.  What can I do to fix this?

  Error 0x8007045d is "ERROR_IO_DEVICE" - "the request could not be performed because of an i/o device error."

  Check the behavior in a clean boot, or insafe mode.  If it persists, you will have a problem with the external hard drive.

• WIN 7 does not detect my HARD internal Western Digital drive WD10EARS

  Hello

  WIN 7 can not detect my Western Digital internal HDD WD10EARS (installed in housing Chieftec CEB - 35s - U3) via the USB 3.0 interface.
  I see the HARD drive in the control panel > all devices in Control Panel > devices and printers > devices, but I can not see HDD when I open my computer.
  Probably the problem with the driver...
  Thanks for help.

  Hi Mojster,

  Try the following.

  Step 1: Check if the drive is detected in the disk management utility.

  a. click Start, type diskmgmt.msc in the search box and press enter.

  b. check if the drive is detected and it has a drive letter.

  Step 2: If the Player do not have a drive letter assigned, then do it manually. You can follow this article.

  Change, add, or remove a drive letter

• Western Digital drive external hard error 0x8007045D

  I have a Western Digital 1 TB external hard drive, and I am currently running Windows 7.  When I try to move files on the hard drive I get the error 0x8007045D i/o and it won't let me move or copy the file.  What can I do to fix this?

  For any question on Windows 7:

  http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/category/Windows7

  Link above is Windows 7 Forum for questions on Windows 7.

  Windows 7 questions should be directed to / stationed there.

  You are in the Vista Forums.

  See you soon.

  Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• Western Digital external hard will not be displayed in the Finder or disk utility

  So I am certainly not the most tech-savvy person ever, but I'm not completely helpless on a computer, and I'm trying to help a friend with pulling content on an old external hard drive Western Digital (product No: WDBABW0010BSL-00;) ( http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Passport-Portable-External/dp/B003DC8D8I).

  Initially, I looked in the Finder for the hard disk appears, but nothing has ever, even after 15 minutes to be connected. After that, I went my utility application of disc to see if something has shown there, but again, no luck. I made sure that the micro-usb cable works, who he was and the hard drive itself did a light which is turn on, plus you can feel physically the disc rotates inside the hull to the touch on the case itself, so I know there is be able to get on the external hard drive.

  From this point, however, I am at a loss for what to do next. I read some of the other help topics, but I have not found anything like that, but that works for me.

  Thanks in advance for your suggestions and help!

  Have you tried this WD drive in another Mac with the same results?

  How old is the drive?

  I know that I had a problem once with a WD drive that had this type of behavior, and I could not use any utility software disc 3rd party on it to retrieve files or disk to repartition/format utility there. The drive is running but not visible anywhere on any Mac. My situation is that the drive had nothing of value to this topic, I used a top hammer so that nobody else could get something on it when I threw it in the trash.

• Windows 64-bit Vista and Western Digital drives

  I have two external drives from WD. One being the WD2500 and the other being the WD2500B007.
  I just bought this new HP with Windows Vista 64-bit machine. Readers will show up, but when they do, they don't show any of the data that I have on them. Everything they say is that they are the two 6 GB. That is the amount of space, they show that I've left on both drives. It's really weird. I perform virus checks, and no viruses are found. Is there a newer driver for these readers? BTW, I have an old WD firewire external drive, and it works fine.
  Please let me know if there's something escapes me! I use two drives for the same backup. I have a portable drive 500 GB that I have with all my data on it, so if I have to reformat the two 250 GB, I. But I didn't reformat the disks if they recognize only 6 GB each.
  Western Digital technical support told me that they won't support the readers for Vista 64-bit.  Can someone enlighten us and help out?

  Thank you!
  Todd.

  You can also try to update your readers to your manufacturers Web site drive controller... but who are internal discs... most of them is provided with the chipset drivers...

  You can try to run the WD on their website... to scan your drive for errors without losing data. also try plugging your drives with USB support. Most Microsoft Valuable Professional

• New drive hard problems

  Guys,

  I wonder if someone can help me.

  I need to add additional hard disks to several virtual machines and use the vSphere PowerCLI v5.1 against a vCenter Server running 5.1.0b.  When I try to add the disc using the cmdlet new-hard drive, I get the following error:

  New-harddisk: all parameters can be solved using the specified named parameters.

  On line: 1 char: 13

  + new hard drive < < < < - vm WinXpMstr - capacityGB 100 - diskpath "[MV] WinXPMstr/1234.vmdk".

  + CategoryInfo: InvalidArgument: (:)) [new-harddisk], ParameterBindingException)

  The full syntax of the command to run is:

  new drive hard vm - WinXPMstr - capacityGB 100 - diskpath "[MV] WinXPMstr/1234.vmdk".

  Thank you

  
  Paul

  You mix the different parametersets of the cmdlet New - hard drive settings.

  In your case CapacityGB and DiskPath cannot be used together.

• I have problem with my western digital portable HARD drive it still crashes!

  I have problem with my laptop HDD digital West sometimes when I plug it to my computer, my computer does not recognize it. But when he recognizes I can access the drive, but sometimes it is crash and restart once again it always happens... .this which should I do please help me! I have 9 a quick response...

  Other usb devices work on this PC?

  WD provides a free test utility, Data Lifeguard

  http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?lang=en

  http://support.wdc.com/techinfo/General/errorCodes.asp

• need help to repair the (WD5000H1U-00) western digital external hard drive problem. ___

  its supposed to be plug n play and uses standard drivers of the operating system. I plugged the drive and the computer installed the software/drive, but when I clicked on my computer the drive is not in the list.

  I was on the site of WD, and they do not have a driver that I can download. I spent 3 days all over the net, MS and WD site, and I am now at my wits end. I tried MS auto fix and fix it myself and still no joy. I clicked on 'remove hardware safely' and have tried updated driver, deleting and reinstalling and I gave up now.
  I need the drivers for it... Help, please!

  Yogi Hello 1968

  are you sure that the usb port does not work properly? You can try a different usb port

  have you updated the firmware http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?wdc_lang=en

  read the third detachment of jwscuba http://forums.computershopper.com/showthread.php?t=11&page=2

  Please click on the check mark as answered check on this Page if this post solves your problem, because it helps people who need quick access to answers THANKS AND GOOD LUCK

• I have western digital drive external hard it is said that it is unreadable

  Hello

  external hard drive not working not properly please help

  Hi Camillabebb,

  1 did you changes to the computer before the show?
  2. What is the full error message/code?

  3. were you able to connect earlier?

  Please follow the methods to find the cause and resolve the problem:

  Method 1: To work around these problems, use one of the following methods:

  a. disconnect and then reconnect the device that does not work.

  b. log off and then log on to the computer.

  Restart the computer.

  c. before you disconnect a storage such as an external hard drive device, first stop the machine. Or, use the feature remove the device safely to inform the operating system that you are about to unplug the unit. To do this, follow these steps:

  • a. click the remove the device safely in the notification area. This icon displays a notification bubble with a list of devices that are currently connected to the system.

  • b. click the device you want to remove. This will shut off the unit, and then you can unplug safely.

  Method 2: Run the fixit:

  Hardware devices do not work or are not detected in Windows

  http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/hardware_device_problems/

  Method 3: Run the fixit:

  USB devices stop working in Windows XP Media Center Edition

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/890546

  Please let us know the result. If the problem is not resolved, we will be happy to help you further.

• Memory full. HPW to identify and remove duplicate files. great western digital external hard drive is that it is not working properly

  hsving obvous problem assostated with little or no space drive. slow operion of progtams "program does not" and 'unable to write' trusted sites.

  Sometimes when the hard disk becomes incredibly full, you can even copy files to an external hard drive. In such cases, simply pull the disk and put in a USB external hard drive case. Attach it to a working computer and copy the data in this way, either on a drive in the system of work or another external hard drive (it will be slower). Delete the data out of the full disc. MS - MVP - Elephant Boy computers - don't panic!