Or how to delete a protected efi disk partition with windows 7. How i rescued my data from a 3tb wd my book external hard drive. Your my book drive is now ready to use as an external storage device. My book essential drive seen by desktop but wont open stops. Western digitals mybook drives are very convenient and popular storage. Maybe you should try contacting wds technical support about this. Choose initialize disk and pick one partition system between mbr and gpt. A line of external hard drives by western digital, styled after hardbound books.
My book essential drive seen by desktop but wont open stops responding wd external drives external drives for pc lam april 14, 2016. My hard drive doesnt show up windows 7 fix western. In reality we do not recommend you smack your hard drive or other. I borrowed it to someone and they said it was plugged in to a pc with nonwindows operative system on it i believe it was linux. This version of the mybook has no external screws and has to be opened similar to a. The western digital external hard disk drive of 2tb capacity after being connected to the pclaptop does show a local disk i but if i try. How to solve my wd hard drive not recognized in windows 10. That is to say, i am unable to access my wd hard drive from file explorer. I show you how you can get your hard drive to show up in windows 7. I have tried about half a dozen of the methods that i have read on other posts and forums and still am not able to recognize my drive on this pc. Youll need a thin flathead screwdriver and a phillips star shaped screwdriver. My book wont power up western digital my book ifixit. Locate the wd hard drive that going to be initialized and right click it.
Wd my book external hdd will not show up in windows 10 i am trying to get a wd my book hdd connected to my pc running windows 10. I can no longer get wd back up to open on my laptop i click on it a little loading spinner starts but blips out. My hard drive doesnt show up windows 7 fix western digital hard drive not detected duration. The drive would appear to start mounting or otherwise be recognized by the. To contact wd for technical support support create a support case.
My book and windows 10 external drives for pc wd community. I got a bit of a problem there with a wd external drive. How to open a western digital mybook usb drive after a few months of loud clicking coming out of my western digital mybook it finally died. My book desktop storage is ready to use out of the box so you can start transferring files, saving your memories and backing up right away. How to open the western digital mybook may not be entirely obvious. Create a support case with our worldclass service and support team. This way applied to the situation that your wd hard drive shows as not initialized disk when you open disk management. Or if your wondering what are system partitions and boot partitions.
Western digitals mybook drives are very convenient and popular storage options, but if the drive stops working then you might have success by giving it a quick love tap. Was able to access my external hard drive yesterday. And you are about to void any warranty you may have. Wd back up will not open 2018 wd software wd community. Wd 2 tb my book not recognized by norton or by file explorer, but shows up in device manager.
However, i found that wd elements not showing in my computer file explorer after i connected it to my computer running windows 10. If not, look in disk management and locate the drive by drive letter. How to open the western digital my book 500gb do not be stupid and leave the unit plugged in or plug it in during disassembly. Wd my book external hdd will not show up in windows 10. Wd my book external hdd 2tb does not open toms hardware. Works everywhere else that i am not running windows 10. Talked to wd on the phone to verify they would replace the drive but not remove the data or send the old drive back. My mybook 3t drive, less than 1 yr old, only used for time machine backups, refuses to power up now. Ive had mybook wdbaaf5000ebk for about 2 years and have not had reason to check on backed up files recently. Western digital my book 500 gb hard drive not starting up super. Available in various editions from essential, to premium to world edition.
If it indicates the drive is off line, click off line and a menu will pop up with an option to change the drive to online. Wd my book will not open external drives for pc wd. If you have used the power button to turn the drive off and on this. Once system operational and plugged in, it appears in device manager. Excluded filesthe wd backup software will not back up its own backup plan or. I had an extra sata drive around, so i thought why not replace it. I have a western digital 1tb elements portable external hard drive, which used to work well with my friends computer. Wd my book essential not being recognized in windows 10. Recently my 3tb wd my book gave up and would not power on, this is how i managed to rescue all of my 2. I have four wd my book drives working with windows 10 and no problems.
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