- Nov 22, 2009
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So I had a Western Digital Passport 320GB External drive recently fail, and lost all my important files. First of all....the drive was working perfect, it has been fine in the 2 1/2 years I had it. Last night, I was rearranging my bedroom and unhooked the PC. Well, all said and done, moved PC to different location in the room, hooked it all back up, plugged in the USB external drive, and Windows 7 will not recognize it.
Disk management "sometimes" shows the disc as Disc 1, sometimes it dont show anything. If I click on Disc 1, it says initialize disc, when I do, it says "incorrect function" error
It shows up in device manager as either "WD" or "Disc Drive"
Uninstalled the drive, rebooted, reinstalled the drive, its a no go.
It doesnt show up in Devices and Printers, however it does show a drive listed as "external HDD"
No matter what I do, I cannot access the drive.
When I first plug it into USB, USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 "any on my case or PC" the drive has a "musical buzz or beep to it" then makes a "tick" noise twice.
Sort of like this....
BUZZ buzz BUZZ tick tick
Tried it on another PC, same thing. Unplugged the PC from a surge protector, and directly to the wall outlet "some say it cant provide enough power from a surge" and the same thing happens.
So...Am I right to assume it is bad ? Dead ? And it is also out of warranty.
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So, now I need a 1TB external HDD. I dont care about brand, but read recently that Western Digital makes horrible portable drives. What do you guys recommend ?
And I also need a new 2TB internal HDD. And a SSD for Windows only.
So, my needs are....
1 x 1TB External HD
1 x 2TB Internal HD
1 x SSD Drive for Windows only "and enough room for Windows updates"
What do you all recommend ? And needless to say, ill be backing my stuff up A LOT more often now.
Thanks in advance.
Disk management "sometimes" shows the disc as Disc 1, sometimes it dont show anything. If I click on Disc 1, it says initialize disc, when I do, it says "incorrect function" error
It shows up in device manager as either "WD" or "Disc Drive"
Uninstalled the drive, rebooted, reinstalled the drive, its a no go.
It doesnt show up in Devices and Printers, however it does show a drive listed as "external HDD"
No matter what I do, I cannot access the drive.
When I first plug it into USB, USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 "any on my case or PC" the drive has a "musical buzz or beep to it" then makes a "tick" noise twice.
Sort of like this....
BUZZ buzz BUZZ tick tick
Tried it on another PC, same thing. Unplugged the PC from a surge protector, and directly to the wall outlet "some say it cant provide enough power from a surge" and the same thing happens.
So...Am I right to assume it is bad ? Dead ? And it is also out of warranty.
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So, now I need a 1TB external HDD. I dont care about brand, but read recently that Western Digital makes horrible portable drives. What do you guys recommend ?
And I also need a new 2TB internal HDD. And a SSD for Windows only.
So, my needs are....
1 x 1TB External HD
1 x 2TB Internal HD
1 x SSD Drive for Windows only "and enough room for Windows updates"
What do you all recommend ? And needless to say, ill be backing my stuff up A LOT more often now.
Thanks in advance.
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