Hardware Western Digital My Passport Essential, Detected but does not appear
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 Nov 10 2010, 02:15 PM
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3,304 posts Joined: Mar 2006 From: Chicago(Port25) 
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At first thought, i thought this could be drive letter clashing, but seems like the case is deeper than i thought.
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Nov 13 2010, 04:37 PM
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QUOTE(holoman @ Nov 10 2010, 11:02 AM) wah,im facing the same prob as u now .. hi, my friend is working in a data recovery company. do let me know if you interested for expert recovery. anyone can help us ? grr Added on November 10, 2010, 11:02 amwah,im facing the same prob as u now .. anyone can help us ? grr   |
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Nov 19 2010, 02:15 PM
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482 posts Joined: Sep 2009
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Have you install WD SmartWare in your computer? Try run the SmartWare. Does it happen to ask you a password?
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Nov 19 2010, 09:58 PM
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492 posts Joined: Apr 2007 From: kedah 
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already reformat d hdd ?
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Nov 27 2010, 05:21 PM
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1,360 posts Joined: Jan 2003 From: Federal Territory of Putrajaya
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finally my WD cannot be detected at all...what should i do now ? seems like i've got to send to the experts...but need to prepare the budget too...
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Nov 27 2010, 07:07 PM
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6,728 posts Joined: Jan 2003 From: Zion
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The controller board for the drive seems to be ok. But i think the drive is starting to fail. In this case, there is nothing much you could do but get a new drive. Suggesting data recovery could be out of reach to you because it occurs a lot of cost.
An earlier suggestion by another forummer to crack the case and link it up to another case seems to be a good idea. But before that, i would try and source a new USB cable first. Get the ones with 2 USB connectors for extra power from another USB port. Else u gotta live with lost data then. Good luck. |
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Nov 28 2010, 01:28 PM
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1,360 posts Joined: Jan 2003 From: Federal Territory of Putrajaya
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QUOTE(netmatrix @ Nov 27 2010, 07:07 PM) The controller board for the drive seems to be ok. But i think the drive is starting to fail. In this case, there is nothing much you could do but get a new drive. Suggesting data recovery could be out of reach to you because it occurs a lot of cost. already got new drive from seagate...An earlier suggestion by another forummer to crack the case and link it up to another case seems to be a good idea. But before that, i would try and source a new USB cable first. Get the ones with 2 USB connectors for extra power from another USB port. Else u gotta live with lost data then. Good luck. already tried the method that u mention above but also fail... really sad cannot recover lots of photo inside there...  |
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