Used it for about a year, and it started making faint noises scraping and month later it was dead. I am thinking of buying the western digital my book essential external hard drive maybe 160 gb. If youre using an external display, make sure that its turned on, securely connected to your mac, and isnt experiencing any video or display issues. Convert iam format to nwd format you need either navisworks simulate or manage i think. Wd my book external hard drive stoped working external hardware. Ive only had it for a couple months and now its not showing up on my macbook pro. Press and hold the power button on your mac for 10 seconds, then press it again. Its worth mentioning that the greens are classed as consumer products, not servergrade. How to fix my mac not recognizing my wd external hard drive. Will my usb drive work with readyshare old models answer.
Western digital my book essential edition 1tb usb 2. Dec 21, 2015 my wd my book essential external hard drive suddenly wont get recognized by the computer. Nov 15, 2011 i have a my book essential 1tb external. For a while now, ive noticed that when i rest my hand on the thing, i can feel a verylight, almostclunky kind of thing happening inside it may have been happening all along, but i dont know i didnt check until after i had already been using the thing for a while. Whether its a gift from someone else or a gift to yourself, if youre opening a brand new apple macbook air, mac mini or imac today, heres our roundup of the apps you need to download first. Western digital my book essentials 2 tb enclosure died, drive. Western digital my book external hard drive question. Jun 27, 2007 i am thinking of buying the western digital my book essential external hard drive maybe 160 gb. My book essential smart backup and storage our bestselling my book external drive is an elegant, highcapacity storage solution for all the chapters of your digital life. Go to disk utility and identify if your wd my passport is listed on the lefthand side of the interface.
I cant get the wd to open or show up on my desktop. I had the same issue with two wd passport essential hdd, the first is 500gb and the other is 1tb. Western digital my book essentials 2 tb enclosure died. This way applied to the situation that your wd hard drive shows as not initialized disk when you open disk management.
Hello, im trying to install my new wd my book essential hard drive to my mac snow leopard. Home windows operating systems windows 10 forums we and our ad partners use cookies to understand how you use our site, improve your experience and serve you personalized content and advertising. I too have had a 1tb western digital my book premium edition. With a new, stylish design that fits in the palm of your hand, theres space to store, organize, and share your photos, videos, music, and documents. Then the software prompted me to download a new software update, which i tried to do but it wouldnt process. Was there an unusual behaviour of the disk say an unpleasant clicking noise. My wd my book essential external hard drive suddenly wont get recognized by the computer. Also, when plugged in at boot up, it stopsfreezes computer from completing. Heres some more info it doesnt show up in my computer or disk management however. Unlike some other people with this problem, my hard drive isnt showing up on my pc windows 7 or my husbands macbook air, and although it has a flashing blue light when plugged in, it isnt making that spinning sound, which has me worried it might be a gonner. I updated the firmware for the router and the drives but the sp utility cannot see them, although it can see usb thumb drives when connected to the router.
When i connect it to the computer i get disk cant be intiialized in disk manager. The usb drives listed below are only the drives that netgear has tested. Wd 2 tb my book not recognized by norton or by file explorer, but shows up in device manager. The windows 10 didnt recognized the wd drive normally, nor with the most updated win10 driver just showing the local disc d. Under the device manager it says wd ses device usb device with a yellow exclamation point under the other devices category. When i connect it to the pc, sometimes the pc reads. I checked disk utility to see if it shows up there and it doesnt. Walkman is not recognised by the computer if the computer does not recognise the walkman, try the following solutions. How to fix my mac not recognizing my wd external hard. Mybook essential edition driverssoftware posted in hardware, components and peripherals. I closed out of it, restarted, and attempted to use the old software again when it no. Ive had a western digital my book essential 1tb hard drive for about 3 months, give or take. Hey, im having problems with my 1 tb wd my book essential drive external usb hdd. If your usb device is not listed below it does not mean it will not work with readyshare it just means that the usb device has not been tested by netgear.
What happens is i plug in my drive to power and the drive starts spinning up. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our website. Western digital external hdd my book essential will not mount on a mac pro running os x 10. Convert iam format to nwd format autodesk community. The next time its best to shutdown the computer so it forces the saving of the files.
Everything was going fine i downloaded the wd software again online it was showing me the files in the my book and my macbook pro. Hi folks, a friend of mine has given me his my book to test for him. Wd my book external hard drive stoped working external. Our latest edition features visual, easytouse, automatic, continuous backup software and drive lock security protection. I strongly urge you to back up to another drive, offsite service or dvds asap. Cannot initialize wd my book essential 3tb hdd solutions. After i updated ive been getting a lot of bugs and extreme lag. Wd mybook external 1tb disk no response when plugging. Wd my book essential no drives september 2007 forums cnet. Both my book studio and time capsule utilize western digitals caviar green family of drives.
So, suddenly my external wd disk isnt responding when plugging it into the electricity socket. Turn on my book by pressing the power button located on the back panel. I go and plug the mybook into my usb and it doesnt install whatsoever like it did when i first got it. Wd my book external hard drive stoped working posted in external hardware. I just plugged in my old my book into my new macbook pro. Sep 12, 2009 in addition to the new ultraportable my passport essential drives wd announced recently, the company also redesigned the my book essential and my book for mac drives.
Oct 30, 2015 is an independent website and is not affiliated with microsoft,android,linux and apple. Our latest edition features visual, easytouse, automatic, conti nuous backup software and drive lock security protection. Jul 07, 2011 both my book studio and time capsule utilize western digitals caviar green family of drives. Prior versions were a wd drive in a book like external usb drive case, with some optional software preloaded on the drive, that could be removed if you didnt need it. Ive tried downloading the virtual installation cd, but the software doesnt get past drive not found. How and why wd my passport is not recognized on mac. The latest update to the my book essential line is a case study in how to ruin a previously good product.
Western digital external hdd my book essential will not. If you have a newer model, please visit this article. Our latest edition now features visual, easytouse, automatic, continuous backup software and drive lock security protection, giving you beauty, brains and simplicity. Open navisworks, then open the iam in question, navisworks converts it across, save as your navisworks file of choice. Locate the wd hard drive that going to be initialized and right click it. Some esata controllers may require a system reboot to. Wd my book essential external hard drive not recognized.
I have tried several things from changing the cable, removing the drive from the casing and hooking it up directly through sata, tried multiple recovery tools found but so far i havent had any luck. Wd my book essential no drives by wmkelly sep 18, 2006 4. Connect the ac adapter and esata cable optional as shown. That is not all you also need external storage to add storage for your imac. I was wondering if anyone knew if the hard drive is user replaceable. Can i replace the hard drive on a western digital my book. Wd my passport greyed out in disk utility and unrecognized in. Apr, 2020 further, transfer of files toandfrom the wd my passport is made possible when the drive is successfully mounted on the mac computer. The my passport drive is trusted, portable storage that gives you the confidence and freedom to drive forward in life. I have a western digital my book essential 3tb hard drive that i cannot mount or initialize.
Wd my book essential drive not recognized on my mac. Why is my wd my book 3tb hard drive not showing up. Both worked perfectly before upgrading to windows 10. Otherwise, on a healthier external drive, this option works flawlessly. As to fixing this youll need to get a file recover app to hopefully knit back together the directory services which are corrupted on the disk. Why isnt my wd my book external hard drive being recognized. Then try these solutions, whether or not your mac has signs of power. Just recently it stopped being recognized by my pc and laptop. The quick fix for this is to turn off and unplug the mybook, and then give it a few sharp taps around the power button to dislodge it. When i plug it in, i hear the machine inside starting up and the white light starts to blink for a few seconds then it stops. Wd my book essential not recognized or reformatted. I am trying to decide between a generic external case and the western digital one. My book essential user manual about your wd drive 1 about your wd drive welcome to your my book essential external hard drive, an elegant, highcapacity storage solution for all the chapters of your di gital life.
How to recover files from external hard drive for imac. Ive tried to check though the forum for a solution without much luck. Since the unlocker will not show up, the hard drive will remain unseen by the mac. Perfectly paired with wd backup software and password protection, the my passport drive helps keep your digital lifes. How to solve my wd hard drive not recognized in windows 10.
I have a clients western digital my book essentials 2 tb enclosure that died, and i believe the drive is dieing not dead yet as well. Ive tried plugging it into another mac, and a pc, and neither of those recognise it either. After the job is done, the wd is safely removed from the mac. Ive tried reformatting it, but i cant do that until the computer recognises the drive. At my destination, i plugged it into my blader2 with windows 8. It is not letting me write on that my book with my mac. I also cant see it on my computer with a different cable and power source they work fine for my own my book. Hello, guys im suppose to ask a question but i am providing a solution to wd external hard drives at least for my book anyways, ive had my my book for a couple years gave up on because i couldnt figure how get stuff to save to the harddrive because it was not being recognized. There is no letter assigned to this drive and when i try to assign one using disk management, the option to assign a letter is grayed out and therefore not usable. Unfollow wd my book for mac to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. It seems to cycle over and over but not connect with the mac book.
Wd my book essential no drives september 2007 forums. I cant get my imac to recognize an external wd my book. Oct, 2009 western digital external hdd my book essential will not mount on a mac pro running os x 10. Mar 14, 2011 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. When i connect it after disassembling the enclosure i get unitialized 2 tb disk in disk manager. I would click on the drive in my computer, enter my hd. One has all of my ripped movie files, the other has all of my photos, my documents, my music, and my steam library. Mar 22, 2009 i have a wd my book studio ii i use with my macbook air and lightroom. There are wide array of imac external hard drives in market that offer gigabyte storage and even terabytes to enable you save all your files. The problem is i just recently got new parts for my computer so everything old got replaced. Wd external hard drive not recognized windows 7 help forums. It seems to cycle over and over but not connect with the mac book read more. Wd my passport greyed out in disk utility and unrecognized. I cant get my imac to recognize an external wd my book studio ii disk its a 2 tb disk.
Moreover, this external hard drive will enable you share the data files between computers. Welcome to your my book essential external hard drive, an elegant, highcapacity storage solution for all the chapters of your digital life. Western digital my book external hard drive question problem. It was working fine yesterday morning, then i packed it into a bag and went on a trip. Check the usb connection fine dust or dirt particles may prevent recognition. Bad dc adapter since this is the desktop version with external power. I also added a wd my book essential external hdd 500 gb shortly after buying this machine. Did it mounted successfully last time you plugged into the mac. If you did, then next time you plug the wd mybook to the mac, the wp unlocker will not start automatically it is a glitch i have seen only with the mybook. Sep 18, 2006 wd my book essential no drives by wmkelly sep 18, 2006 4.
When i connect it after disassembling the enclosure i get. But here is a twist, an unmounted drive be it a wd my. My book essential user manual about your wd drive 1 about your wd drive. After updating, the hard drive with the movie files is recognized, but the one with all of my documents is not.
When you plug your wd external hard drive to macos, does it show in finder. Hi there i am having issues with my external hard drive wd my book. My book is not working with my mac apple community. In addition to the new ultraportable my passport essential drives wd announced recently, the company also redesigned the my book essential and. I just connected for the first time a western digital my book essential edition 2. I would click on the drive in my computer, enter my hd password and the drive would open up with all my folders, etc.
Wd my book essential not being recognized in windows 10. Once system operational and plugged in, it appears in device manager. There are several possibilities for a wd my passport hard drive going invisible on a mac system. Choose initialize disk and pick one partition system between mbr and gpt. Just in case i want to put in a larger drive later, or if the internal one fails. Wd mybook external 1tb disk no response when plugging it in. I have the wd my book essential 1tb and have been using it for the past week without any problems. But then i remembered that when i first got it i deleted all. All trademarks cited herein are the property of their respective owners.
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