Hi there i am having issues with my external hard drive wd my book. Page 2 of 3 using test disk for wd mybook 4tb 2nd look please posted in backup, imaging, and disk management software. Recovering a formatted external hard drive external hardware. Analisis, precio y opinion del disco duro wd my book. After looking around for a storage solution to house my growing collection of photographs, i found the western digital my book world edition ii. Using test disk for wd mybook 4tb 2nd look please page 2.
The wd external hard drive becomes unknown and not initialized in disk management. Also the partitions that have not be able to recognize suddenly can possible to recover by testdisk. View and download western digital my book user manual online. In case you need to call in the experts if testdisk is not up to the task of recovery, it can still be helpful in terms of diagnostics. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. I was wondering if anyone knew if the hard drive is user replaceable. How to use testdisk software to recover partitions. Secure your precious memories on my book desktop storage. I only need those infos to better diagnose your disk. I have an external wd drive wd my book essential wdbaaf5000ebk and the usb connector on the board broke detached from the board along with one of the pads. A single drive with universal compatibility today and nextgeneration speed for tomorrow. He has also contributed to the oreilly book linux system administration. I have tried plugging in the harddrive to the hard drive docking station attached to my macbook as i had formatted the mybook to work with my macbook. After setting up a preinstalled machine with windows 10, the problems arising.
Ive been storing my photos on single external hard drives so far, but data loss has always been a concern with that approach. Oct 15, 2015 hi, just a simple question i also tried asking in testdisk forum, no reply for now. External hard drive wd my book 8tb on see all the product information. Wd my book not initialized unallocated windows 7 help forums. Wds my cloud devices are really affordable now so id like to try em if theyre suitable for my needs. Testdisk will appeal to novice and expert users alike with features for both. Translations of this testdisk manual to other languages are welcome. List of all wd firmware and software available for download. Slowly work around the clips, while opening the back, otherwise you risk breaking these. Jun 27, 2007 i am thinking of buying the western digital my book essential external hard drive maybe 160 gb. I have pulled the drive out and am using the usb adapter from a wd mybook 3tb to. The results are as follows im not sure how to use spoilertags. Aug 22, 2010 tech support scams are an industrywide issue where scammers trick you into paying for unnecessary technical support services. Perfectly paired with wd bac wd 4tb my book desktop external hard drive usb 3.
When i install software from cd, everything proceeds according to user manual, until i press the wd discovery tool button. We delete comments that violate our policy, which we encourage you to read. To save modifications under testdisk, you must confirm them with the y yes andor enter keys, and. There are four inner clips in the back, 2 on each side of the chassis. Western digitals usb hard disk drives are wildly popular, and today, the company announces a refresh of two such models for windows and mac the my passport and my book. View stepbystep tutorials on how to use your wd product from our youtube channel.
Its at this point where my screen is different from his instructions. Can i replace the hard drive in a wd my book with one of a. Tutorial how to fix error you need to format the disk. Can i replace the hard drive on a western digital my book. I noticed that if i tell testdisk that the partition table is gpt or. I did see my filesfolders from the external hard drive within that partition. My book external drives are the worlds best selling drives. You can help protect yourself from scammers by verifying that the contact is a microsoft agent or microsoft employee and that the phone number is an official microsoft global customer service number. Wd my book essential not recognized or reformatted. Clicking on the big green button offering testdisk 7. I am hoping that with testdisk i can finally fix my problem.
If your product is not listed above, please visit the product page. Need help restoring a filesystem on an external drive wd my. My friends my book essential maybe corrupted or going down sn. Can i replace the hard drive in a wd my book with one of a higher capacity. Hi all, a week ago my my book live is stuck on blue light and the led at the ethernet port does not light up. My book is trusted, desktop storage designed to complement your personal style with a massive amount of space to store all your photos, videos, music and documents.
I have tried testdisk to rewrite the partition table but that didnt actually. Problem installing western digital my book and element 2tb. Sep 18, 2007 automatic book community digital dvd edition files forum ftp home ipkg irc kernel links login my mybook mybooklive mybookworld nas. Apr 23, 2009 i bought a wd my book external hard drive, but i dont get it. Tried different cables and direct connection to pc and mac all failed. Performance benchmarks western digital my book 8tb and. These examples use techniques that i actually employ in the real world to deal with real problems.
Hi there, do you know how to fix the problem that wd hard drive cannot be detected on my pc. Expanding that folder revealed a number of files including the executable files for testdisk and photorec. I have a western digital my book essential 1tb external hard drive that i keep like basically all of my data on the. I can later find a wd discovery icon on my computer desktop, but doubleclicking it,shows a frame for a fraction of a second it might be. It seems something is installed, but things stops up from there. Wd 4tb my passport for mac portable external hard drive blue, usbcusba wdba2f0040bblwesn. The ports of my western digital mybook has broken off and have removed the hard drive from the enclosure in attempted to plug the drive into a hard drive docking station. To proceed, confirm your choices with the enter key. 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. Wd my book premium storage hard drive 3tb 3tb western digital my book premium storage external hdd, usb 2. This recovery example guides you through testdisk step by step to recover a missing partition and repair a corrupted one.
What do i need to do now to get the partition visible again. Any advantages for nas local storage with wd my cloud over. How to recover deleted files using testdisk in linux tecmint. Sep 23, 2019 how to fix wd hddexternal hdd not initialized error. Essential edition, home edition, office edition, mirror edition, studio edition, premium edition, elite edition, pro edition, av dvr live edition, and the world edition. Back up your files to your my book drive or back up. Mybook drive wont power up need help external drives. This is my second my book my first one is a 1 tb yes that old. The bad the drive doesnt support usbc, is a bit slower than its competitors with a higher price tag.
Wd my book essential wdbacw0020hbk hard drive 2 tb usb. Ex wd mybook shown as raw external drives for pc wd. After reading this tutorial, you should be ready to recover your own data. The setup went fine and i could connect to the nas drive from my toshiba laptop running windows 7. Click on the file to uncompress it which created a folder titled testdisk 7. I and my friend just copied data from and old xp and shutting down the drive after it with the button, which was on it. The boot sector was also bad, so i chose rebuild bs per his instructions. Testdisk detects numerous filesystem including ntfs, fat12, fat16, fat32, exfat, ext2, ext3, ext4, btrfs, befs, cramfs. While the mybook lives book shaped chassis is nice, the clips preventing it from opening are not. Find great deals on ebay for wd my book 2tb and wd my book 1tb. Testdisk does not list mybook in the drives list nor does chkdsk. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Wds automatic, continuous backup software works quietly in the background to help protect your data using minimal pc resources. I just need to be able to mount the partition one way or another to do so.
Ive migrated my wd mybook 2tb out of its enclosure into my pc as an internal sata drive and its data is now inacessable. My computer wont see the drive unless i select network and then it can see. My name is andreas and i have a problem with an old wd my book elite 1tb. Steht im windows store kostenlos zum download bereit. Recover data from broken western digital mybook spiceworks. Here are the drivers if your wd mybook is not recogized. Wd 1tb external hard drive becomes not initialized in pc, help. Wd my book external hard drive stoped working external. My book features up to 4 tb capacity, to store and protect all the chapters of your digital life. Hello guys, i tried to power up my drive wich is a mybook 2t cant really tell more about it, it always worked nicely but i havent been using it for a while, tonight i tried to plug the 12v adapter into the wall and didnt launch also connected 3. If you try them yourself, it might cause damage or irreparable loss. How to recover data from usb and external hard drive youtube.
For any alternative solutions please feel free to let me know. Wd my book external hard drive stoped working posted in external hardware. Its possible to update the information on testdisk or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam. Disk devsdb gb 931 gib wd my book partition table type. Preceeding that, for around 2 weeks, the drive randomly stops working, and i had to power offon for it to be accessible. There is a history of all activites on testdisk in our activity log. Free software that can recover partitions by modifying the boot sector is testdisk. Recovering data from hdd pulled from failed nas super user.
Just in case i want to put in a larger drive later, or if the internal one fails. To return to a previous display or quit testdisk, use the q quit key. Wd my book 6tb desktop hard drive expand your desktop pc storage capacity with the wd my book 6tb usb 3. To navigate in testdisk, use the arrow and pageuppagedown keys. Western digital external hard drives my book currys. Have wd mybook that the owner suspects has been knocked off a shelf by his children. Testdisk was added by edmsampaio in may 2009 and the lastest update was made in feb 2020.
The windows 10 didnt recognized the wd drive normally, nor with. I purchased this after getting into digital photography and, unfortunately, after losing a lot of data on a portable hd which i dropped. This high performance external hard drive comes equipped with up to 6 tb of storage capacity for storing your important files, documents and other media contents. Recovering a formatted external hard drive posted in external hardware. For novice users that have little experience with data recovery techniques, testdisk can be utilized to gather comprehensive data about a nonbooting drive that can be provided to an experienced user on a support forum or an it professional. Western digital redesigns my passport and my book usb. Wd my book essential wdbacw0020hbk hard drive 2 tb usb 3. My book is a series of external hard drives produced by western digital. The good the new wd my book is fast, goodlooking and supports a high level of encryption. To recover deleted files, first you need to create a testdisk.
Weve been making hard drives for 20 years and we know how to protect your data. I might be a little out of my depth using testdisk, but i have a few screenshots from my second scan that may prove useful to someone. Fix wd hddexternal hdd not initialized, unknown with io. They seem to be much faster than the my book external usb hds. Wakeup issue for wd mybook usb drive qnap nas community forum. If theres no package for your distribution, you can download testdisk from. It appears as a raw file system in disk management and i have run testdisk to see what i could gather. I have a 1tb wd my book and want to upgrade it to a wd blue 2tb instead, would the onboard mobo allow this.
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