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1. #WD 1TB MY BOOK EXTERNAL PASSWORD NOT RECOGNIZING HOW TO#
2. #WD 1TB MY BOOK EXTERNAL PASSWORD NOT RECOGNIZING SOFTWARE#

However it might work equally with the drive in its current housing. Usually one does this with the drive in the open as it were i.e.

The freezer routine “might” help get it going again – at least long enough to recover contents…

#WD 1TB MY BOOK EXTERNAL PASSWORD NOT RECOGNIZING HOW TO#

Wondering if it was a surge (though she uses a surge protector?) so this kinda came out of nowhere.We do plan to take it out of the case and hook it directly to the motherboard through a SATA cable, and as a last resort, take it to Geek Squad, but we’re waiting to see if there’s any thing else we can try before taking it apart.She’s really stressed out and concerned about retrieving her files, so if anyone can give any help and suggest how to do that, i’d really appreciate it.

#WD 1TB MY BOOK EXTERNAL PASSWORD NOT RECOGNIZING SOFTWARE#

However, I was able to run the WD Lifeguard Diagnostics and these were my results, both scans finished within seconds, though there is a ‘Health: Warning’ When I right click the properties for the device detected in the diagnostic window:……We also cant run any data recovery software on it, but it is showing up in Manage Devices:………I’ve tried uninstalling my USBs to let the computer and drive reinstall them, I’ve tried different cords, (though shes buying a new power cord and waiting for it to come in the mail, reading it was about a possible power issue) We even had a tech friend try and do a TeamViewer session but they couldn’t do much with it since it wasn’t being detected normally.The thing is, up until last night, the drive was working perfectly, had shown no signs of dying. The light is consistently flashing always.Here, it’s detected as Disk 2, but says it’s not initialized:…I’ve dug into the properties of the device to see if there’s anything bad, but everything looks really normal, thinking it may be a power issue so she bought a new cord. She tried it in the morning and noticed it wouldn’t connect- or if it did, it’d open the WD Unlocker, but she couldn’t do anything with it, like it would freeze and she’d be unable to access her files.Now, whenever we plug in the HDD to the computer, we tried both mine and hers, it starts up, runs, NO CLICKING or abnormal noises, like its working normally, but the computer will NOT detect it normally, and sometimes when its recognized as a CD drive (it was G: and then H: with my own external plugged in, taking up the G: space, now G: again with my own external HDD taken out), it starts going silent. I’d really appreciate some help, I’m at my wits end with this.Last night, my SO was saving a file to her 1TB WD MyBook 1140 External HDD, it froze, crashed, and the drive made a buzzing noise nonstop, so she removed it from the computer and didn’t try for a while. But, nothing I’ve tried has been working for my situation. So, I know there’s a ton of threads on this topic.