Western digital 3tb my book desktop external hard drive. Wd my book external drive not working posted in external hardware. Wd software does not show the drive, so i cant unlock the the drive. Locate the wd hard drive that going to be initialized and right click it. It would seem like the volume does not come up on disk management, do you see if there is a my book volume or a volume with the size of the actual drive, this is the actual volume that you will want to format. Western digital is a technology company that mainly produces storage products. Today, western digitals headquarters are located in san jose. Rescue procedure disaster recovery for the blue ring mbw. Use full scan to recover data from unable to initialize wd external hdd in disk management which can not be found with undelete and unformat and recover partition,after showing an error,display as raw file system,unformatted,unknown partition,unpartitioned,needs to be formatted,or the file system is not exfat,not fat32,not ntfs. Been searching and reading for the past week trying to get my hdd to work.
These instructions are relevant to the blue ring two drive model of the my book world ii nas device if you have the white light version, or any newer version of the mbw, these instructions may not work for you as written. Ive had two of these 500 gb drives for years, used only for backup of all my different systems. Sep 14, 20 several weeks ago, when cleaning the house, i am accidentally drop my wd mybook world when trying to rearrange its location in the house. Now however, the drive does not show up under my computer but does in disk management. Data recovery wd external hard drive wd data recovery. Western digital my book problem question and answer dti data. Quick fix for the request failed due to fatal device. After launcing it, select recover drives option from main window, as shown in fig a. Getting the drives connected to it has been a struggle from day one. I was able to remove the drive from its case and have connected it to my dell xps l702x windows 7 64bit via a thermaltake blacx model st0005u using instructions. Disk management claims that the hd has the full tb unallocated and not initialized.
Wd my book partition recovery rescue partition from wd. How to fix the fatal device hardware error and recover the. When i awoke the next morning, powered on my laptop, it wouldnt boot up so i shut it down and. Western digital empowering the worlds data infrastructures. To get the latest driver, including windows 10 drivers, you can choose from a list of most popular western digital downloads. Our latest edition features visual, easytouse, automatic, continuous backup software and drive lock security protection. Western digital my book opening the case removing the. Hello, so we recently moved our my book to another computer and it did not show up in my computer so checking in disk management it is showing as not initialized and when i try to initialize it as either a mbr or g something it would not. Wd my book not initialized unallocated windows 7 help forums. I have a western digital my book essential 3tb hard drive that i cannot mount or initialize.
This way applied to the situation that your wd hard drive shows as not initialized disk when you open disk management. Wd my book 1110 usb device updated driver found 23. Sometimes laptops cant provide sufficient power to run full size desktop drives. May 17, 2016 wd my book drives not working posted in windows 10 support. Unfortunately, this wasnt an obvious process and this excellent article by scott cramer didnt apply to the newer version 1 tb drive enclosure i have. It provides information on loading windows and on the partition of the disk. Designed to meet wds demanding requirements for durability, shock tolerance, and longterm reliability, we back up pun intended.
Jun 08, 20 now however, the drive does not show up under my computer but does in disk management. Why isnt my wd my book external hard drive being recognized. I recently needed to removed the drive from a western digital my book external usbesata drive enclosure. Disconnect the data and power cables from the problematic drive. Use full scan to recover data from unable to initialize wd external hdd in disk management which can not be found with undelete and unformat and recover partition,after showing an error,display as raw file system,unformatted,unknown partition,unpartitioned,needs to be formatted,or the file system is not exfat, not fat32, not ntfs. One is a wd my book 4tdrive and the other a 5t drive. Equipped with social media and cloud storage import, password protection and perfectly paired with wd backup or time machine, my book desktop storage helps keep your. Find the not initialized wd hddexternal hard drive rightclick on it and select initialize disk. I installed a wd my book essential hard drive, but it does. After installation it asked me to update the wd smartware to 1. The my book drive is trusted desktop storage designed to complement your personal style with a massive amount of space to store your photos, videos, music and documents. The next time its best to shutdown the computer so it forces the saving of the files. Go to western digital site and in downloads there is a software for diagnosis.
Wd my book 1110 usb device updated driver manual installation guide zip wd my book 1110 usb device updated driver drivercategory list binding the hardware and the ui is the thing that drivers are made for, and this vital process is crucial for your computers trustworthiness. Products like wd my book, my passport and elements are favored by a lot of people. Wd my book essential no drives september 2007 forums cnet. They would power up, win 10 would recognize the usb connection, but not mount the drive. Innstall the external drive recovery application on your system and connect your wd hard disk to it. Wd my book wont initialize external drives for pc wd. The tablet can read other hard drives fine as well. Lets assume for the meantime that unless worst comes to worst, i dont have access to a desktop, and i do want to keep the files on the drive.
Perhaps disk unknown not initialized no size issue is caused by the pc motherboard issue. 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. I was able to access my external hd about a week ago, watched a movie off it and fell asleep. Install clean hdd in white light my book world edition. Wd my book essential worked earlier, did not use for some time, now computer cannot see it, even though it is listed in device manager. In the 1980s, the company shifted to the storage market and began producing many successful storage products. Even if i dont need the data, not able to initialize the drive as write protected. External hdd cant be initialized the device is not ready.
Luckily, some of the necessary data already been backing up on another nas synology 2bay drive. Why is my wd my book 3tb hard drive not showing up. Unable to initialize wd external hdd in disk management. Lenovo t60, win 8, win 7 on secondary partition, wd elements 2tb external hdd. Mar 09, 2007 wd my book 500gb just stopped working as i have all my pictures and videos on this drive i really need to recover them is not seeing the drive rebooted same problem light is on changed adapters still same problem removed box and hooked up directly with sata cable and power connection now computer doesnt boot up any suggestions. I have tried testdisk by cgsecurity and it did not have the drive listed. Western digital drivers download for windows 10, 8, 7, xp. The secret to reformatting a western digital wd 1tb my. Fix wd hddexternal hdd not initialized, unknown with io. Windows 10 would recognize the usb connection, but not mount.
They are not visible in disk manager so i am not able to change the letters as many posts have suggested. Fixing disk unknown not initialized failed drive youtube. 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. Sep 18, 2006 wd my book essential no drives by wmkelly sep 18, 2006 4. My drive clicks for about 5 seconds then stops, but when i go to the file explorer its not showing up so i tried disk management tool and i found it but it always says request failed due to fatal device hardware error then i tried all. Download western digital drivers for windows 10, 8, 7, xp. Fix wd hddexternal hdd not initialized, unknown with io error. Wd firmware update after usb disk firmware upgraded, your disk will be ready to use. If your product is not listed above, please visit the product page. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your. How to recover data from bricked wd my book world edition. 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. My goal is only transferring the data to another nas.
Wd my book not initialized unallocated windows 7 help. Wd my book 3tb ext hdd unknown not initialized hello, new here to this forum. If it is not being seen in disk management then it is likely a communication. 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. Wd my book drives not working posted in windows 10 support.
They are not visible in disk manager so i am not able to change the. F computer attempts to load, but never does its like walking on infinite stairs in mario 64 shows up only on device manager as my western digital 1140 my book usb device does not show up on computer devices, not even on my samsung smart tv, which really frightens me. Hi, i installed a wd my book essential hard drive, but it does not seem to work porperly. Choose initialize disk and pick one partition system between mbr and gpt. Wd my book 1110 external drive stopped showing up in my computer. But, i can see it in my devices and printers page, and it says it is working fine, and all. Dec 20, 2012 i have a wd 1tb mybook 1140 external hard drive, and it has worked fine up until now.
Wd 1140 my book usb device will only show up as local disk. The wd external hard drive becomes unknown and not initialized in disk management. Once i upgraded to windows 10 they were no longer recognized. I keep getting unknown usb device device descriptor request failed code 43. 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. The hard drive works fine on other computers running 7, 8 and 8. I wont use world book white edition ii anymore, its about 9 years old and i just had to recover world book blue ring raid1, 10 years old where the controller failed capacitor burned on print. When you buy a western digital wd 1 tb my book external hard drive, they usually come formatted for windows using fat32. If your driver is not listed and you know the model name or number of your western digital device, you can. The automotive industry is undergoing significant transformation with electrification and the development of autonomous vehicles. Disk 1 unknown, not initialized with unallocated shown at right or disk 1 unknown, not initialized with no disk space shown. I have a lot of files on it, and i need to put more on it.
Disk is not initialized in disk management in windows 10 because of many reasons, such as virus attack, corrupted master boot record. If the scanning process is not responding or stuck midway, you can jump to the troubleshooting step and then return for a second try step 1. Tried formatting, initializing, updating wd software, and moved it to 2 other computers with no luck. Wd my book 1110 external drives for pc wd community.
Testdisk does not list mybook in the drives list nor does chkdsk command. Western digital inand memory has become an important part of automated driver systems with local storage to fit the demanding data needs of the vehicle. Seagate expansion desktop 4tb external hard drive hdd usb 3. Install clean hdd in white light my book world edition summary. Computer wont recognize western digital mybook 1140 1tb. Four months ago i bought a microsoft surface book, the first system to add windows 10 and usb3 to the mix. Wd my book external drive not working external hardware.
This ending up damaging the hard disk causing me a lot of data lost. Mar 28, 2016 windows 10 would recognize the usb connection, but not mount one of the hard disk drive. But, i can see it in my devices and printers page, and it says it is working fine, and all the. Full solutions to fix disk unknown not initialized 2 cases. Cannot initialize wd my book essential 3tb hdd solutions. Mar 22, 2019 my drive clicks for about 5 seconds then stops, but when i go to the file explorer its not showing up so i tried disk management tool and i found it but it always says request failed due to fatal device hardware error then i tried all your steps but none worked please help.
Several weeks ago, when cleaning the house, i am accidentally drop my wd mybook world when trying to rearrange its location in the house. Media is write protected on initialize after drive swap. After you complete your download, move on to step 2. Watch your blocksize, the guide assumes 512 bytes, however some new disks specifically, the larger advanced format disks will come with 1024 bytes or even gpt style 4094 bytes from the log i see the disk was a 1024 byte. Companies are gathering as much data as possible to help the. My book not initialize external drives for pc wd community. For mac, go to the apple menu and select software update if your device is currently running firmware version 02. Popular as wd hard drives are, they disappoint users. On easeus data recovery wizard, select the hard drive partition where you. Then, a list of lost or deleted partitions will be displayed. Clean disk erases the previous partition to allow creation of a new volume. I bought a western digital my book essential edition 1tb external hard drive in july 09.
Western digital my book opening the case removing the drive i recently needed to removed the drive from a western digital my book external usbesata drive enclosure. How to solve my wd hard drive not recognized in windows 10. Wd my book essential no drives by wmkelly sep 18, 2006 4. I have a western digital 2 tb my book live personal cloud external drive that fails to boot after a power failure permanent red led. Windows 10 upgrade now external hard drives not recognized. Most probably your disk connecting cable may be damaged. The request failed due to a fatal device hardware error. Millions of people around the world trust their data to my book desktop storage. We needed a good amount of space so it could be a 2nd backup of our 1tb wd my book and have space left over for new data as we go.
Click the download button next to the matching model name. So here you go, the steps required to disassemble a newstyle western digital my book drive enclosure. I initially connected it directly to my win 7 desktop to check it. When you find your wd external hard drive becomes unknown, not initialized, disk management may show you different status. It might take a long time for easeus data recovery software to scan over a physically damaged hard drive. Jan 08, 2016 wd my book 1110 external drive stopped showing up in my computer. If disk unknown not initialized is accompanied by unallocated, the cause is likely to be mbr corruption on the hard drive. Wd external drive not initialized but has data on it. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. Wd my book 111d usb device driver download list description. Or rightclick on this pc manage to open disk management tool. Connect not initialized wd external hard drive, hdd or other storage device with pc. From there, you will be able to update to the current available 02.
Oct 02, 2018 wd my book 2tb external hard drive storage usb 3. Face disk unknown not initialize issue in windows 1078 when plugging your western digital external hard drive. I am about to reinstall my operating system, but need to save my files first. Sep 26, 2016 wd my book external drive not working posted in external hardware. I decided to put the commands onscreen in the video, helps me not forget to put them in at all. I have a wd 1tb mybook 1140 external hard drive, and it has worked fine up until now. The drives are visible in device manager but greyed out. Fix the request failed due to a fatal device hardware error. I went to best buy where the genius there initialized my hard drive.
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