My Passport 0740 isn't detecting/

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kferg Posts 1 Registration date Tuesday July 28, 2015 Status Member Last seen July 28, 2015 - Jul 28, 2015 at 02:37 PM
R2D2_WD Posts 3606 Registration date Monday September 1, 2014 Status Member Last seen February 20, 2017   - Jul 29, 2015 at 03:28 AM
I have a western digital My Passport 0740 hard drive. It's about 3 years old now and has been working fine until one day it just stopped. It's not recognised on My Computer but I followed some other instructions about going into Device Manager and looking to see if it is registering on there and it is. The popup says that it is working properly and I tried updating drivers but it says it is up today. I've tried a different cable and nothing.

I have about 1Tb of stuff on there so I'd really like to try and get the HD working if at all possible. Or is there a way to get the stuff off it. I'm slightly limited for computer space at the minute as I am using an Asus Transformer tablet which is running Windows 8 or 8.1. I can't remember.
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R2D2_WD Posts 3606 Registration date Monday September 1, 2014 Status Member Last seen February 20, 2017   155
Jul 29, 2015 at 03:28 AM
Hi Kferg,

I am sorry for any inconvenience caused by this issue. I would recommend you to check the drive on another PC. If there is no change, check if it is visible in Disk Management? Does it have a drive letter and a file format? If the drive does not appear, go back to Device Manager and uninstall the drive. Restart the PC and plug the My Passport back in. The OS should reinstall it. Are there any noises coming from the drive? Can you feel it spinning?

Hope this helps
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