Western Digital Hard disk not getting Detected!

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user_WD Posts 1 Registration date Saturday September 13, 2014 Status Member Last seen September 13, 2014 - Sep 13, 2014 at 08:16 AM
R2D2_WD Posts 3606 Registration date Monday September 1, 2014 Status Member Last seen February 20, 2017   - Sep 15, 2014 at 09:19 AM
Hi,

My Western Digital external hard disk is not getting detected.

I tried solution from the other forums like
1. checking the device in Device manager. Updated driver also.
2. diskmgmt.msc >> Disk 1 option is coming for initialization but giving I/O error.

Please suggest do we have any other solution for this.

Thanks in Advance!
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xpcman Posts 19530 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,827
Sep 14, 2014 at 01:12 PM
It's most probable that the dive is broken. Have you tested it on multiple computers?
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R2D2_WD Posts 3606 Registration date Monday September 1, 2014 Status Member Last seen February 20, 2017   155
Sep 15, 2014 at 09:19 AM
Hi there,

Since you were able to change drivers, I presume the drive is visible in Device Manager. Does it have some warning sign, giving explanation for an ongoing issue? Can you try the chkdsk/r, /f commands? Try to check the drive with Data Lifeguard Diagnostics. Check the drive on another PC and with another cable.

https://support.wdc.com/downloads.aspx?DL - Data Lifeguard Diagnostics download link

Hope this helps


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