Western Digital 1TB External Hard Drive Not Recognized by PC
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Shubham
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Nov 2, 2015 at 12:33 AM
R2D2_WD Posts 3606 Registration date Monday September 1, 2014 Status Member Last seen February 20, 2017 - Nov 2, 2015 at 03:02 AM
R2D2_WD Posts 3606 Registration date Monday September 1, 2014 Status Member Last seen February 20, 2017 - Nov 2, 2015 at 03:02 AM
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R2D2_WD
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Nov 2, 2015 at 03:02 AM
Nov 2, 2015 at 03:02 AM
Hi Shubham,
I am sorry for the problems caused by your external drive. Is the drive under warranty? Please check the device with another USB cable. Connectivity issues may cause similar problems. Do you have valuable information on the drive? Keep in mind that initializing the drive will erase all the data.
Try using the diskpart command from the Command Prompt. It should look like this:
diskpart
list disk
select disk n (where n is the number of the drive)
online disk (if the disk is not online)
attributes disk clear readonly
clean
convert mbr (or gpt)
create partition primary
select part 1
format fs=ntfs label=(name) quick
assign letter (letter)
list volume
Hope this helps
I am sorry for the problems caused by your external drive. Is the drive under warranty? Please check the device with another USB cable. Connectivity issues may cause similar problems. Do you have valuable information on the drive? Keep in mind that initializing the drive will erase all the data.
Try using the diskpart command from the Command Prompt. It should look like this:
diskpart
list disk
select disk n (where n is the number of the drive)
online disk (if the disk is not online)
attributes disk clear readonly
clean
convert mbr (or gpt)
create partition primary
select part 1
format fs=ntfs label=(name) quick
assign letter (letter)
list volume
Hope this helps