How to detect not detected WD hard disk
Closed
Related:
- Wd hard disk not detected
- Wd internal hdd not detected - Best answers
- Wd 1tb internal hard disk not detecting - Best answers
- Wd hard disk not detected ✓ - Forum - Hard Drive/SSD
- Western digital 1TB external hard drive not recognized by PC ✓ - Forum - Hard Drive/SSD
- Wd hard disk not detected in windows 10 ✓ - Forum - Hard Drive/SSD
- WesternDigital My Passport lights up, but not detected on PC ✓ - Forum - Hard Drive/SSD
- Wd passport 500gb not recognized any more ✓ - Forum - Windows
3 replies
kiaan.roy
- Posts
- 3
- Registration date
- Wednesday May 18, 2016
- Status
- Member
- Last seen
- May 23, 2016
Hello there
WD site offers solutions for such issues... you can check their site
https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/11298
BTW, does the drive appear in Disk Management at all.Also, have you enabled SMART in your BIOS to see what it says regarding the HDD's health. Worth a shot.
or
1) Right-click on “My Computer” then Click on “Manage”
2) Double-click “Disk Management” You will probably see WD Disk
3) Right-click in the left portion of that drive box WD Disk
4) Click “Initialize” and “OK” in the next dialog box. Wait few seconds and it should now say “Online” in the box.
5) If there is no assigned drive letter, right click on the big space of your WD hard drive then choose Assign drive letter or Change Driver Letter and Path
Let me know if this was of any help to you.
WD site offers solutions for such issues... you can check their site
https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/11298
BTW, does the drive appear in Disk Management at all.Also, have you enabled SMART in your BIOS to see what it says regarding the HDD's health. Worth a shot.
or
1) Right-click on “My Computer” then Click on “Manage”
2) Double-click “Disk Management” You will probably see WD Disk
3) Right-click in the left portion of that drive box WD Disk
4) Click “Initialize” and “OK” in the next dialog box. Wait few seconds and it should now say “Online” in the box.
5) If there is no assigned drive letter, right click on the big space of your WD hard drive then choose Assign drive letter or Change Driver Letter and Path
Let me know if this was of any help to you.
xpcman
- Posts
- 19532
- Registration date
- Wednesday October 8, 2008
- Status
- Contributor
- Last seen
- June 15, 2019
You only hope is that the drive is disconnected. I suggest you double check the data and power cables. Internal drive failures are not fixable.
Good Luck
Good Luck
Hello all,
@Deepak@Bagdi, did the kiaan.roy's recomendation serve you? Please, try it and tell us more details regarding the situation. What model of WD drive do you have?
If the drive does not get detected you could try with Linux Live CD/USB. At the Ubuntu forum you could see the steps how to make a USB bootable. When you're done, you have to change the boot priority in the BIOS menu to be set on USB /or CD respectively/ and not on HDD.
When you boot from the USB port and see the initial screen, make sure that you NOT click on installation of the OS but you have to click on TRY without install. You should see the HDD.
Please come back and share the results. Good luck.
Western Digital representative
@Deepak@Bagdi, did the kiaan.roy's recomendation serve you? Please, try it and tell us more details regarding the situation. What model of WD drive do you have?
If the drive does not get detected you could try with Linux Live CD/USB. At the Ubuntu forum you could see the steps how to make a USB bootable. When you're done, you have to change the boot priority in the BIOS menu to be set on USB /or CD respectively/ and not on HDD.
When you boot from the USB port and see the initial screen, make sure that you NOT click on installation of the OS but you have to click on TRY without install. You should see the HDD.
Please come back and share the results. Good luck.
Western Digital representative
