But the problem is that the WD hard drive still not working when I connect it to a new USB cable with the PC. The flashlight of the WD external hard drive continuously blinks when I connect the drive with a USB cable.
Copied those using Roadkil's Unstoppable Copier. 'It seems that my WD 1TB external hard drive cannot be recognized on my PC but the light is on. I copied all the needed files, except two that failed reading at 95% due to bad sectors. The drive was detected and showed in Windows. Holding in this position, I connected the data cable, opened the Device Manager and performed a Scan for HW changes. Surprisingly, the gravitational force made the trick with the heads! The HDD started spinning without clicking. If I disconnect it later, laptop won’t read it. To make it work I have to turn off my laptop, and boot it up with the HDD connected. the HDD keeps spinning but the light doesnt blink just glows.
WD 2 TB My Passport Portable Hard Drive with Password Protection and Auto Backup Software - Black - Works with PC, Xbox and. Whenever I plug it in when my laptop is on, it won’t show up. If the drive doesnt have a drive letter next to the name, right-click the volume and select the Change Drive Letter and Paths option. I thought of opening and inspecting the heads and platters (drive has no critical data on it), pulled the HDD out and while holding it bottom up connected it to the power. My WD My Passport Ultra external HDD is going through a problem. Could be heads calibration issue or a damaged Service Area that stores manufacture data required for HDD operation.
My HDD never fell, nor got a physical damage. A guy from recovery services said, if it's spinning, 99.9% it's not the PCB.
Removing the data cable as WD suggest didn't help. My oldest WD internal drive is 14 yo and all of a sudden it started clicking loudly and shutdown itself after 30sec. Notify them of the problem and the drive will be replaced. Just get onto the WD website and log into the my support section. So for anyone whom does have a backup (and anything important should be backed up) then this is the best way to fix the problem. If you found this helpful, how about a small tip for a cup of coffee : hostedbuttonidP7BKJBF7VDRAQ&sour. WD replaced the drives within a few days of me notifying them of the problem as well. Anyway luckily both of effected drives where still under warranty when it happened and both where backed up onto other copies. On a side note I sync the backups using a program called Cronosync which syncs all new and updated files automatically at the click of a button. In the past six months I've had this happen twice so I am thankful that I always keep backups of everything. I have been using WD drives since 2012 and I now have 24 drives in total.
When all three drives are full I send the third drive back to my home country of Australia in case something happens to my drives in Vietnam. I travel regularly for work so I keep three copies of every drive so that I can travel with two drives and leave one behind in case I get robbed while I am travelling. I have a lot of WD drives, I'm a Vietnam based photographer and I use them to store my work on.