Western Digital My Book Troubleshooting

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Cannot access or format External Hard Drive (WD My Book Essential) More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Sheri Mitchell | permalink
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Hi, I currently own a Western Digital My Book Essential 2TB Hard drive under a Windows XP OS. I normally leave my computer on stand by when I leave and this was no different on this day. When I re

For further reading: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/274356-32-cannot-access-format-external-hard-drive-book-essential ^[1]

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Western Digital My Book Problem Question and Answer – DTI Data Recovery More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Jet Rotmans | permalink
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Have a Technician Help Now! Below are some more fun Q&A about hard drive recovery. I have given what I think is the best solution to these problems. As always please leave a comment if you have a question or contact me directly at 727-345-9665 ext 236. Question: I have a 1TB Western Digital My …
For further reading: https://dtidatarecovery.com/western-digital-my-book-problem-fixed/ ^[2]

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Yet Another My Book Essential 2Tb Problem More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by m ICHAEL a UDINO | permalink
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It seems there's a common problem with these devices suddenly refusing to appear in anything besides My Devices and Printers. I had found a possible cause for my problem, and acquired a new usb cable (which was an endevor in itself). Here's where the new problem comes in. After plugging it in with a...
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For further reading: http://community.wd.com/t5/External-Drives-for-PC/Yet-Another-My-Book-Essential-2Tb-Problem/td-p/565636 ^[3]

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1. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/274356-32-cannot-access-format-external-hard-drive-book-essential

2. https://dtidatarecovery.com/western-digital-my-book-problem-fixed/

3. http://community.wd.com/t5/External-Drives-for-PC/Yet-Another-My-Book-Essential-2Tb-Problem/td-p/565636