Western Digital My Book Troubleshooting

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Tip 1 - Cannot access or format External Hard Drive (WD My Book Essential)

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Sheri Mitchell | permalink

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

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Tip 2 - Western Digital My Book Problem Question and Answer – DTI Data Recovery

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Jet Rotmans | permalink

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 …

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Tip 3 - Yet Another My Book Essential 2Tb Problem

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by m ICHAEL a UDINO | permalink

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]