I have tried connecting the my book directly to my computers ethernet port it does the same thing. I have a 1tb western digital my book connected to the usb2 port on the back. I will demonstrate how to disassemble a my book using a new 500gb my book. A line of external hard drives by western digital, styled after hardbound books. Western digital my book troubleshooting, repair, and service manuals.
If you are subject to data loss, try easeus data recovery wizard for full hard drive data recovery. Meaning that no matter what preferences are set in system preferences, if 10 minutes of inactivity have passed, the hard drive will go to sleep. Resolved external hard drive freezes entire computer. Hello, wherehow to store my book when it is not in use. For me, the closure was not receiving any electricity. Western digital my book connection to windows 10 i was okay with windows 7. This is in turn connected to my surface pro 4s usb port. Western digital hard drive problems and data recovery.
Drive is configured by default to power down after 30 mins, but have no issues. Is it okay to never turn off western digital my book. It started out as an annoyance, but its gotten more frequent. This also involves a western digital my book essential 2 tb. If you arent, open my computer and look for a cd drive called wd unlocker. Ps4 external hard drive not recognized not working fixed. I have had the following hd connected up for the last week with no disconnects thus far. Unable to map network shares windows 10 ten forums. Improve pc performance when your internal hard drive is almost full your pc slows down. I resolved the issue on the customers server with a powered usb 3. Wd my book 1tb keeps disconnecting vista help forum. Yes, i to am a casualty from this western digital wd5000co32 my book rubbish drive.
Page 1 page 2 compatibility page 3 recording your wd product information page 4 drive format page 5 page 6 connecting the device page 7 page 8 page 9 frequently asked. I have a wd 1tb external hard drive that has all my music 350 gigs on it and it also backs up everything else on my computer. It comes with all the software you need to help protect your data, including wd backup and wd security software and is compatible with apple time machine. If your product is not listed above, please visit the product page. Usb hard drive keeps disconnectingdisappearing windows. My book drives are designed to look like a standard black hardback book, with the exception of the. Western digital click of death my passport hard drive. Available in various editions from essential, to premium to world edition. External hard drive keeps disconnecting and reconnecting. Western digital inand memory has become an important part of automated driver systems with local storage to fit the demanding data needs of the vehicle.
Should i keep vertically or horizontally or doesnt matter. Western digital my book problem question and answer dti. Unable to map network shares windows 10 hi, ive got 2 western digital network drives hard wired on my network, a my book world and an ex2. Disassembling a western digital my book instructables.
And is it better to leave a usb cable attached to a book all the time. Seemed to be fine until i start transferring my files. Could anyone please help with any suggestions why it loses connection, but only when transferring files. My book keeps disconnecting external drives for pc wd. My book is a series of external hard drives produced by western digital. I have had to do many times until my files were all copied over. That usually make the disque unusable and i have to unplug it or restart the computer. I have a wd mybook that has a green drive and the only way that i can keep it from going to sleep when im in the middle of transferring files is to. External hard drive keeps disconnecting and reconnecting while copying or transferring files. Hi all first post on these forums so go easy on me.
I can access the admin account on my router but that is the limit of my knowledge. How to store wd my book and how to disconnect it from pc. It disconnects before the transfer is complete, usually disconnecting about 5 seconds after transfer begins. I recently installed windows 10 on my system hdd an ssd. My book essential edition user manual getting started 1 getting started thank you for purchasing this wd product. On my laptop, however, with a ycable, i did get one disconnect. My western digital 1 tb external hard drive is not showing in my computer. If the external hard drive was working flawlessly on ps4 before it stopped working, you need to confirm first it hasnt been defective. Essential edition, home edition, office edition, mirror edition, studio edition, premium edition, elite edition, pro edition, av dvr live edition, and the world edition. Hi guys, i have western digital external hdd 2 tb green that seems to have stopped working.
No matter what computer you plug it in to you get the same. After the system restarted, a few hours later i would get an email from stablebit scanner indicating that one or more of my drives were no longer connected. Repair guides and support for external portable storage by western digital including the my book series, my passport and others. Discussion in pc hardware started by varick, 20140704. I have a powered western digital my book external hard drive plugged into a powered anker usb 3. External hard drive keeps disconnecting windows central. I have been trying to connect my smartphone via usb cable to the usb ports to transfer files from my western digital my book external hdd connected to the usb 3. At the time the problem was solved but this is just to make you acquainted with the situation my hdd stopped all of a sudden.
It could be a power issue, a bad usb connector, related to the external hdd sleep on idle or some other issue. We have a wd my book 1tb drive connected to our server running windows server 2003 that we use as a backup drive and it keeps disconnecting and wont show up in my computer. Can anyone help me to backup the data from my hard drive. Now everytime i copy a big file from my book to other hdd the transfert speed drop signficantly from 90mbs to 100 or 0 kbs. If it doesnt show up, or the pc recognizes it a defective device, youll need a replacement for it. Western digital my book home edition user manual pdf. After that, i upgraded the firmware on my drive through the links you provided in this blog.
Since upgrading to windows 10 ive had intermittent problems viewing and setting network drives. My seagate external hard drive keeps disconnecting itself and then starting to reconnect automatically every second or so. I bought a mybook 2tb external back in nov 2014 and been using it on my xbox one but i would turn on my xbox and notice that the external wouldnt be noticed anymore. Western digital black 4tb or 6tb would almost triple my performance 80mbs on the seagate according to crystalmark, vs 245mbs on the 6tb wd. Western digital mybook drive lock encryption failure and. A problem with some of the western digitals my book external hard drives is that they have a spindown functionality built into their firmware. About the my book drive things they dont tell you up front the user manual is on the my book drive in \user manuals\eng\usermanual. Just plug it in and save your valuable data, music, photos, and movies. Windows lost my usb western digital my book hard drive.
Companies are gathering as much data as possible to help the. The compact design offers up to 14tb capacity, making wd elements desktop storage the ideal solution for easy, addon storage of all your important photos, music, videos and files. I have a strange problem with one of the front facing usb 3. For some reason, when the screen shuts off, the drive gets momentarily disconnected, and any transfers im doing get dropped as a result for example, transferring data to my nas.
Whenever you disconnect and reconnect a backup target or source device, the wd backup software rescans the backup source device for new or changed files. Im sorry to hear you are having trouble with your my book. If you set the security password on the drive, you will be prompted for it if you connect the drive to a different computer. The interrupted connection is likely to ruin data on the usb external hard drives in windows 108. Honestly, im thinking of going all out if i will be replacing it. Western digital head unstick and replacement process. You can do that by either connecting it to a pc or, preferably, another ps4. Western digitals mybook drives are very convenient and popular storage options, but if the drive stops working then you might have success by giving it a quick love tap. Im trying to use it but it disconnects after 30 min. Wd my book external drive not working posted in external hardware. Everything works great, but the wd my book has its own power supply and onoff switch.
External hard drive keeps disconnecting then reconnecting hi for no obvious reason my transcend store jet 25m3 1tb suddenly started on disconnecting and right away reconnecting but only from my front usb3 port p. My book essential edition is a small, elegant, and easytouse usb external hard drive. The automotive industry is undergoing significant transformation with electrification and the development of autonomous vehicles. My book pro combines the power of dual 20gbs thunderbolt 2 ports, usb 3. The work around in my case was, using windows 7, to delete all the partitions on that usb drive, then repartition that hard drive with one single partition, then reformat the drive to ntfs. Each time it happens, i have to remove my desktop case and replug the hard drive. Portabe usb hard drive random disconnects i recently purchased a canvio 1tb portable hard drive. I know this isnt exactly a vista problem, but i was wondering if anybody else has had this problem in vista or server 2003 and has found a solution. I recently purchased a brand new xps 8700 to replace my old dimension 9200. Wd external hard drive keeps connecting and disconnecting. Transfers of 1gb or less are usually fine, but once it gets higher than that, the drive disconnects. I also went into the device manager and unchecked the option to allow the computer to turn of this device to save power option but no luck there either.
Wd 6tb my book pro professional raid storage thunderbolt. Avoid western digital external drives builtin spin down. I already went into power settings and disabled the usb selective suspend settings but that didnt solve the problem. It occasionally disconnects itself from the computer, seemingly at random, without me touching the drive or cable. Ive read a lot of other posts and tried a number of things suggested without success. I connected the external hd to airport so i could use it as a network drive for time machine and some extra storage. Wd my book 4tb keeps on disconnecting external drives.
After recently upgrading my plex windows 10 machine, i had an issue where i couldnt prevent hard drives from going to sleep on that system. I have followed one of the faqs on the western digital web site which mentions accessing the shared storage manager and followed the procedure. Mybook usb drive keeps disconnecting my cloud wd community. Something told me it was not a problem with the drive itself. Easy to use my book desktop storage is ready to use out of the box so you can start transferring files, saving your memories and backing up right away. However, i noticed that about two weeks ago it would disconnect itself while i was watching a video from it. Wd mybook 5 tb keeps disconnecting external drives for. Im using the western digital my book 3 to since 4 months. But with the new windows 10 i get a black window in.
I received a wd my book and the apple airport extreme for xmas. My wd external hard drive keeps connecting and disconnecting every second or so. In my case it was a 1tb toshiba canvio usb hard drive. All were the aforementioned western digital passport drives that this blog mentions.
I cant safely remove my wd external hard drive when i try to safely remove my book external hard drive there is a long delay 30 seconds and then i get the message saying the device could not be removed. I dled the latest driver and firmware for the wd device, as well as the latest usb 3. Tips for getting started with the wd my book backup drive. Wd 1tb my book av dvr expander external hard drive usb 2. Wd my book external drive not working external hardware. I thought something was wrong with the hard drive, so i had it rmad.