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2TB Ext HDD 1021 - disk recognized but volume isn'...

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I have a 2TB Ext HDD 1021 that recently stopped being recognized by both Windows & Mac machines. The drive appears in Disk Management as a physical drive but not as a volume. It says it's an acti...
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Always have to unplug then plug in My Book Essenti...

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I use the My Book Essential exclusively for my itunes library. After a shut down or hibernation or sleep, once I restart my computer I have to physically unplug then plug in the power connection in o...
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wont let me in

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I have an WD MYbook Essentials external drive ...when I try to back-up ...for example quickbooks (which Iwas able to do on my other computer XP) ,  on windows 8, it wil say "the currently logged...
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My Passport Edge for Mac used on PC

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Hello,   So I've been looking at the My Passport Edge for some time. As far as I've been able to find the only difference between My Passport Edge for Mac and the version for PC is the material (plas...
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Connect MyBook 1TB to router...can do??

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Hello,  I have a MYBook 1TB drive, at the moment it is connected to the pc by the usb cable that came with the drive,  I would like to connect it to the router Via a USB to RJ45 adaptor and cable so ...
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non IT guru needs help formatting

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Hi all, I would appreciate some help please.    I just bought a WD elements 1TB hard drive.   My DVD player (Toshiba multi regional SD2010KY) obviously missed the "plug and play" revolution...
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WD Elements 2TB External Desktop Hard Drive - USB ...

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I have a WD Elements 2TB External Desktop Hard Drive which I use with my laptop (I don't have a desktop PC) and it was all working fine until I tapped the USB cable with my foot and it fell out of th...
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Missing 382GB of storage

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I have a 500 gb hard drive that I brought from you guys and it says I have used 382gb of storage yet when I highlight all of the data and right click and go to properties it says all the data adds up...
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My Book Essential WDBACW0020HBK-AESN loses all ico...

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After a recent update My Book Essential 2TB lost system icons and disappeared from the start program listing. I cannot get up WD Smart page to back-up my laptop. OS is Wind. 7. Thank you for any help.
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WD drive was formatted on a Mac with FAT32 filesy...

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My WD 1TB Passport drive is not working.     The 1TB external drive was formated on a Mac, as a FAT32 file system. Now, the 1TB Passport can't be read by a Windows computer.   How can I read the data...
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‎04-18-2013 07:28 PM
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