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    Lost drive letters

    What would cause Windows ten to remove drive letters from my WD Black, 1tb Drives? I can still go to my bias and boot from them, but Macrium Reflect will not clone to them. My C: drive is an SSD. I use the WDs as part of my backup system. Thank you, Angster
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    Harddisk security wdc wd5000lpvt - 75g33lock

    Contraseña System disable
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    HDD not getting detected on usb 3

    WD elements 2 tb hdd not getting recognised to usb 3 but works normally on usb 2. Even the light is on but doe not blinks. Moreover other hdd gets connected and gets recognised to both the usb 2 and usb 3.
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    external hard disk corruption

    I have the WD My passport external hard disk 500GB Accidentally, it dropped off my desktop computer while on use and after I plugged it in back to the same or another USB port there seems to have no data. I can see the folders but they seem to be empty. Please, can you help me?
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    Hard Drive 3FO error

    My laptop fell a couple days ago, and I've fiddled about to narrowing the problem down to it being the hard drive. My WD hard drive isn't being recognized. There's no clicking or beeping, just a faint spinning sound. Is there any way to Revive it, or am I to purchase another one?
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    We have a mitsubishi model wd-73734. It has a ton of white dots... what to i need to fix this myself

    I see similar post but want to make sure i get the right chip to fix it
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    Multiple hard drives not detected in Bios

    I have 3 hard drives from multiple manufacturers. 1 x 160GB Seagate 1 x 160GB Fujitsu 1 x WD Blue 500GB All are laptop HDD. The laptop had a dead drive that I tested with seatools and HD Tune pro, it failed both and was completely gone. The other 3 I tested with the same programs and all...
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    asus eeebook x205ta

    II am on holiday and brought a WD My passport ultra 0820 external drive and a 128 g. lexar memory stick and sandisk 16 g memory stick with backup data on them that I need to use. The Asus eebook now won't let me open them. It sees the drives, but there is a yellow explanation mark through...
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    Black dots have taken over my 60 in Mitsubishi tv

    Help I love my Mitsubishi 60 in tv model # WD-60738 I have had it for about 6 yrs and have only had one problem with it besides the one that started today I replaced the lamp about 4 months ago and today I turned on the tv and black dots started showing up more and more help can this be fixed...
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    How to reset my WD passport ultra. I forgot my password

    I forgot the password of my device and I need to use it. I don't mind erase everything inside. I have changed my computer so I don't know if I need to get any driver or that sort of things. I appreciate the help. Thanks guys!
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    iMac mid 2010, 2TB WD 5400rpm or 2TB Seagate 7200rpm? PSU temps. extra ram

    Hello i was wondering which HDD i should go for, the 2TB WD 5400rpm or 2TB Seagate 7200rpm? i know you guys would most likely say the seagate 7200rpm because of its higher rounds but theres a catch. the 2TB WD 5400rpm has a thermal connection which has two rows of 4 pins stack on each other...
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    sony vaio unable to install plain win7

    Hi, the original hard disk of my sony vaio vpceb1a4e has failed. I bought a WD blue 1TB, but when I try to install win 7 home premium x64 I get this error (I found the image online but the error is that one) Searching online I tried MBR and GPT partitions 'style' both..nothing works.
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    Double level encryption problems

    I have successfully been using 2 Ext hard drives 'WD my passport' with encryption and also on a different non encrypted drive been using truecrypt successfully to create an encrypted file volume. However, I have just tried to create a 2 level encryption by using veracrypt to create a file...
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    WD Backup failing to start

    When I try to start/open up the GUI for WD Backup software included with the WD 3TB external hard drives it tells me it stopped working Not sure how to go about repairing this any help is great Thanks
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    WD Smartware Pro vs Acronis True Image WD Edition?

    Forgive my ignorance but which one is better? I am hoping to have continuous back-up from my book duo to my book and a system image back-up on my passport if that makes a difference in software selection. Why does WD even offer both anyways?  I am running Windows 10.
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    hard drive issues

    I have a new WD Elelment hard drive full of good movies,it will play through the tv but they are confined to a smaller screen in the middle of our tv,i have a Muteki 7.2 stereo approx 2 years old,i plugged the usb port at the front of the system and tuned to usb the tv wont reconize a thing but...
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    How to recover data from corrupted WD external hardisk

    Hi... I have Western Digital Passport 1 TB external Hard disk. It has got corrupted. When I connect to my Window 7 machine, my external hard disk rotates but my machine does not recognize it.I have checked External hard disk with other working cable as well but still it is not working . I have...
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    USB 3.0 port on HP Laptop not exceeding 40 MBPS using WD My Passport USB 3.0 External HDD.

    Hello! I tested the internal HDD with CrystalDiskMark and was able to get 109 MBPS both on sequential read and write tests. Then, when I tested my 1 TB WD My Passport USB 3.0 External HDD with CrystalDiskMark the sequential read and write speed did not exceed 40 MBPS the few times I tried. Got...
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    Which hard disk hd to choose? 5400 rpm Blue WD vs 7200

    Hello, Could you please give me some advice on choosing my new hard drive? I'm choosing WD for it's reputation as a reliable hard drive manufacturer with a low doa and other failures rate. But in the last months the company merged the Blue and Green series into just one. The thing is that now...
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    my samsung tv wont play WD passport

    My new Samsung TV see the WD passport but says no files . but when I connect to me computer I have 8 movies on the passport, why and how do I watch the movies on my 4k TV?