Hi there ,

I have western digital 2.5" 320gb laptop hard disk that seems dead.

I connect the hard disk externally to my laptop .

I opened disk manager and message says : disk 2 unknown, not initialized.

When I click on initialize disk,  a message pops up device is not ready.


So the Microsoft disk manager recognises the disk, but it is unable to initialize the disk.

Is it possible to revive the hard disk and initialize it with some software tools  for windows 7 ?

is there a way to view results from Western Digital Lifeguard extended analysis?   I ran the app against a 2 TB hard drive but the app finished before I had a chance to see the results.  Are these results stored somewhere?

We use 2 Western Digital DUO devices for backup... swapping them out every other day.

They both, all of a sudden, appear to not work.

All I get is a solid ON light.

Thoughts?

I have a WD MY BOOK ESSENTIAL EDITION S/N WCANU1915597  external hard drive it not reading when I plug it in my computer I using windows 7 what could be wrong  I also plug it in all the other ports it does the same thing doesn't work. Tell me what to do thank you frank

Have a Western Digital 2TB external Hard Disk that didn't use for a long time (6 months or so).
I wanted to look for some family photos and when connecting the disk, it starts normally, but the autorun does not start.

I tried using another computer but the problem is that the disk has a password and I can not remember it

I have a great collection of music and photos, so any kind of help will be much appreciated

I am looking for an equivalent drive that will fit my 2013 HP DV 7t- 7000 Pavilion notebook
which  is too small is  momentus xt ATA serial 750 GB Drive model st750LX003
I AM LOOKING FOR AN EQUIVALENT DISC DRIVE GREATER THAN 1 TERABYTE IN SIZE BUT CONFORMS TO THE SAME ELECTRONICS CONFIGURATION SAME NUMBER OF PINS in connector  ETC
please note replacement can be any known brand could be anything from a Fujitsu to a Western Digital. The drive that's being replaced was a Seagate momentus XT Drive
any suggestions of replacement hard drives that fit this Hardware specification would be appreciated

Hello,

I have a Synology Diskstation 412+ NAS in my home office that is nearly full.  The NAS was purchased November of 2012 and has 4 Western Digital 2TB Red drives configured in RAID 6.  I am currently using 3.2 out of the 3.6 TB capacity (89%) and need to increase the capacity to 6-10 TB.

When I purchased the NAS it was being used for both work and home files. The work files involved backing up a web server,  a file server and 1 workstation while the home files included pictures and videos.  I decided to configure the drives in RAID6 so that I could weather up to two drive failures. In the past 5 years I had one drive go bad and the replacement was super easy with no data loss or downtime. I also have a new spare 2TB Red drive in a box in case another drive fails.

My work situation has changed and I no longer need to be able to handle two simultaneous disk failures. In order to keep my RAID 6 and increase my capacity, I think I have to replace all four drives.  If I was starting out today, I would rather have two 8TB drives mirrored and have a third 8TB drive available for a spare. I am looking for advice on the best way to expand my capacity while not breaking the bank.  FYI, I purchased a Western Digital 8TB EasyStore external drive that I will use to backup the NAS before I make any changes. I currently backup my NAS volumes to multiple smaller drives.

Here are the options I am considering:

1. Reconfigure current 4x2TB system to RAID 5 increasing …

I have  a several year old WD my book Live that is having problems - I can't connect to it  (it's a nas / ethernet device)

It's out of warranty. I took it apart and ran crystal disk info on the hard drive. it's failing / got smart errors.

It seems I can't just put in a new hard drive, huh?  The unit's OS is on the hard drive, right?

So with a failed hard drive, is there any relatively simple way to get it going again with a new hard drive?

Hi

There is a problem with my hdd. I am trying to copy the files from it now.
I can't attach it directly with SATA as sometimes the hdd will become very slow (i.e 100kb/s) and my windows 10 will become halted.
I am currently copying it over usb cable.
The speed is average at 4 MB/s, but sometimes it will dropped to 100kb - 300kb (it can last for several mins to 15 mins, but it still running). The speed will pick up again ( 4MB /s) whenever I turn off and turn it on back.

Can I know what's the problem with the hard disk?
I will request for RMA after I copied all the files.
Thanks



Data Lifeguard Diagnosis tool to check, this is the result I received "Test Result: FAIL" "06 Quick test on drive 2 didn not complete! Status code = 07 (Failed read test element), Failure Checkpoint = 102 (unknown test) Smart self-test did not complete on drive 2.

I am tryiong to backup a Western Digital NAS to 2 external USB hard drives. The NAS is running Windows 2008 Storage essentials.

The drives need to be rotated with a drive being taken offsite on alternate nights.

It also needs to send an email notification on job completion or failure.

I have tried using the built in backup utiity in Windows but it doesnt have email notification. I have tried using task sacheduler to send email when certain criteria are met but it just wont work for me.

Does anyone have any suggestions for a simple, free backup solution that will do these 2 things?

Thanks

Can the NAS be used in a PC?
Are they worth the extra $

Thanks

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https://www.scan.co.uk/products/3tb-wd-red-wd30efrx-35-nas-hdd-sata-iii-6gb-s-5400rpm-64mb-cache-ncq