Good day, Please why has my flash drive (bought in August 2013) suddenly died and just heats up when plugged in to my PC?
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its a realy cheap model mine bricked within a month... i tried to rma and its not as easy as most sites these days good luck
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Hi there, only to let you know that I bought 2 of them about 2 years ago I have replaced both with other brands, because a usb port failure. My advice find another brand. Thanks
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No, that does not sound normal at all. Mine has never heated up noticeably, even when transferring hundreds of gigabytes. Sounds to me like there's something the matter with yours.
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Depending on what operating system you have some will prompt you to format the flash drive. If you were not prompted look under my computer, find the flash drive & format it before use. It will sync with your operating system & be ready for use. If it still won't open, contact company where you purchased it for replacement or help.
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hmmm good question...mine just keeps pluggin along. Since I got this used from some one who clearly could not get it going with the cryptic instructions...I got it for steal (price of the drives).
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Are you sure that you used the USB cable correctly? You need to plug both USB cables to your computer for the drive to work. One would only provide power, and the other would be used to transfer DATA, neither one can work on its own. As a troubleshooting step, try to use a drive in the enclosure that you know for sure is not dead, if that one works, and the other one is still giving you problems, then it might be a problem in the drive itself but not the enclosure. However, if the drive that you know is working well, still doesn't show up on the computer, then it might be a problem in the enclosure. Hope this helps! Are you sure that you used the USB cable correctly? You need to plug both USB cables to your computer for the drive to work. One would only provide power, and the other would be used to transfer DATA, neither one can work on its own. As a troubleshooting step, try to use a drive in the enclosure that you know for sure is not dead, if that one works, and the other one is still giving you problems, then it might be a problem in the drive itself but not the enclosure. However, if the drive that you know is working well, still doesn't show up on the computer, then it might be a problem in the... » Read More Are you sure that you used the USB cable correctly? You need to plug both USB cables to your computer for the drive to work. One would only provide power, and the other would be used to transfer DATA, neither one can work on its own. As a troubleshooting step, try to use a drive in the enclosure that you know for sure is not dead, if that one works, and the other one is still giving you problems, then it might be a problem in the drive itself but not the enclosure. However, if the drive that you know is working well, still doesn't show up on the computer, then it might be a problem in the enclosure. Hope this helps! « Show Less
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I am NOT an expert. I don't think there are any parts in the adapter that can wear out. It looks to be just electrical connections. So you seem to have either a bad connection or a bad drive. I'm sure you've tried reconnecting and jiggling wires and using different USB ports. If none of that works, my best guess is your drive went bad. I wish I had more profound advice for you. Can you test the adapter with another drive to help isloate the problem? If the adapter works with another drive, then I would say your original drive is bad. Bad drives are way beyond what I can deal with.
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At this moment I am pulling data off an external USB drive that appeared to be totally dead. Clack, click, whiirrrrrrrr and never came online. I froze it. Not kidding: http://www.emergingtechs.com/posts/put-your-hard-drive-in-the-freezer-to-recover-data/ Mine works for about 1/2hr until the drive warms up again, then back into the freezer. Given this scenario it makes sense to know what is critical, get it first, and get the non-essential stuff later. All my important stuff is already recovered and now I'm copying over 40GB of "nice to have" stuff. As soon as this process is over I'm going to improve my backup scenario!
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I need to swap the print circuit board, since PC cannot detect this drive any more. I have tons of data on this drive that needs retrieval. So I placed another order again. Hope I will get exact model as I bought in Nov, 2010. The model I received last time is also WD20EARS-00MVWB0. Can someone report what's their model number now, if they bought it recently? Thank you. I will report mine once I get it on Monday.
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That's one of the big flaws in that drive -- after a while the USB connector in the unit itself starts to fail. for the short term, you may be able to jiggle the cord to get some connection, but in the long run it is going to become unusable.
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More information please: OS? Steps you have taken (I.e. Have you unplugged the drive and restarted the computer, etc.) also, was the drive bring accessed when improperly ejected?
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You are doing everything correctly, the problem is with the battery inside, it only lasts for a couple of months, then you can throw it away as battery won't hold the charge for more than 5 minutes. It is a cheap pen drive, so expect it to last as what it is. Use it as a usb mass storage drive instead and purchase a more expensive and high end one if you want to really use for a longer period of time. And don't even try to replace the battery, because you won't find any like it in the market. Good luck.
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Almost sounds like a faulty drive. I would try plugging it into a different computer. If it still doesn't work you'll want to return it.
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Sorry, but I won't be much help. I have not used a flash drive on that unit.
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I had the similar problem but my drive is not seem to run even I turn it on. What do you think is the problem?Simon
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I found that I did have trouble if i tried to plug into an external USB extension and had to go directly into the computer - but it sounds like you already did that so I'm not sure. Did you try to just bring up a Windows explorer session and see if there is new drive listed?
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I got it, cut and pasted 300 gigs worth of backups to it saw it complete a bit later on and took a nap for an hour. Came back and it was dead along with all the backups. Will try to break it open and see if there was just a failure in the power unit. It was ac tho..