WD Essential 2TB Hard Drive disconnects and reconnects on its own while plugged into USB jack, help?
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it could be several things. perhaps your table isn't completely straight so the cable moves, or the connection is not great in the port you are using, or your usb jack is starting to fail, the hard drive cable is going bad, or windows itself decided to start randomly ejecting things. in any of these cases the one thing I wouldn't recommend is relying on this hd alone as your backup, and even less if you are going to keep it connected to your computer all the time. they are NOT stable... they are NOT made to last... they WILL fail at some point.
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It used to happened to me when the laptop when to hibernation. I disabled the time to set the computer on hibernation.
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I don't use my that often and I don't leave it connected, just when I want to copy or move items. I haven't had any problems with my.
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you may check 1)hard drive should be self power- it should not getting power from usb that is connected to tablet 2)hard drive should be in FAT32 format i have tried but i have different issue as it recognize it and immediately it says - external drive is dismounted unexpectedly.and cant see data of hard disk. I have 40gb Dragon drive 2.5 external harddisk.
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I only have windows 7. But had a similar problem with a western digital USB drive. I returned the drive & problem was solved.
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OH no problem... just connect one of the other provided cords to the 2nd port on WD drive 1 to either port on the 2nd drive. It automatically shows up on your desktop as a second WD icon. Works great.
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If you are talking about a hard drive, I'm kinda partial to WD. I've had a few and none have given me any problem. If LG optical dvd - same comment
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Exchange the drive for a new one ? The one you have is obviously bad....good luck
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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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Use the USB and a USB external hard drive. WD has one with 2TB I picked up during Black Friday sales.
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Drive is powered by the computer (device) it is attached to. There is not external power or plug to attach one.
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I've had mine ever since they came out early on, and Its has been turned on ever since I purchased it. Through out my years of experience, turning the hard drives off/on is more harm full than just leaving it on. I would say that my WD My Book 2TB has been on since I originally plugged it up. Do not by Seagate or Matrox. WD never gives up on me or at work. However, connect it up to a UPS black out , power strikes, and brown outs will hurt the drive worse than anything else you can allow to happen. Good Luck
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Hi there. First of all, I dont recommend any WD green line hard drive as a system (C:) drive, because the speed. These drives are excelent as a external storage (via usb or esata cables). Try a new sata cable in a different sata slot. For format use operative system tools (avoid and unistall every acronis software, even the free one). Do not intent repair or manipulate in any form the drive with any tool. Try a RMA from WD. Hopes this helps.
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Hmm.. not sure.. theoretically it should work but I didn't want to chance it. So I took my separate external 2TB drive and connected it and it works perfectly
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The first one we bought was bad from the start and we found out by contacting WD Support but went back through Amazon to get the replacement which was quick and easy. Even left the old one in until the new one arrived (had 30 days to return the old one). Contact the seller and they should be able to advise you.
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Rocco, I wish that I knew the answer. I have the same question, as I'm interested in purchasing two, of the WD World Edition 2TB, to daisychain them through the USB. Maybe, somebody will know soon?
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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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I assume you plugged it into USB 3.0, right? Most USB 2.0 ports will not provide enough current to power an external HDD.
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Yup. I can fix it.Your whole hard drive must be formatted and firmware update is required alongwith partition table re-creation