One of my external drives - the WD MyBook - will show up for a while on my PC. But then it’ll just disappear. The little light goes off but I can still feel the whirring. I’ve tried all the USB ports on the computer and it’ll do the same thing every time. Any ideas on what I need to do? Thank you.
Here’s an update. I’ve tried connecting it to different USB ports and it still wouldn’t work. So, tried using a different cord from a drive that I know is working, but it didn’t work either. Do I need new cords? Would someone please help with some advice? I’d really appreciate it. There’s a lot of important paperwork on that external drive. Thank you.
This may sound crazy, but I had the same problem. The WD book worked for about 15 minutes and then always stoped and was not recognized. I noticed that it was always too hot. So I put it in to the freezer and it worked perfectly,nonstop. So I could at least transfer my files to another drive.
I wonder if the WD drives have any thermal protection that stops them from working at some temperature ?.