Recently as I accessed a file on my WD Passport Ultra the device became so slow that I thought it had died. I’m not sure, but it may have over heated as I had the drive on my lap and the laptop on top of that! (not smart).
The drive continued to spin and the white light flashes.
Now, when I plug it in to any PC with any cable the drive shows up as “local drive” and can not be accessed.
Unless, I first run a program called EASEUS Data Recovery. Once the EASEUS scan process completes the drive is once again visible with the name given in the past.
I can then “see” all of my folders and files, but when I try to access the data or copy anything to another drive it takes forever. A file that would have taken a few minutes to move in the past just completed after 4 days!!
So, I am sort of stuck. I have found a way to access and copy my data, but I don’t have a couple of years to dedicate to the process.
Does anyone have any suggestions??
thanks in advance.
