[ms] · Est. May 2002
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Will someone please, please help me out!!!! I just bought a Western Digital My Book external hard drive....I can't seem to get this piece of shit to work on my computer!!!!!!111
I have WindowsXP and the USB port is spose to recognise it and run the damn thing, but its not...
I'm getting a bit frustrated now. its been like 3 hours and I cant figure this fucking thing out....Would anyone be so kind as to help me???
Also, can we please leave this in the GYY forum?? Thanks :)
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is your USB port busted ? try a diff port. Also some USB hardware (if Windows auto installs is) needs a system reboot.
Also did you HD come with any drivers, you might wanna try installing those too.
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ive done everything....rebooted, un plugged, re plugged, check everything...went to the support forum for the product....still cant figure this shit out....
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is it the port ? have you tried another port ? it could also be that your product is DOA
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right click on my computer and go to manage. check to make sure that there are no unknown devices in your device manager.... this will tell you if you have the correct drivers for your drive. if there are any yellow question marks put in the cd that came with your drive, if no cd, check the website for downloads. re-install the drivers, then try again. if all of your devices look good check out your disk manager (also in the window that is opened when you chose manage after right clicking on my computer). check to see if the disk shows up in the disk manager, right click on the disk manager and choose refresh to see if it then pops up. if you still see no sign looks like the western digitial drive is shit. now, its whether your usb drive is fucked or your drive. try plugging something else into that same usb port and see if it works... if so send that piece of shit back to western digital. most likely the raid card in the drive is fucked....
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Thanks for everyones input....tested it out on a friends computer....wouldnt work either...so im takin it back...thanks for your help, ya'll :)
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maxtor imo ;) had the best luck with them [URL]http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=1025740[/URL]
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holy cow did they get cheap!
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I need to get me one of those and a TV Tuner card and I'm set ;)
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hell yeah...i found a western digital my book 250 gb for 130 bucks....not too shabby :)
Kamal....you were right...it was DOA...took it back, got a new one, and it works perfectly :)
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WD offer usually quality products you just had bad luck with yours, get a new one and you'll be fine
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I go with Hitachi drives.
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[QUOTE=lilsensa;415495]hell yeah...i found a western digital my book 250 gb for 130 bucks....not too shabby :)
Kamal....you were right...it was DOA...took it back, got a new one, and it works perfectly :)[/QUOTE]
how is it? i just bought one last week and expecting it to arrive today. got the exact one too, the Western Digital-My Book Essential 250GB External Hard Drive. had to get more storage for home. also have a 250gb external usb HD at work, not sure what the brand was...
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its good so far.. just put most of my music on it...a little slow on the transfer...i think it took like 1.5-2.0 gb an hour to upload...but, oh well, its good for storage and thats what i bought it for :)
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dude that is very slow.... have you connected it to a USB 1.0 port ?? I just got one yesterday (to reformat my HD on my lappie) and had to backup about 75 odd GB. Did it in about an hour....
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maybe i dont know what im talking about....ill check the specs on this thing later today...i dont know man, haha
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yeah mine is much quicker than that... put 70 odd gig on it and it was an hour or so. not sure if the fact that it comes fat32 makes a difference... first thing out of the box i format ntfs
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I personally dont think the File System plays a big role in speed transfer (at least to this extent) unless its encrypting the data on the fly.
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didnt think so really, but seems strange, its a speedy mofo for me
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So does anyone here have recommendations on harddrives to buy? Was looking at either [URL="http://reviews.cnet.com/Maxtor_OneTouch_III_USB_2_0_500GB/4505-3186_7-31649910.html?tag=pdtl-list"]maxtor[/URL] or a [URL="http://reviews.cnet.com/Western_Digital_My_Book_Essential_Edition_500GB_External_Hard_Drive/4505-3186_7-31793425.html?tag=pdtl-list"]western digital essential edition[/URL] or [URL="http://reviews.cnet.com/Western_Digital_MyBook_Premium_Edition_500GB_External_Hard_Drive/4505-3186_7-31793438.html?tag=pdtl-list"]western digital premium edition[/URL]...anyone have opinions on these harddrives and the difference between the essential and premium edition wds?
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I'd go for a western digital..... regarding your Q above
[QUOTE]The Essential Edition drive has only a USB 2.0 connection (the Premium Edition can also connect via FireWire) [/QUOTE]
which basically means faster connectivity but as far as I know, real world difference between USB 2.0 + Firewire isnt a wholel lot (yea you'll find technical data showing the difference but it wont be drastic in day to day use)
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i just bought the seagate 500 gig firewire for 200.00 bucks. I have three of these drives all stacked. crazy stuff. Really a huge fan of seagate.
[url]http://www.seagate.com/products/retail/external/usbfirewire[/url]
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^ damn, thats a lot of storage.
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[QUOTE=threehills;421684]^ damn, thats a lot of storage.[/QUOTE]
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^^^ you bet. the true killer for me is my DV movies. Any digital video eats up your space like a damn virus. It is much easier for me to back everything up on seagate insteand of DVD. I will probably wait 1/2 year and either go blu-ray or HD-DVD for a more physical backup.
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I just picked up one of the 250GB Western Digitals. In the picture, it looks like you can link several together. Is this a possibility? Or would each have to be plugged into the computer separately?
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I am not sure if you can do that with WD. I had terrible issue with WD. So I am sorry I am not a fan. If you are referring to daisy chaining ... I have not tried with seagate, and probably something I would not even recommend. Microsoft is terrible with drivers, and there is a good chance that your USB/FIREWIRE port is going to be hosed by endless amount of redundant checks. I would keep it simple and just hot swap the one you need. It actually does not take a lot of time. I generally would not even recommend using it as a drive because of the external factor. It would suck to have crash of 500 gigs. (knocks on wood)
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I don't think you can daisy-chain them together and access each drive. Wouldn't one of the RAID setups do the same thing and probably better?
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Sorry, my computer knowledge is basic. What is a RAID setup?