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Problem with WD portable passport.

  • 08-04-2008 4:58pm
    #1
    D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,174 ✭✭✭


    I was using my WD portable passport when all of a sudden I heard the beep that sounds whenever it is plugged in or removed. Now whenever I plug the harddrive in it says that it is not formatted. I would really like to keep the data on the drive is there any way to retrieve it? Using xp btw.


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  • #2
    Soundman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,593 ✭✭✭Soundman


    Have you got another cable you can try. I found that the bundled USB cable with it is a pile of Poo. Same thing happened with my girlfriend's Passport drive, 2 days after putting her entire Music collection on it. By using a different cable I was able to access everything and save it. I copied it to another drive and reformatted and error-checked too just to be safe. Worked a treat.


  • #3
    D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,174 ✭✭✭D


    Thanks for the idea but it did not work. I eventually ended up recovering the data with some data recovery software. I was able to get everything back and am now reformatting the drive. It came in FAT32 but I am reformatting in NTFS, is this all right to do?


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