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WD external HD 1TB has red arrow in the disk management

August 16th, 2024, 18:53

Dear Experts
I have got a WD external 1TB USB hard drive when I connect it on different computers win10 OSs and different USB ports (means tried more than one PCs with different USBs),,,,,has red arrow in the disk management
I have got data on it what should I do to recognize it without losing data ?
Thx
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WD disk 3 has red cross.png

Re: WD external HD 1TB has red arrow in the disk management

August 16th, 2024, 19:13

Can you show us a SMART report?

https://www.reddit.com/r/datarecoverysoftware/wiki/index/smart/

Re: WD external HD 1TB has red arrow in the disk management

August 16th, 2024, 19:23

Can you show us a SMART report?

For the external USB WD HD not showing as per attached snapshot
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Not showing External HD.jpg

Re: WD external HD 1TB has red arrow in the disk management

August 16th, 2024, 19:34

The drive looks healthy, so this could be your solution:

https://www.reddit.com/r/datarecoverysoftware/wiki/index/dmde_insert_partition_guide/

It's an in-place repair, so be aware of the risks.

Re: WD external HD 1TB has red arrow in the disk management

August 16th, 2024, 19:38

It looks healthy so this could be your solution.

Are you referring to the The first option in the Disk menu ? If so it is for the internal WD hard drive not external WD

Re: WD external HD 1TB has red arrow in the disk management

August 16th, 2024, 19:42

Sorry, I was confused. If CDI is not detecting the drive, then it has an internal fault.

Re: WD external HD 1TB has red arrow in the disk management

August 16th, 2024, 19:45

Sorry, I was confused. If CDI is not detecting the drive, then it has an internal fault.

I see
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