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WD my passport ultra not detect

April 12th, 2016, 11:46

hi guys
i hav a WD20NMVM-11EDZS2 that it detect as not initialized dist in disk managment

i try to conncet as sata (remove c13,c18,c37,31 and connect E71=A+,E72=A-,E73=B-,E75b+)but it not work and just led blinking

board number is 2060-771961-001 rev B

i need data
i have mrt pro

what should i do?
tnx

Re: WD my passport ultra not detect

April 13th, 2016, 5:00

Sorry to hear you're having trouble with your drive. First of all you should go through all of the basic troubleshooting. Try the drive with a different USB cable (not longer than 12")'.To initialize, in Disk Management, right-click the disk you want to initialize, and then click "Initialize Disk." Select the partition style. The status of the disk should change from Not Initialized to Online.
Right click on the Unallocated space, and format, selecting New Simple Volume
Then you should be able to assign a drive letter? Right-click and "Change Drive Letter and Paths."


Here's a link with instructions on how to do that: http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/137/

Re: WD my passport ultra not detect

April 13th, 2016, 5:01

Sorry to hear you're having trouble with your drive. First of all you should go through all of the basic troubleshooting. Try the drive with a different USB cable (not longer than 12")'.To initialize, in Disk Management, right-click the disk you want to initialize, and then click "Initialize Disk." Select the partition style. The status of the disk should change from Not Initialized to Online.
Right click on the Unallocated space, and format, selecting New Simple Volume
Then you should be able to assign a drive letter? Right-click and "Change Drive Letter and Paths."

Re: WD my passport ultra not detect

April 13th, 2016, 5:11

karel.izaac wrote:Sorry to hear you're having trouble with your drive. First of all you should go through all of the basic troubleshooting. Try the drive with a different USB cable (not longer than 12")'.To initialize, in Disk Management, right-click the disk you want to initialize, and then click "Initialize Disk." Select the partition style. The status of the disk should change from Not Initialized to Online.
Right click on the Unallocated space, and format, selecting New Simple Volume
Then you should be able to assign a drive letter? Right-click and "Change Drive Letter and Paths."


really ???? :x :x

OP is looking to recover data.

Re: WD my passport ultra not detect

April 13th, 2016, 11:12

Any way do not follow any of karel.izaac instructions, then data will be lost.
If this is a client drive - then stop here, and outsource to someone with knowledge.

If its for practice, then clone to a same size WD drive. If data is encrypted find a WD USB adapter with the same encryption.
I am not sure MRT handles encryption, look in the manual :wink:

Re: WD my passport ultra not detect

April 20th, 2016, 7:41

It's similar Slow responding issue.
Try to solve it firstly.

Re: WD my passport ultra not detect

April 20th, 2016, 7:46

Dear Dima,
welcome to the forum.
Glad to see you here.

Re: WD my passport ultra not detect

April 20th, 2016, 7:51

Dear Dima,
welcome to the forum.
Glad to see you here.


Thank you. Nice to meet you too!
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