My Passport 0740 - Western Digital

-
I had a situation. Plugged in my WD Passport 0704 and nothing came up or showed up as a removable device in "My Computer". Also nothing showed up in Disk Management as well. But it was allowing me to safely eject the drive.

I searched the net and found most of them mention the "disk management" solution".

If none of the above works..... This worked for me:
suggestion - unplug the drive before trying this... and uninstall all the light-grey devices that will display. I also remove light-grey devices under "WD Drive Management Devices"

------------------------------------------------------
jack4rall - Apr 25, 2012 02:27PM
Hello, 
Try this 1 
Click on Start --> In search box, type cmd. When it show "Command Prompt" or "cmd.exe" in the search list, 
right-click on it and select the option "Open as administrator". 
Open the command prompt and type the below commands:

set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1 (--> Press Enter)
start devmgmt.msc (--> Press Enter)

"Device Manager" window will be opened. 
Now in the device manager, click on "View" --> Select "Show hidden devices" 
Now expand the nodes "Disk Drives" and "Universal serial bus controller" by clicking on "+" symbol. If you find any light-greyed entries --> Right click on it --> Select "Uninstall". 
Restart your PC and connect your external drive. 
Good Luck
--------------------------------------------------

Found at http://en.kioskea.net/forum/affich-650763-western-digital-my-passport-not-detected

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Configuring Allied Telesis Switches with PuTTy

-
Image
Configuring Allied Telesis Switches Using Putty, change connection type to Serial, then change the com port to what your console cable rj45 to usb is coming up as in the device manager (Com5) and change the speed to 115200. In the console, use the default logins: manager/friend to login to the switch. User the following to reconfigure the switch: console# configure console(config)# interface vlan 1 console(config-if)# ip address 100.1.1.1 255.255.0.0 console(config-if)# exit console(config)# ip default-gateway 100.1.1.254 console(config)# exit To check the settings: console# show ip interface
Read more

FASTER - Arma 3 Server Manager (#Arma3_DIYDGS) Part 1

-
Image
FASTER There are lots of applications you can use for running an Arma Dedicated server, but I use this application that makes it really easy to operate a server  FASTER is " an extended rewrite of FAST2 and FAST, a server tool made by Flax to manage Arma 3 Servers." Installing FASTER After downloading the software from the forum or here: https://github.com/Foxlider/FASTER/releases/latest/download/Release_x64.zip Extract the file and place it in a folder that you want it operating from, as you will have to run the application each time. (The configuration files of the software is stored in your user folder in the AppData hidden folder.) With the initial setup of the software, you will need to add the following: Steam Username - This would be your steam details, required by some games. Steam Password - This and if you are using steam guard code will need to be added. Mod Staging Directory - This is a storage directory for your mods. Put this on a hard drive with lots of space. 
Read more

#DIYDGS - The Basics - Learning Steam_CMD

-
From what I can figure, most of the game server managing programs use the same background commands that get dedicated software running. I'll go over the commands that I know, but I'm not saying that I know all about this topic... only what's necessary to get shit working right.  To download the software, go to this website link for direct download: https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/client/installer/steamcmd.zip For more information also check out: https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SteamCMD Steam_CMD SteamCMD is a command line application that is used in combination with switches to allow for downloading any of the applications that are available from the Steam library. This includes the dedicated server software. Go to the link above and download it, if you want to test some of these commands. Basic Switches Used There are lots of switches to this commands that can be used but I'm gonna focus on the main ones. And all of these commands are used within a batch file:
Read more