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I have several Western Digital External Hard Drives USB 3.0, and 2 are identical drives with different data. One works fine. The other is not recognized; the light comes on and you can hear it working but it will not show up in "this PC," disk manager or device manager.
I was wondering if data would be recoverable or if there are any other options beyond sending it off. I read somewhere I could possible take it out of its case and use it as an internal? Or hook it up via SATA?
It is a WD My Passport 3.0 2 TB external drive.
Thanks In Advance,
Jim
I was wondering if data would be recoverable or if there are any other options beyond sending it off. I read somewhere I could possible take it out of its case and use it as an internal? Or hook it up via SATA?
It is a WD My Passport 3.0 2 TB external drive.
Thanks In Advance,
Jim
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1
- Computer type
- Laptop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- HP ENVY 15t-j100 Quad Edition CTO Notebook PC
- CPU
- Intel Core i7-4700MQ CPU @2.40GHz
- Memory
- 16 GB
- Hard Drives
- 1TB Toshiba Hybrid Drive