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WD 500gb Seems dead

by Big_Mos Sep 3, 2013 7:59AM PDT

Hello,
My WD elements 500gb was working fine, when I try to power it up, the External HDD light keeps on blinking, but my PC windows 7 is unable to detect the external HDD. I have treid many cable and all available USB port but to no avail.

i can't see the drive in DISK MANAGEMENT even..

can anybody HELP??

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Sometimes.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Sep 3, 2013 8:10AM PDT

Did you read similar discussions in the CNET Storage forum and try what others have?

New case, don't use USB power, desktop, etc?
Bob

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Have you read through the forum posts that address
by VAPCMD Sep 3, 2013 11:03AM PDT
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