This is a fairly new hard drive with over 500 gb free space. Windows does not seem to recognize it although, It shows up under device and printers. But it's absent in disk management. The external lights are constantly flashing but in a systematic manner it stops blinking and stay on for a while before restarting the whole process. They're no clicking sounds.
So far I have tried changing the cable, changing the port and trying on another PC but same thing.
Incidentally, this is the third WD Passport. Both of my previous hard drive decided to stop working abruptly and they were fairly new as well. I lost a lot of data both times and I dread this is about to happen again. At this point i'm so furious at WD, I would literally work there and yell at them if I
loved near to their HQ
Edit: It's now showing up under device manager - Disk drives. Still, it's not showing up in my computer nor Disk management.
So far I have tried changing the cable, changing the port and trying on another PC but same thing.
Incidentally, this is the third WD Passport. Both of my previous hard drive decided to stop working abruptly and they were fairly new as well. I lost a lot of data both times and I dread this is about to happen again. At this point i'm so furious at WD, I would literally work there and yell at them if I
loved near to their HQ
Edit: It's now showing up under device manager - Disk drives. Still, it's not showing up in my computer nor Disk management.
My 3 TB WD My Book HDD was doing this too, so I unplugged the power supply for fear I was damaging it by thinking by leaving it on, the HDD was always working since the light was flashing. OverviewWD external hard drive not recognized but the light is on 'It seems that my WD 1TB external hard drive cannot be recognized on my PC but the light is on. The flashlight of WD external hard drive continuously blinking when I connect the drive with USB cable.