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Western Digital My Passport: It is no longer sharing the debt that is inside of it. How do I fix th

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:03:24 -0700

It’s no longer sharing the data inside of it

⟐ Answer edited April 10, 2026 at 11:03 MST

Western Digital My Passport: How do I get data off?

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 04:36:22 -0700

The drive shows up on my computer, I can access it, but when I try to pull it off it goes EXTREMELY slow and I get an error. I need help.

⟐ Answered April 09, 2026 at 4:36 MST

Western Digital My Passport: Repair my external hard drive?

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 04:03:40 -0700

I accidently dropped my hard drive and now it just makes a screeching sound and is not recognized by CPU. Can the data be recovered?

⟐ Answered March 12, 2026 at 4:03 MST

Western Digital My Passport: drive won't show up and making clicking sound

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 03:34:14 -0700

off of a sudden my 2tb WD External stopped showing up and is making a clicking sound. is this thing toast?

⟐ Commented January 30, 2026 at 3:34 MST

Western Digital My Passport: Any tool to repair my WD My Passport

Sun, 29 Jun 2025 21:34:33 -0700

My device led light comes on but my Mac doesn't recognize the drive. Is there any tool to repair my external 1TB WD My Passport hard drive?

⟐ Commented June 29, 2025 at 21:34 MST

Western Digital My Passport: Why the drive no longer accepts my password?

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 06:30:55 -0700

My WD passport won’t unlock

Western Digital My Passport: My USB doesn't work?

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 01:46:26 -0700

My USB MyPassport 2TB stopped working when I plugged it in the computer.

⟐ Commented March 06, 2025 at 1:46 MST

Western Digital My Passport: My usb port got broken

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 02:49:55 -0700

I have a WD my passport, where the usb port is broken and i asked in service centre, everyone said nothin can be done. it has to be throwed and my very important files are there in it. pls help me out guys.

⟐ Commented November 04, 2024 at 2:49 MST

Western Digital My Passport: Restoration of module 190 on a western digital hard drive

Wed, 07 Aug 2024 07:46:35 -0700

A few days ago I dropped a Western Digital My Passport 5TB hard drive.

I sent it to the company that is supposed to recover the data and they said that its 190 module was destroyed.

They asked for thousands of dollars to recover the information and that's an amount I can't spend.

I wanted to understand if I could buy a hard drive of the exact same type and replace this module?

In addition, is there a way to understand exactly what this module is? Where is the documentation of such things? I couldn't find it on google

Thanks in advance.

⟐ Answered August 07, 2024 at 7:46 MST

Western Digital My Passport: My Passport lost recognition with 2013 MacBook Air?

Fri, 26 Jan 2024 06:35:09 -0700

My wife has a 2013 Macbook Air. She just bought a newer Macbook and a new WD 1 TB My Passport external hard drive, WDBYVG0010BBK-WESN, so she could back up all her information and transfer it to the new laptop.

When she first plugged it in to her older Mac, it was recognized to be installed. But then it prompted her and asked what she wanted to back her computer up to...she intended to select the Passport but instead it somehow erased it and it no longer appears on her laptop. She has tried restarting the computer, uninstalling it, etc. but nothing is working. We hooked it up to my older Windows 7 laptop which seems to at least recognize it so not sure what's going on.

Any help would be appreciated!

⟐ Answer accepted January 26, 2024 at 6:35 MST

Western Digital My Passport: What type of external hard drive is it? SATA or ATA

Sun, 01 Oct 2023 21:59:17 -0700

I have a Western Digital My Passport Wireless 2TB USB 3.0 Wireless Wi-Fi Mobile Storage Device. WDBDAF0020BBK-NESN. The battery has surpassed its lifespan and needs to be replaced. I would like to know the form factor of the hard drive if it is 2.5" or 3.5", SATA or ATA or IDE so I can buy an external hard drive enclosure. Thanks.

⟐ Answer accepted October 01, 2023 at 21:59 MST

Western Digital My Passport: Disk has become write Protected

Fri, 18 Aug 2023 20:21:57 -0700

how to change disk from read only?

⟐ Answered August 18, 2023 at 20:21 MST

Western Digital My Passport: indicates 99% full but it is not

Tue, 31 Jan 2023 23:55:23 -0700

It says 182.37 MB = 75% of the drive.

How can I fix this?

⟐ Answer edited January 31, 2023 at 23:55 MST

Western Digital My Passport: Where can I get my HDs data recovered in Los Angeles

Wed, 21 Dec 2022 05:24:53 -0700

Where can I take my HD to retrieve my data in Los Angeles??

⟐ Answer edited December 21, 2022 at 5:24 MST

Western Digital My Passport: Why is my password not working only flashing the light

Thu, 04 Aug 2022 05:14:45 -0700

my password not working only flashing the light why

my id is SAADBAIG267@GMAIL.COM

FB NAME :SAADBAIG

⟐ Commented August 04, 2022 at 5:14 MST

Western Digital My Passport: Why does my E:Drive have a blue question mark?

Mon, 03 Jan 2022 16:21:14 -0700

Whether the hard drive is plugged in or not, the E:Drive has a blue question mark and does not open in a new window. This is where I usually access the hard drive. The hard drive itself seems to be running as I can feel movement inside and the light is on and not blinking. This hard drive is not even a year old.

Windows 10 Pro, on PC.

⟐ Commented January 03, 2022 at 16:21 MST

Western Digital My Passport: Can I format my Hard-drive to another format with data pre-existing?

Sat, 06 Nov 2021 11:16:56 -0700

I have a 2TB WD Mypassport drive which is currently formatted in Microsoft NTFS and filled upto 1.5TB. I wanted to ask if it is possible to format the remaining 500 GB(Via partition) in APFS format(Apple’s format)?
If it’s a no, I won’t bother.
But If it is a yes, My next question is that , Is it possible to format the complete drive in APFS, If i make a partition of 500GB (APFS, out of 2TB) and move some data from the NTFS part(1.5TB) until the APFS partition is full? and then format the empty part again into APFS and keep on repeating my hard drive is completely in APFS format?
I am doing this because I don’t have any option to store/backup the data in any another Drive/Cloud service… I want to try all the free options first.

⟐ Answer edited November 06, 2021 at 11:16 MST

Western Digital My Passport: please help me get my WD Hard Drive fixed!

Sat, 28 Aug 2021 09:53:48 -0700

I have a custom built WD 50mb External HD that I bought realistically 6-8 years ago. When I plug it into my Macbooks USB Port I make a sound sorta like the sound an Aboriginal Toaster makes when it’s finished toasting a fresh slice of Banik.

Then once the HD’s connected, the light turns on the HD device and the HD makes 5 buzzing/beeping sounds but won’t show up in my Finder or Disk Utility. I have followed a 12 step program to help me cope with my drinking problem along with multiple steps from youtube tutorials and nothing seems to work. I really love drinking but it will never be the same until I retrieve the files from my 50mb External HD.

Please note that I only have 2 files on my HD that use about 20.2 mb of space but both files are my favourite songs that I like listening to while I drink myself into a raging black out during lunch time.

If any of you have ever heard the song Say My Name by Destiny’s Child & Lean Back by Fat Joe & Lil Jon..

That should explain enough about what I am going thru so I beg you all, please help me get my WD Hard Drive fixed!

Product # WD8P6A0020BBK-OA

Sincerely,

Ja Rule

⟐ Answered August 28, 2021 at 9:53 MST

Western Digital My Passport: Accidentally formatted drive from Fat32 to NTFS, PLEASE HELP need to r

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 18:43:38 -0700

Lost files was Fat32 now NTFS, PLEASE HELP

⟐ Answered July 22, 2021 at 18:43 MST

Western Digital My Passport: I plug my hard drive into my computer it always says scan and repair

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 01:55:53 -0700

Each time i plug my hard drive into my computer it always says scan and repair i used to ignore it then one day i thought let me do it so while doing it it was on the second day still scanning then i accidentally hit the cable and it stopped scanning i decided to start again but when i plug into the computer it just makes a clicking sound and the white light flashes it goes off for few seconds and back on and i also noticed it's stopped vibrating is this an issue? i can see it appear in the computer but files cant be accessed. please help if you can thanks

⟐ Edited March 09, 2021 at 1:55 MST