hard drive not accessible stating "The media is write protected." Hello, I sent an external hard drive to a tape backup company. The company stated that the drive is not accessible with the error message, "The media is write protected." Any suggestions? williamj w...
I have been able to attach a couple of external SSDs, but I have two external hard disks that I cannot access from the MacBook. When I plug them in, they don't mount. Moreover, they are not visible from Disk Utility. It's like nothing is attached to my computer at all. Do I ...
Error: “E: is not accessible. The parameter is incorrect.” Hi there, When I am trying to use my external hard drive, I am getting the following error "E: is not accessible. The parameter is incorrect." I tried to run chkdsk E: /r in the command prompt as administrator, but it...
This is extremely common, and not related to our problem at all. Many disks come with multiple partitions; some contain utility or recovery tools. In this case, the clue is that my externalhard diskis aG-Drive branded disk, and the “G-UTILITIES” partition is likely to be utilities that...
- If you open Disk Management, you can see the external hard disk there, but it becomes unallocated, uninitialized, or even RAW disk. In short, there is not a partition on the disk, or the drive is not accessible anymore. - Sometimes, an error message might pop up when you connect th...
The WD external hard drive does not spin. Clicking noises from WD My Passport hard drive. The power LED is on but the WD drive is not accessible. Unable to see the data files in WD drive when it detected.When you can not access WD My Passport hard drive and the data on it, do no...
“WD My Passport external drive appears in the file manager when connected as a drive letter F: When I attempt to access it, I get an error F:\ is not accessible. Access is denied. Running on Windows 10. Have the same error on two different computers. Any ideas what is going on her...
Connect the WD external hard drive to your computer via the USB cable. If the WD Passport not showing up in File Explorer, follow the steps here to check the state of your WD external hard drive in Disk Management:Step 1. Press the Windows + R keys, type diskmgmt.msc in the Run box...
Choose a proper file system and complete the process of fixing a not accessible WD My Passport external hard drive with Disk Management. If the issue persists, try changing the drive letter by following the steps below and check again. Step 1: Choose "Change Drive Letter and Paths..." ...
If the WD My Passport is not showing up on the Mac desktop, Finder, or Disk Utility after connecting to your Mac, how to find it and make it work? If you can't see files from WD external hard drive on Mac, how to access data? You'll get answers here. Solutions for fixing WD ...