My PC is not recognizing my WD Passport 120GB USB external drive. I used just few days ago and connected the usb cable to my computer and the WD Passport drive and not recognized on my 2 laptop and 2 other laptops. After 6 weeks use, suddenly 'USB device not recognsed' appears!!! WTF! I'm unable to access my 180Gb's of data! After reading these comments and others, I'm beginning to think we've been had. These external HD's are just NOT reliable......unless someone can advise me on how to recover everything
Computers & Internet - Western Digital - Passport - Passport WDXML800UE (WDXML800UETE) 80 GB Hard Drive
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I have the 80GB WD passport and it suddenly stopped working one day. The unit lights up but nothing else. Finally I cracked the case open and found, as I suspected, that the drive is simply a SATA laptop drive with a SATA-to-USB conversion card built in. I suspected that the card was **** so I disconnected it and used a USB hard drive adapter (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=3770&name=USB_Hard_Drive_Adapter) and I can read/write to the drive just fine. Best part is that the adapter I use has its own power supply so I'm not pulling juice through the USB cable for a SATA drive.
Even though mine "works" again I don't recommend these drives to anyone. They're just not sturdy enough or well designed.
My pc not recognizing my wd passport