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Western Digital Elements HD: Como cambiar el Conector Usb que trae por uno Sata con Power?

Tue, 05 May 2026 13:34:36 -0700

Quiero cambiar el Conector Usb que trae por uno Sata con Power como los de los Discos Duros Internos Standard, para usarlo como Disco Interno.

Es Posible ?

WD blue Hard Drive: Se me cayó y busco como Repararlo

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 15:42:22 -0700

Se me cayó el disco duro externo y no funciona. Alguna sugerencia para echarlo a volar?, claro que tengo informacion importante en el.

Les agradezco.

Saludos

External Storage: No puedo aceder a mi disco duro externo. Es mi unidad f.

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 10:12:43 -0700

Veo mi disco duro externo. Suena, veo su luz. Veo la unidad f, intento acceder y no puedo. Me indica que los controladores son correctos, pero no puedo acceder a los datos.

WD My Passport Ultra 1TB: como puedo recuperar los datos de mi disco duro externo?

Sat, 17 May 2025 17:15:31 -0700

mi disco duro western digital no es reconocido por ningún computador, mac o pc, y quiero recuperar mis datos. cómo puedo arreglarlo en casa?

⟐ Answered mayo 17, 2025 at 17:15 GMT-7

WD blue Hard Drive: WD40EFAX-68JH4N1 no me inicia

Mon, 05 May 2025 08:24:36 -0700

WD40EFAX-68JH4N1 no inicia no dice capacidad ni nada ve que puso un hhd pero se pone no iniciado

Toshiba Stor.E Alu 2S: Mi disco duro se cayo al piso

Tue, 14 Jan 2025 13:51:37 -0700

Se cayó de la mesa y cuando lo conecte a la PC empezó a hacer un ruido, pienso que sea el cabezal, alguna solución? Tengo información importante que deseo recuperar. Gracias.

⟐ Answered enero 14, 2025 at 13:51 GMT-7

Seagate FreeAgent Go Portable Drive: Mi memoria externa no es visible en pantalla por lo tanto no lo puedo

Fri, 14 Jun 2024 22:47:49 -0700

Mi memoria externa es SEAGATE modelo SRD0SP0 de 1TB No se puede leer

⟐ Answered junio 14, 2024 at 22:47 GMT-7

External Storage: Computador não reconhece hd externo iomega.

Sun, 14 Aug 2022 08:30:06 -0700

Como resolver este problema?

Western Digital Elements HD: Mi disco duro se enciende, la luz se enciende, pero no es reconocido

Mon, 03 May 2021 07:13:21 -0700

Mi disco duro WD elements de 1 TB se enciende, su luz se enciende (estatica sin parpadear) y al parecer trabaja, pero mi pc no lo reconoce, no aparece en el Administrador de Dispositivos ni en el administrador de discos.

¿A que se debe esto?

⟐ Answered mayo 03, 2021 at 7:13 GMT-7

Western Digital Elements HD: Mi HD se ha vuelto "solo lectura". WD ELements 4TB

Wed, 06 Nov 2019 22:55:09 -0700

Tengo un disco externo WD Elements de 4 Tb, conexión USB 3. Tras un apagón, quedó bloqueado en una especie de modo “solo lectura”. Puedo leer lo que había en él, pero no escribir, ni formatearlo, ni eliminar la partición. Al hacerlo, el sistema se refiere a él como si se tratase de una memoria SSD que estuviera protegida contra escritura.

¿Alguna idea? ¿Alguien ha tenido un percance parecido?

Gracias

⟐ Commented noviembre 06, 2019 at 22:55 GMT-7

LaCie Minimus: I Won Auction: Cool Gadgets & Heaps of Tangled, Mismatched Cords

Sun, 14 Jun 2026 13:53:40 -0700

Since moving to Oregon I have longed for the helpful, competent fixer-folks that were in every other open-garage back home. Most have no interest in repair here, others overstate their skills and just brutishly destroy things. Mostly my things. That's not me. My father built and repaired everything and showed me how as he worked. So, I do fix things, however my confidence in electronic repair is timid. I feel I'm a capable, careful, manual reading, proper-tool using gal that respects the directions. I would have been content reading and learning from @oldturkey03's contributions all weekend. My point is, I don't know everything but I can repair things. Having said all that, the tangled nest of the cables here cannot be overstated. I may eventually tease out the matching power cords but I have other things to do and it's my birthday weekend!

Key Problem: I need to download 1.5 Tb of data from a paid data storaGe service to an external drive from the auction before I'm charged another year's subscription fee on Monday.

Question: Can one successfully cut the device plug from the main housing of a 12v power adapter and attach a device plug that seemingly fits? I have a new looking LACie Minimus with no writing at all other than "LACie". No amperage printed either but @oldturkey03 and I believe it to be 5v 2A. What say you? Can it be done without zapping the drive? I don't want to wait and be charged, I also don't want to destroy it if its just impossible. I need to know, given what I've shared, is it possible? And how,, I need that too, lol. Instruction and encouragement is always appreciated. Thank you!

⟐ Answer edited junio 14, 2026 at 13:53 GMT-7

Lacie petit 500GB n2870 ABY25: Hard drive not recognised

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:35:41 -0700

Hi,

I’ve got a “vintage” LaCie Petit hard drive that I had not plugged in in a while (understand a good 10 years). As I wanted to use it, I found out my latest laptop would not recognise it. I assume this is because an old driver on my hard drive. Any idea how to proceed to be able to reuse it, please?

⟐ Answered junio 05, 2026 at 16:35 GMT-7

WD 4TB My Passport Portable: My barely used WD 4 TB My Passport Ultra spins up up then down

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 13:06:58 -0700

Based on a suggestion in this forum I twisted my hard drive drive with some rotation in the air. This knocked it out of the 16 clicks then shutoff problem which I was having. Now I'm faced with the issue of the drive spinning up for a few seconds, followed by spinning down the next few subsequent seconds. All the while the white power light is on. I'm unsure what's happening. Any help is greatly appreciated. Also worth noting, it doesn't show on my pc when connected, neither mac nor windows, at any point

⟐ Edited by author junio 01, 2026 at 13:06 GMT-7

WD blue Hard Drive: My HDD isn't spinning, making a sound, or lighting up when plugged in

Sun, 24 May 2026 10:42:06 -0700

So I noticed my storage and applications and files all gone after the New Years, apparently the blank folder since December 2025 was a tall tell sign that the drive stopped working after I switched to a lower voltage charger since my old original one broke. I since then bought a new SATA cable and new charger but still nothing. I also tested out a external HDD drive cable to check if it worked, but still nothing. I don't have enough money to get it fixed by a specialist so I'm wondering if I can fix it myself?

Here's a Pic, I've been trying to see if it'll spin when connected to a wall but so far, nothing.

It's an internal HDD so idk if it was a good or bad idea to remove it from my laptop. I got it around the beginning of the pandemic. So 2020 or 2021.

Here's the 2 pictures. Is a bad controller board fixable at home?

⟐ Commented mayo 24, 2026 at 10:42 GMT-7

Western Digital My Book: Blue Screen of Death

Fri, 22 May 2026 15:03:04 -0700

Have a 3TB My Book, has been working fine, then all of a sudden as soon as it is plugged in i crashes my system and gives the Blue screen of Death.

Have tried it on other systems and it does the same thing.

Really need help

⟐ Answer edited mayo 22, 2026 at 15:03 GMT-7

External Storage: How to disassemble my external hard drive

Thu, 21 May 2026 11:55:22 -0700

Hi everybody, I need your help to disassemble my Verbatim Store 'n' Save SuperSpeed USB 3.0 4Tb Desktop external hard drive because I dropped it from half meter high and now it doesn't work. It makes some noises like if it's trying to read and the sistem doesn't recognize it. I want to open it to see if I can do anything to solve the problem.

Thanks everybody and keep it up!

The model is: 47674

Here some images taken from the Verbatim webpage:

⟐ Commented mayo 21, 2026 at 11:55 GMT-7

Western Digital External Storage: One WD 12tb Won't Turn Off, Even on Shutown

Sun, 10 May 2026 03:44:57 -0700

I have two 12tb WD external hard drives connected to my computer. When I shut the computer down or put it into sleep mode, only one drive powers down. The other keeps humming as if it's connected/as if the computer is powered on.

Full shutdown of the computer doesn't make it stop, nor does ejecting the disc.
The other drive doesn't have this problem. It shuts off when the computer is in sleep mode or shut down. The drives are the exact same make.
Nothing appears to be accessing the drive (nothing could be accessing it if the computer is shut down fully and disconnected from the internet, as far as I'm aware).
I have changed the USB port, and it doesn't seem to matter which port it's plugged into. The power remains on regardless. This includes extra ports, as I have a USB plug extender with an extra four USB plugs. I have swapped the main plug for this as well as not plugging the WD into it at all. I've tried just about every USB port on the computer at this point.

Looking this up online I have found some discussion about entering the BIOS and changing settings, but I don't understand why it would only effect only one WD, and not both, especially when the USB port it's plugged into doesn't seem to fix the problem. I also don't have power running into any other USB devices (art tablet, for example) when the computer is shut down, regardless of port.

⟐ Commented mayo 10, 2026 at 3:44 GMT-7

WD 4TB My Passport Portable: My hard drive showing in my computer but unable to read data

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:55:14 -0700

My hard drive showing in my computer but unable to access it need solution to resolve it without losing data

⟐ Answered abril 13, 2026 at 4:55 GMT-7

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 abril 10, 2026 at 11:03 GMT-7

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 abril 09, 2026 at 4:36 GMT-7