OMG!!! This is the 2nd time WD FAILED ON MEE!!! The 1st 1TB just suddenly failed without any harm done to it but i managed to do a data recovery on that, after just a few months of that i accidentally tripped on my 2nd 2TB WD and it fell for only ONCE and now my computer does not even recognise it as oppose to the 1st one, i dont think i can do any data recovery on this one though. Look for data recovery software, I used GetData but there are others out there, they’re not cheap but worth it and the venture can be time consuming. Your stuff’s on there, you just have to get it back. For everyone experiencing lost data here, don’t give up. I’m getting 2 external HD’s and doing just that. Useful advice I found here is to back-up to 2 different sources. I’m thinking internal connection or the motor’s starting to go, this being more likely. And if I turned the HD upside down or sideways while I was performing whacking maneuvers, it would run intermittently. I don’t think it was the connection to the HD as it seemed to be plugged in fully and there was no movement at the connection. The fact that I could whack the thing and make it run means it is a physical problem with the HD. I’m storing it until I get another external HD and hopefully it will run then and I’ll transfer everything. From what I read here even new ones are crashing. Although it was older it had VERY little use on it until 2 months ago. Finally I resorted to semi-barbaric means, smacked the SOB lightly multiple times on a table, tried it and light started flashing, finally held and laptop recognized it. Tried direct outlet like some members recommended, no help. Kept unplugging and plugging it, 3 seconds of light, then dies. Left it plugged into new laptop, no problems, now today it lights for 3 seconds and dies. I have an older Elements ext HD, used it occasionally for years, and a couple months ago my Acer laptop, a new one, just died for no reason, had to do data recovery, worked for hours to recover everything I could and placed it on the Elements. Just found this forum since I’m having basically same problems described.
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