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I travel regularly for work so I keep three copies of every drive so that I can travel with two drives and leave one behind in case I get robbed while I am travelling. Comment.I have a lot of WD drives, I'm a Vietnam based photographer and I use them to store my work on. So if you want to use USB 3 you need the silver Mac version. There's an important difference between these WD drives apart from formatting and colour, which theluggage alluded to - My Passport for Mac works with USB 2 and 3 My Passport Studio works with FireWire 800 and USB 2.
Use Western Digital My Passport On Windows Software To HelpI have had very good experiences with Western Digital drives in the past and this one continues to meet my uses and expectations.I just want to use it like a normal external hard drive that is formatted to read on Mac, Linux and Windows. It mounted without any problem on the desktop and works very well to store large files on and not clutter up my internal drive. If you dont have internet connectivity.I purchased the WD My Passport external drive for My MacBook Pro laptop. Notify them of the problem and the drive will be replaced.For Windows, run WD Discovery.exe to install WD software to help you get a backup plan and modify drive settings. Just get onto the WD website and log into the my support section. So for anyone whom does have a backup (and anything important should be backed up) then this is the best way to fix the problem.Could be heads calibration issue or a damaged Service Area that stores manufacture data required for HDD operation.I thought of opening and inspecting the heads and platters (drive has no critical data on it), pulled the HDD out and while holding it bottom up connected it to the power. A guy from recovery services said, if it's spinning, 99.9% it's not the PCB.My HDD never fell, nor got a physical damage. Removing the data cable as WD suggest didn't help.
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