Windows 10: WD Black 4TB no longer working

Discus and support WD Black 4TB no longer working in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; Hi , If this is not the correct location for this post, please let me know. Yesterday morning when I tried to start my PC, it was hanging on the Dell... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by RedLad, Sep 19, 2020.

  1. RedLad Win User

    WD Black 4TB no longer working


    Hi ,

    If this is not the correct location for this post, please let me know.

    Yesterday morning when I tried to start my PC, it was hanging on the Dell logo screen. I plugged it out and tried again with the same thing, no start up.

    I noticed there was a strange clicking/chugging kind of a sound so turns out it is one of my hard drives.

    I borrowed a hard drive docking bay from a friend to see if it could be detected from that but had no luck trying that. Could anybody advise on what to do to try and retrieve my files from this drive?

    Thank you,
    Paul

    :)
     
    RedLad, Sep 19, 2020
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  2. HarvHer Win User

    wd elements se 4tb is not recognized on "surface pro 6"

    Hi,

    Can't operate my new wd elements SE 4tb on my surface pro 6 running Windows10.

    When connecting to the notebook, I can hear clicks from inside the wd device, and no recognition from the surface pro 6.

    Connecting another WD passport essential 750Mb works ok.

    Is this a fault problem with the WD elements SE 4tb? or drivers issues?

    Any clue how to fix this problem will be appreciated, or its a faulty WD issue?
     
    HarvHer, Sep 19, 2020
    #2
  3. Azza88 Win User
    4TB WD HDD not working

    Good afternoon

    Last week I bought a brand new 4TB Western digital HDD for my PC. I plugged it in, went into Disk Management and it came up no problem. I then formatted it, gave it a letter and started copying some files to the HDD. Mid way through copying, it stopped copying files for some reason and so i cancelled the copy. I then restarted my computer. Now only BIOS says there is a HDD and Windows no longer recognizes it at all. It now also takes around 5 minutes to boot my computer up whenever it is plugged in. Tried the HDD on several other computers but it was undetectable. It no longer comes up in Disk Management and so I can no longer reformat it.

    Any advice or software suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

    Thank you
     
    Azza88, Sep 19, 2020
    #3
  4. entropy13 Win User

    WD Black 4TB no longer working

    WD Red vs Caviar Black

    Tech Report have one of the more comprehensive storage drive reviews out there, their latest is a review of a WD Red. It's a 4TB however...

    But generally speaking, there's not much going for the Caviar Black especially with the price. Heck the 4TB Red is cheaper per GB than a 1TB Black. LOL
     
    entropy13, Sep 19, 2020
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