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    [SOLVED] Motherboard won't "recognize" old WD 4TB HDD, how can I fix it?

    Yup you're right on that, although it's not that important data. Pretty much stuff I can download but would take a loooong time to do it again I did back up my documents in google drive and dropbox a couple of months ago, luckily just before my motherboard died. Was also checking a few moments...
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    [SOLVED] Motherboard won't "recognize" old WD 4TB HDD, how can I fix it?

    Ok cool, thanks! I still have 6+ hours to finish uploading 1TB into dropbox and then finally be able to format one of the drives which had only 2TB inside. Then I'll format that one and move the info from the other drive into it and finally format the last one. That should work.
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    [SOLVED] Motherboard won't "recognize" old WD 4TB HDD, how can I fix it?

    This is what it shows for the HDD connected through the regular USB: And this is how it looks for the other drive connected directly to the motherboard: Well at least from what I understood I can still make it work as long as I format the whole drive right? I'm already doing a backup of my...
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    [SOLVED] Motherboard won't "recognize" old WD 4TB HDD, how can I fix it?

    Well, I have one of the drives connected through USB right now so I can check. Actually, not sure how to check. This is what Disk Management shows when connected through the USB 3.0 Not sure how to check if it has a Linux formatted version, but if you can tell me how to check I can do it right...
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    [SOLVED] Motherboard won't "recognize" old WD 4TB HDD, how can I fix it?

    Ugh. I guess I'm gonna have to make space in my other external hard drives at least until I manage to back them up. I'll try with the drive that is not full first. Thank you.
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    [SOLVED] Motherboard won't "recognize" old WD 4TB HDD, how can I fix it?

    Hello, I have 2 of these WD 4TB My Book Desktop External Hard Drive. I purchased both of them a long time ago and they are working fine. I connected them using the regular USB 3.0 cable that comes with it without any issues. But now I'm trying to connect them directly to my motherboard instead...