Western Digital

Hi, bought a new 250gb M.2 SATA SSD, installed it in the SATA M.2 slot in my mobo, and it is not recognized in both the BIOS and disk management. Mobo is the Aorus b450 pro wifi, other drives is an A400 boot ssd in SATA0, as well as an WD external hard drive via USB 3.0, connected in the...

I recently built a PC with a functioning M.2 Samsung Evo 500 GB card and Western Digital 2 TB Storage HDD. I want to be able to use both at the same time so that I can maximize the most storage out of both drives. Before, I attempted to make a storage pool but I'm unable to do so for unknown...

Hi, I've been wanting to add some additional storage for some time now since I've been practicing video editing and wanted to create more videos in the future. I also play a lot of games especially open world ones. Would a WD Purple or a Seagate Skyhawk be good for storage? I know they are...

Hi guys, I already have 2 HDDs in my PC, both of them Western Digital Blue 1TB 7200 RPM. Due to needs of more storage space, i decided to get myself Western Digital Blue 4TB HDD, will be used for gaming only. But there's speed differences between both types of HDDs (7200 RPM vs 5400 RPM). I...

My younger brother has an Asus G11CD prebuilt system with a Toshiba 240GB SSD installed. I bought him a WD Blue 1TB HDD for his birthday, but after connecting it to SATA/power, it wouldn't show up in diskmgmt or BIOS, and I couldn't hear or feel the drive spinning. Now I would assume the drive...

Hi. Hoping someone can help please. I have a Western Digital MyBook Elite 1.5TB external drive that had a mishap courtesy of one of our cats whilst I was using it. Result being the USB interface came off the board while it was going, and the drive is now RAW. Now when I first bought it, it was...

Hey guys! M.2 SSD: WD Blue 3D NAND SSD 1TB M.2 Motherboard: ASUS X99-PRO/USB 3.1 I am a newb in building PCs. I have 2 SSDs and a HDD in my computer, but the other day I bought a M.2 SSD. I installed it, and tried to install Windows 10 on it but it doesn't show up in the installer. I started...

First off, here are my specs: CPU: Ryzen 7 2700X GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super PSU: Corsair CX 550W Mobo: MSI X470 Gaming Plus Memory: 2x8GB Team Group 3200 DDR4 HDD: 2TB Hitachi (HUA7222020ALA331) Here is my BIOS version: A.90 My SSD that I'm trying to...

So, I recently installed some new fairly silent case fans in my PC. After doing so, I started hearing what I thought was just the CPU fan being loud, or maybe a case fan that wasn't quite so silent after all. Instead, I discovered that the noise is coming from at least one, possible several, of...

Bought a 240GB M.2 SSD (2280) for my Asus Z97A Usb3.1 motherboard. It did not show in the Bios or Disk Management. I have tried: Updating Bios Reseating Changing Bios setting to M.2 mode Updating drivers I assumed the product was DOA as it did not show up in another computer either (that pc had...

Hi all, dont laugh I did something stupid. I had an external hard drive that was taking ages to transfer files so I took off the side of the pc and plugged it into the sata. However as I disturbed some cables I ended up taking all the hard drives out and re routing the cables tidy it up...

Good evening. I'm looking to add a new storage drive to my PC, an M.2 SSD preferably (mostly to transfer my games to, from my primary drive). I've just been having a bit of trouble choosing which drive to pick. My motherboard is an ASRock B450 Pro4 (not the B450M version that a lot of the other...

Please check these and let me know which one will be better. And can I use 4tb hdd and 256gb ssd with gigabyte ga-b75m-hd3 mobo? I am using 16gb ram. Toshiba 4TB Sata Desktop Hard Disk (RPM- 7200) Seagate Barracuda 4TB SATA 3.5 inch HDD (RPM- 5400) Western Digital (WD40EZRZ) 4TB 3.5″ BLUE...

So I have a question regarding the choice of SSDs, especially in a System with two drives. Scenario: Both drives are SSDs, one would be a good SSD (Samsung Evo, Sandisk Ultra, Crucial MX500, WD Blue, ...) while the other would be an entry Level SSD (Samsung QVO, Sandisk SSD Plus, Crucial...

Hi. What is the best 2Tb HDD for large RAID6? WD Ultrastar DC HA210 HUS722T2TALA604 OR WD Gold WD2005FBYZ

Hi guys, Hope you guys can help me out, so I've got a 5tb WD Elements External Drive that was plugged into my pc, however I've changed my setup around and put my desktop under my desk, I've re-cabled everything back up and now the external drive is showing as unallocated, I have quite a bit of...

Hi helpful people, I have a HDD that wouldn't spin up and it wouldn't be recognized when plugged in to PC. It's a WD Caviar Green packaged as External HDD 1TB. I've done the following checks: SATA/USB Converter: tried with other HDD so that's not problem, and used another SATA/USB Converter too...

Good day all. I've got half a computer I purchased, and decided I didn't want to build it. All parts are still in the original packaging. I dont have photos as they are sealed back up in the Amazon boxes they came in. Here's a list of what I've got. Thermaltake Smart RGB 500w Power Supply...

I have Orico docking station for Internal Western Digital 4TB Black hard disk drive . If i don't use the disk for 2-3 minutes the disk goes to sleep mode . I have disabled in power management setting ,set hard drive to turn off to "Never" and usb selective suspend setting to "Disable". I am not...

Hello, anyone know what this noise means? https://www93.zippyshare.com/v/6ZNUC77l/file.html It's a WD Elements Portable (2.5"), 2TB. The drive worked fine for about 10 hours during the SMART self-test and first hours of operation some days ago. Since yesterday it's started beeping after working...

I just received 2 brand new WD 8TB HDD today. I put them in my external enclosure and it picked up both drives and that they needed to be formatted. I formatted the drives and tried to create a pool with them. It failed and with a 0x00000032 error or whatever the MS error is. I Tried device...

HI all, I am having a bit of trouble. 500gb M.2 WD Black NVME SN750 (tried 2) 500gb M.2 WD Blue NVME 3 computers. 3 days of tests. Both onboard and with a PCI-Ex4 to NVME card. Windows 10 Home and Pro (not that that should matter) Doesn't matter if it is the boot drive or the second (or third...

so I just built a new pc but I am reusing the old hard drives I have a WD Blue 1 TB and a Samsung Evo SSD with windows on it I tried multiple SATA cables but none worked I can hear the drive spinning but it won't show up anywhere not in bios or in disk manager can the problem be that I need to...

I just built a new computer, and I reused my secondary drive (WD Black 1tb). It's not being recognized in Windows 10 or the UEFI. I have tried switching the SATA cable, and it still won't work.

Hi There! So I bought an M.2 SSD but after plugging it in on my laptop, it is not being detected, Any reason why? I also checked Windows 10 Disk Management, and there is no disk other than my current HDD. Also I tried checking the SSD on different laptop and it works. M.2 SSD - Western Digital...

I recently upgraded my graphics card to a GTX 1070 hoping to solve this this problem but no luck. Every game I play my frame rate will go from 90-130 fps to about 16. Then it'll shoot back up and repeat in 15 seconds or so. Any game I play. Like from Minecraft to Star Wars Fallen Order. And my...

hi , i would share my problem with you guys maybe i got the solution , so i have a second hard disk western digital 500 gb when i put it in the first time it work normaly but when i try to delete some folder in the hard , the hard disk want work again it show me in the dsk management : disk...

Just got a wd 1tb hdd and, i ordered a blue version but i got a green one, iam a bit worried since it's advertised as slower and i want to use it for gaming. How slow is it really? is it too noticable since iam currently using a blue one. I also read that using sata 3 hdd into sata 2...

I don’t know what’s better between 480gb Hikvision SSD and 1tb Western Digital Blue HDD.

I have had an old 2600K running on a z68 mobo which had given lot of issues and a recent red cpu led error which has not been able to be fixed yet after trying all methods suggested online. It has a 850 evo samsung ssd, 8GB corsair and a msi 1060 6GB. Monitor was an ASUS ML238H and UPS APC...

WD's page on NasWare 3.0 states the following: I'm not sure how firmware alone could accomplish this. Do WD Reds have super caps or some other circuitry to ensure command completion after power loss? Do the WD Reds actually protect your data in case of a power loss or is this just a fancy...

My current 2tb Western Digital HDD has been acting up (similar to the post here ) and upon receiving advice that my drive was dying, I have purchased a new one. The old drive shows up on windows disk partitioner however if I try to initialise it then it states the drive is unspecified. Sometimes...

after manually restarting computer (from cabinet restart button), then HDD (WD 2tb hdd, not in warranty) not showed up in boot menu. (it showed blank space in the boot order) (using gigabyte 250m d3h) I installed windows 10 on other hard disk and tried different things Need help. I checked in...

Hi folks I have a WD Black Laptop Hard drive which has suddenly failed. Its a Alienware OEM drive hence warranty doesn't applies any more. The device gets detected in Bios, in device manager. I could earlier see all the partitions as well with correct size and free space (My Computer in Windows...

I tried: Enabled High Performance mode in Power Options Ran the WD Diagnostic tool and result is fine The problem still persists.

So, I just bought a WD RE3 1TB for my rig (yes it's enterprise, but was cheap and works perfectly fine). But I'm curious if these temps are good or do I need to take some action: When idle: 45 C/113 F Under load for 30 minutes straight: 50 C/ 122 F Room temperature is 30 C/ 86 F. Thanks in...

I accidentally supplied 48v to a 12v external HDD. Heard a spark and smelled burning. Took it out of the plastic and plugged it directly to SATA. Disk management shows one partition as RAW and the other as unallocated now.

Ok so i've read that the WD mybook has onboard chip hardware encryption, which means that if you take out the HD and put it into another enclosure, you won't be able to read the disk. However, The WD elements/easystore don't have this, which means you should be able to shuc the drive and put it...

Hello, I am trying to get data off of a Western Digital WD1200B015 (120GB) (2005) external drive. Not trying to fix drive for continued use, only to save data (most likely many jpg photos). The drive does not mount (windows 10), but does spin up and sounds normal. Drive does show up in disk...

I'm currently planning a Mini-ITX build with an SSD. IF I use a PCIE SSD, will it take away PCIE lanes from my GPU? I'm planning on getting the z390 phantom gaming.