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August 2015 08:35 in Storage Share Kiernanjp 16 August 2015 14:54:38 I have a WD 1TB External io device error external hard drive ULTRA Drive. Prior to yesterday, it worked fine on my laptop running Windows 7. Last night I attached it to my SMART TV, thinking it would be accessible there. It
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was not. Since then, when I re-attach it to my laptop, the indicator light on the drive stays solid, is NOT recognized by Windows Explorer So far I have tried these options: DISK Manager sees is as a device but its UNALLOCATED. When I try to initialize it, it comes back with DEVICE NOT READY. DEVICE MANAGER sees the i o device error external hard drive seagate drive ok. For whatever reason hooking it up to the TV somehow screwed something up. I have done numerous reboots, power off, several utilities from MS and WD all to no avail. NOTE I DO NOT have access to any other computers. I assume the cable is fine because although Windows Explorer won't mount it, the other utilities see it, but do not know what it is. More about : external 1tb drive shows device ready Best solution SuperSoph_WD a c 1757 G Storage 17 August 2015 08:35:43 Welcome to the community, Kiernanjp! I'm sorry to hear about your WD Passport Ultra drive. Unfortunately, sometimes connecting the external to a different operating system or device (like your Smart TV) messes up the file system. However, I'd suggest you to try uninstalling and re-installing the WD Passport from Device Manager ( http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc725782.asp... ) After a reboot, plug and play the external and wait until it installs the utilities again. Another thing you can try is assigning a different drive letter to the HDD through Disk M
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