WD Essential 500 gb drive

Quick suggestions…?

Does this behave the same way on another computer?

What o/s are you using?

Has the disk been dropped? Probably not, eh?

If it helps, I don’t think these pics are lost forever. Not at all. Take this one step at a time.

And furthermore, once we’ve got the pics back, you’ll go out and buy a 2nd disk as a backup. Either seagate or wd or any other brand. Two copies on two different devices - of anything you want to keep is the order of the day!