I also have an external drive My Passport 070A and the My Passport dosn’t show on My Computer drive map.
I tried to run the diagnostic and the test result shows as
Test Option: QUICK TEST
Model Number: WD My Passport 070A
Unit Serial Number: [delete]
Firmware Number: 1032
Capacity: 499.40 GB
SMART Status: PASS
Test Result: PASS
Test Time: 10:34:00, June 05, 2011
Test Option: EXTENDED TEST
Model Number: [delete]
Firmware Number: 1032
Capacity: 499.40 GB
SMART Status: PASS
Test Result: FAIL
Test Error Code: 08-Too many bad sectors detected.
Test Time: 10:35:52, June 05, 2011
Test Option: WRITE ZEROS
Model Number: WD My Passport 070A
Unit Serial Number:[delete]
Firmware Number: 1032
Capacity: 499.40 GB
SMART Status: PASS
Test Result: FAIL
Test Error Code: 09-Sector #5632-5888::Write Zeros error!
Test Time: 10:38:25, June 05, 2011
I appreciate if I can get a posible replacement if theres no way to repair my HD