Help guys!! When I connect my western digital My Book Essential 1TB to my acer computer I can’t access it, as it asks from me that “I need to format the disc in drive @@ before I can use it”. Can I do something to avoid losing all my files??
Hello,
Are you still having the same issue?
I have started having this problem now. The drive was fine yeasterday but today the lights are flashing and I get the error message that I can’t access the drive unless I format it. Can anyone help please?
I have same error - stayed when I switched from XP PC to a Vista laptop - no warning -drive is about 6 months old
Here’s the Data Lifeguard quick test result - any ideas on how to recover the data?
| Test Option: | QUICK TEST |
| Model Number: | WD Ext HDD 1021 |
| Unit Serial Number: | |
| Firmware Number: | 2002 |
| Capacity: | 1000.20 GB |
| SMART Status: | PASS |
| Test Result: | FAIL |
| Test Error Code: | 06-Quick Test on drive 2 did not complete! Status code = 07 (Failed read test element), Failure Checkpoint = 97 (Unknown Test) SMART self-test did not complete on drive 2! |
| Test Time: | 10:20:15, March 17, 2011 |
So as i searched everywhere and could not find a solution i formatted my disc… the problem is just yesterday it happened again! Now that i have once more saved several hundred gigs there! So please, does someone know a solution about how i’m gonna save my data?
