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FATAL HARDWARE ERROR! Any hope for this unit?

Have a 1T My PassporThis text will be blurredt bought in 2013, hardly ever used. Hoping to use it to transfer files to a new PC. It’s not found on File Explorer, Device Manager can read it, but Disk Management failed to initialize, due to “Fatal Hardware Error”. Any hope?

Hi @MartyF

Please refer to the link below to resolve Drive Not Initialized and Access Denied in Windows Disk Management

Title: Resolve USB Flash and External Drive Not Detected by Windows or macOS Guided Assist
Link: Resolve External Drive Not Detected by Windows or macOS Guided Assist

Also, have you opened a Support Case? If not opened, for more information, please contact the WD Technical Support team for the best assistance and troubleshooting:

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