WD Elements 1TB

WD External Drives External Drives for PC
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I left my 1TB WD Elements unused for a long time (i.e. 4 - 6 months).  Although it was originally formatted for Windows I reformatted it with my Mac running OSX 10.6.8 to became an external storage medium.

Today, with my great surprise and disappintment, I attempted to power it up, but it didn’t give any sign of life :mansad:

The lillte light on the back panel lights for a while and stops. I’m wondering if it’s just a matter of power adapter or anything else… I attempted also to change the power adapter with another one with the same specs, but the behaviour is the same,

I’m stuck…  Any advices? PLEASE HELP!!!

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Try plugging the power adapter to another outlet, directly to the wall.  If the issue persists you may contact WD for a drive replacement.

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I can’t imagine a powerstrip’s power output sagging that much, if anything else is plugged into it and working, so should the disk’s power adapter.

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Keith and Vadir

thanks for rour reply. :smiley:

As usual in the computer environment, nothing is always given for sure…

So I hooked my WD Elements to the other power adaptor but the behaviour was always the same.

When I inserted the data cable, the led began blinking and the HD started working :mansurprised:

In other words, WD Elements perhaps due to a energy saving logical, don’t start working until they’re plugged into a USB Hub or port.

I’ve never been aware of this, because my WD Elements was always powered and hooked to aUSB Hub, thus I wasn’t able to see the blinking led during startup.

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Yes. There is little reason to spin up a disk and keep it running when it is not connected to a system.