I have two WD My Book 1tb external hard drives that I bought on sale in 2010. I decided to use one and keep the other one in its box until I need it. So after 7 years, I have finally max. out the space on that external HD. When I plugged in the other drive, my PC was not recognizing it nor was my Mac. All I see is a white light blinking (slowly) on the front.
Does anyone knows what the problem can be? I definitely can’t return it since it’s been 7 years since I purchase the drive. I did some research and the only thing I keep seeing is people mentioning about there can be an encryption problem.
After removing the hard drive out of the case, I pulled out the PCB board. I then tested the hard drive by connecting a SATA cable from the hard drive to the PC. The PC automatically detected it. Therefore, there must be a problem with the PCB board itself. However, when I re-inserted the PCB board back onto the hard drive the PC and the Mac both detected the hard drive
