I've tried different outlets, also subbed in the power cable from my older MyBook Studio, all to no avail! This is especially maddening since I have many externals, one from 2006 even, that I no longer use but still powers up! makes me think newer is less reliable - !! This really blows!

so if I tear it down, what am I looking for?

is there a way to access it w/o a power source?

fyi, it's barely 1 yr old - bought it in Aug 2016

⟐ Answered July 14, 2024 at 5:32 MST

There was no physical damage it received. I had the drive plugged into my laptop, I attempted to open a folder on it after some time had passed: it froze, then closed out. I unplugged the drive and re-inserted it: my computer recognizes that something was plugged in, but I cannot access the files on the drive.

There is no clicking noise. It lights up fine, and I can hear the disk spinning smoothly. It shows up under Device Manager under its proper name, but not in Disk Management. When I open disk management, I get a message that says “you must initialize a disk before logical disk manager can access it”. It does not work when plugged into different computers, nor when switching the cables.

I am a computer novice, but my sleuthing leads me to believe that the issue is with the SATA connections. Though this seems to be an easy fix, Western Digital unfortunately has the sata connections integrated into the rest of the board. A video had suggested buying another identical hard drive and replacing the controller board with the old one, but others have said that is a bad idea. Please help me.

⟐ Answer edited September 15, 2021 at 15:50 MST

I did teared down the devise. ordered battery on Amazone, but it does not fit model 1AYBA4.

Made lots of search, looks like Samsung Mega 6.3 i9200 battery should fit.

Kindly advise if anybody got fixed this issue.

Thank you in advance/

⟐ Commented July 22, 2024 at 13:58 MST

⟐ Answer deleted August 10, 2022 at 8:04 MST

Thanks everybody and keep it up!

The model is: 47674

Here some images taken from the Verbatim webpage:

⟐ Commented January 17, 2017 at 12:41 MST

⟐ Answer accepted January 07, 2017 at 7:20 MST

I can not find any videos on how to open the case on this hard drive

My hard drive makes a Beeping noise when I plugged it in.

I would really like to repair my drive and remove my files

I cannot afford to pay hundreds of dollars to get my data off this drive

Can you Help

⟐ Answered December 15, 2022 at 13:12 MST

⟐ Commented December 27, 2023 at 4:41 MST

This drive has intermittent power problems and I believe 'something' is loose inside, or I will put the drive in another case (hopefully, at worst).

Regarding the power problem, sometimes when it fails, a light tap on the case makes it power back on.

⟐ Commented July 03, 2020 at 11:03 MST

Please instruct how to change this.

⟐ Answered September 09, 2019 at 22:53 MST

Western Digital My Book Essential 1.5TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive WDBAAF0015HBK

⟐ Commented October 15, 2015 at 11:07 MST

⟐ Answered September 24, 2025 at 2:54 MST

Many thanks!!

⟐ Answered May 23, 2018 at 16:41 MST

Sincerely,

Cyndee Horn

⟐ Answer deleted November 18, 2020 at 4:32 MST

my external hard drive isnt connecting , i was using to watch a movie and then i just wanted to take something off from the table infront of me with my mac on my lap and external hard drive beside it , when i stood up i forgot to pick my hard drive up and it fell , it wasnt long fall or hard and it got disconnect from the usb and now its not connecting to my mac and when i unplug and plug it , it just make this beeping sound and the light is on and after couple of minutes the beeping stops but the light is still on and still not connecting.

how do i fix that ? do i need to back up and buy another one ? :-? :-/

⟐ Answer edited February 20, 2020 at 11:24 MST

So, now I want to convert FAT32 to NTFS without losing my data in my 1TB[500GB filled]

Transcend had also provided a tool in doing this,but I am little bit worried that I may lose my data,here is the link of that tool Converting Tool by Transcend (in that click StoreJet FileSystem Converter Utility)which only works for Transcend Storejet device only.

Can any one please,assure that I can do this without losing any data in my external HD.

⟐ Answered September 15, 2015 at 19:45 MST

Well I thought there might still be a chance that it works. So I plugged it in to my computer and the light on it came on as well as the sound that the computer makes when I normally plug it in.

The issue is though that it doesn’t show up on my computer anywhere. The weird thing is that I can still eject it like I normally would with the eject button… Is there anything I can do to fix it or to get my files? I have them backed up for the most part, there are only a few that I don’t have.

Also I’ve looked up other questions like this and a lot of them say there is some mysterious ticking noise coming from the harddrive but mine doesn’t have any noises coming from it.

Any help would be appreciated :)

⟐ Commented August 18, 2022 at 1:07 MST

Thanks for any help you can give!!!

Whitney

⟐ Commented July 06, 2019 at 16:17 MST

⟐ Answer accepted April 02, 2017 at 23:54 MST

⟐ Answered July 20, 2016 at 13:39 MST