trying to format wd my passport for both mac and pc and it keeps saying it cannot unmount

Trying To Format Wd My Passport For Both And Pc And It Keeps Saying It Cannot Unmount Mac It Starts

My wd passport does not appear anywhere when plugged in usb port (2 or 3).

If you confirm that its not enabled, I would check if your computer is detecting the drive and just not assigning it a drive letter.

Ive had windows do this before with some other external drives Before you plug your drive into your laptop, right click the Windows logo and select Disk Management and let it load up.

Once its loaded, it should display the storage devices that are currently connected.

Dont do anything with these drives, just look at how many you have and then connect your wd passport.

If you have the original Passport Wireless, the details are at.

If you dont I would try another cable, usb port, and computer as ERmorel suggested.

Whether its an issue with that computer or the device itself.

Trying To Format Wd My Passport For Both And Pc And It Keeps Saying It Cannot Unmount Mac It Starts

When I connect the drive to my computer it only flashes its battery leds but if I connect it to my Macbook or iMac it starts without any problem.

When I plugged the Wireless Pro into my PCs USB 3.0 ports (I have tried 3 of them), the hdd lights up.

After a while, the battery led lights up, but my PC doesnt see the Wireless Pro.

However, when I plug it into the USB 2.0 ports, the computer detects Wirelss Pro instantly.

There are 2 sets of USB ports, the USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 ports.

The Wireless Pro (3TB) always works on the USB 2.0 ports (plug it in, and the computer detects the hard disk almost instantly).

However, when using on the USB 3.0 ports, the hard disk led (not the battery leds) will remain lighted, and theres no sign of the computer detecting it.

I can leave the Wireless Pro plugged into the USB 3.0 ports for more than an hour and theres still no detection.

Brand new WD My Passport Wireless Pro 4TB, straight out the box, powered it up, connect via the app from my phone no problem, connect via the browser on my laptop, no problem, but for some reason when I connect it via USB to my Microsoft Surface Pro 4, not only does Windows 10 not mount it, it wont recognise it at all.

I hear is seeking, making all of this clicking and buzzing sounds, and windows keeps dinging the sound notification to say that a device has been added, then it dings to say it was removed, then dings to say it was added, then again to say it was removed.

I assumed it might be installing drivers, but it doesnt stop.

WD USB drive is corrupt.

Tap to fix. But I dont think its corrupted because I can access the preloaded files via its web interface.

I have a portable recording studio powered 100 from the bus, my surface pro can, via USB 3, power a audio interface with a 48V phantom power mic, a guitar line, and a decent sized midi controller at the same time as my Buffalo ministation.

Trying To Format Wd My Passport For Both Mac And Pc And It Keeps Saying It Cannot Unmount