In this situation, you can also check whether the external hard drive file system is compatible with Mac OS. If WD my passport external HDD has unknown file system, you can use iCare Data Recovery to recover files from inaccessible drive and then try to format the WD my passport external hard drive to HFS+ file system. Restore back Deleted / Lost Files from Western Digital Drives on Mac computers. WD My Passport for Mac is a commonly used external hard drive. If the files in WD my passport get lost or accidentally deleted, you are sure to have a pretty hard time.
I have a 1 TB WD My Passport external drive, less than a year old. It won't mount to my MacBook or MacAir. I have switched USB cords and dependent upon which one I use, the hard drive will sometimes appear in Disk Utility.
Is there a way that I can recover the files before I Repair Disk? I don't want to risk anything being erased. I ran Verify Disk and these are the details I received: Verifying volume “EXT DRIVE”Checking file system.
/dev/disk2s2 Can't open (Resource busy) Error: This disk needs to be repaired. Click Repair Disk. Apple Footer. This site contains user submitted content, comments and opinions and is for informational purposes only.
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