brendo8686
New Member
Hi there
i have a wd 2tb external which is new
Used for first time at familys house-brang home same day and coppied stuff off my other external to it
left on over night to copy everything over
woke up to windows saying some files directory names were too long so cancelled the last 1 percent of copying over
didnt cancell so i forced it to by turning off pc or pulling out the usb cable (cant remember which but one of the two is what i would have done)
this was all in the space of about 48 hours of opening the box and using the drive
now its not showing up in my computer
disk management says it not initialized-wont let me run mbr or gpt-says its write protected
ive dowloaded heaps of tools including WD's diagnostic tool
WD tool says theres too many bad sectors
im no expert but dont bad sectors take ages to form? not 48hrs?
any advice would be good
i have a wd 2tb external which is new
Used for first time at familys house-brang home same day and coppied stuff off my other external to it
left on over night to copy everything over
woke up to windows saying some files directory names were too long so cancelled the last 1 percent of copying over
didnt cancell so i forced it to by turning off pc or pulling out the usb cable (cant remember which but one of the two is what i would have done)
this was all in the space of about 48 hours of opening the box and using the drive
now its not showing up in my computer
disk management says it not initialized-wont let me run mbr or gpt-says its write protected
ive dowloaded heaps of tools including WD's diagnostic tool
WD tool says theres too many bad sectors
im no expert but dont bad sectors take ages to form? not 48hrs?
any advice would be good