1TB WB External My Book reads as 2.2TB and won't mount or spin up? Help!

[RockandRoll]

I have a 1TB WD My Book. It got dropped 3 feet onto carpet and worked fine for 1 day. Today it was plugged into my Xbox running just fine and I tripped on the cord and it got unplugged. Now it will not mount. It makes 5 2tone buzzing sounds like it is trying to spin up but can't. Then I get the message "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer." When the WD Media opens it says the Hard Drive is a 2.2TB drive?? And the Partition Map Scheme says it is "Unformatted". I formatted it as Fat32 so I could use it on my Macbook Pro's and my PS3 and Xbox for movies and tv shows!

Has anyone else had this problem? We're you able to resolve it?

I copied the log I have no idea what any of this means but here it is.
2011-02-05 18:21:53 -0500: Disk Utility started.

2011-02-05 18:23:33 -0500: Eject of “WD Media” succeeded
2011-02-05 18:25:25 -0500:
Name : WD Media
Type : Disk

Partition Map Scheme : Unformatted
Disk Identifier : disk1
Media Name : WD Media
Media Type : Generic
Connection Bus : USB
USB Serial Number : 202020202020202020202020202020
Device Tree : IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/EHC1@1D,7
Writable : Yes
Ejectable : Yes
Location : External
Total Capacity : 2.2 TB (2,199,023,255,552 Bytes)
S.M.A.R.T. Status : Not Supported
Disk Number : 1
Partition Number : 0


2011-02-05 18:37:16 -0500: Eject of “WD Media” succeeded
2011-02-05 18:37:20 -0500: Eject of “WD Media” succeeded
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2011-02-05 18:53:55 -0500: Disk Utility started.

2011-02-05 19:00:04 -0500: Creating Image “WD Media.dmg”
2011-02-05 19:00:05 -0500: Preparing imaging engine…
2011-02-05 19:00:05 -0500: Reading whole disk (unknown partition : 0)…
2011-02-05 19:00:05 -0500: Unable to create “WD Media.dmg.” (Input/output error)
2011-02-05 19:00:05 -0500:
2011-02-05 19:00:17 -0500:
Name : WD Media
Type : Disk

Partition Map Scheme : Unformatted
Disk Identifier : disk1
Media Name : WD Media
Media Type : Generic
Connection Bus : USB
USB Serial Number : 202020202020202020202020202020
Device Tree : IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/EHC1@1D,7
Writable : Yes
Ejectable : Yes
Location : External
Total Capacity : 2.2 TB (2,199,023,255,552 Bytes)
S.M.A.R.T. Status : Not Supported
Disk Number : 1
Partition Number : 0


2011-02-05 19:02:40 -0500: Eject of “WD Media” succeeded
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2011-02-06 00:24:27 -0500: Disk Utility started.

2011-02-06 00:24:50 -0500:
Name : WD Media
Type : Disk

Partition Map Scheme : Unformatted
Disk Identifier : disk1
Media Name : WD Media
Media Type : Generic
Connection Bus : USB
USB Serial Number : 202020202020202020202020202020
Device Tree : IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/EHC2@1A,7
Writable : Yes
Ejectable : Yes
Location : External
Total Capacity : 2.2 TB (2,199,023,255,552 Bytes)
S.M.A.R.T. Status : Not Supported
Disk Number : 1
Partition Number : 0


2011-02-06 00:25:00 -0500: Eject of “WD Media” succeeded
**********
2011-02-06 00:30:00 -0500: Disk Utility started.

2011-02-06 00:32:15 -0500: Eject of “WD Media” succeeded

 

[smirk]

That is really strange.

I don't have a solution for you, but in the past I have noticed that disk repairs didn't work as well for me when going through a USB interface as when directly connected via IDE or SATA. I think the OS obtains more control over the drive when there is no USB interface as a go-between.

So the only thing I can think of is:

1) Try the drive with a different USB cable, just in case a wire broke when you kicked it.

2) Try repairing the drive from a PC.

3) Remove the drive from its external housing and connect it directly into a Mac or PC, then run ChkDsk/Disk Utility on it.

Good luck!

 

[RockandRoll]

Thanks

What you said makes a lot of sense! I will give that a try and see what happens! Thanks again!!

 

[Mac Moneysac]

Same Problem

Hey,

I have exactly the same problem. (Well, I don't know what happend to the drive, because it's my girlfriend's)

It's a WD My Book Essential 500GB (produced 2008).
I get the same messages and it doesn't show in finder. In the disk utility it also shows as "2 TB WD Media" and the serial is also "202020202020202020202020202020".

When i unplug it, it makes five buzzing 2tone noises. (First a long deeper tone and the an short higher tone - 5 times)

Did you solve your problem anyhow?


I didn't format it yet, because there's important data on it, I should to save.
I also had the idea to take the hdd out and put it into a pc...

Thank you very much in advance for your help!