Hey, was wondering if anyone knows why my 1TB Western Digital External Hard Drive takes a solid 10 minutes or more to mount when connected to my macbook. Every time I connect it to my computer it starts up and I can hear it running but it doesn't show up on my macbook for ages. If anyone else had this problem and knows a fix I would really appreciate it. Cheers. 🙂
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WD External HD + Macbook = Boredom
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Not too sure. Something seems wrong, could be the drive. I have a WD 2TB external that takes all of 30-45 seconds to connect. Sometimes a little more however. If you just got the external... I would personally return it and get another one, maybe you just got a bad drive?
Have you ever had another external plugged in? If yes, what were those results?
Have you ever had another external plugged in? If yes, what were those results?
chrono1081
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Western digital is famous for making terrible external drives. I had an entire office at my old job filled with between 600 - 800 dead western digital mybooks.
Drives should mount within 10 seconds. Anything longer the drive is defective.
Drives should mount within 10 seconds. Anything longer the drive is defective.
I would take a WD over a Seagate ANYDAY. I have seen piles of dead Seagate drives and would never trust one again.