Me hard drive beeping? Wire?

portable hard drive keeps beeping image

dduongtf31

Hi, I have a Verbatim 2.5" Portable Hard Drive USB 2.0 320GB. When I first bought it (last year) it beeped on a certain computer but worked for everyone else. The ones that worked had different types of windows so that wouldn't be the problem. After a year, I lost the cable and have bought a new one. This one however, was 30 volts (or something like that) and the hard drive beeped for every computer, even ones that were previously working. Only one computer sometimes worked. To make that one work, I hate to adjust the wire so therefore, it's the wire that are causing this. I'm gonna get a new cable but which one should I get. I don't have the instructions manual for the hard drive. Can someone help me?

Answer
You need to have the original power supply that came with the product, as it is at the specified volt and amp to keep your hdd running properly. Inside a chassis with a modular power supply, the amps can be changed on the fly according to the speed and power consumption of the drive. However, when it is inside an enclosure with it's own converter, you have a lot less room for change in amp, which is why it has to be the exact cord that was meant for it. You can always buy a third party enclosure, and place the hdd inside of that. And they are pretty cheap, too.

Hard Drive not working?

Phone Myat

I just recently bought my Western Digital myPassport Essential 500GB portable hard drive and have been using it for two months without any problem.

But yesterday, when I plugged in my hard drive into the computer using the WD supplied cable, the hard drive wouldn't show up on the Windows Devices list. It is worth noting however, that when I plugged the hard drive in, the small LED light kept on blinking as opposed to the normal constant illumination when it is being used, as well as a series of short beeps which beeped in sync with the blinking light.

My device is covered under the WD one year warranty, but before I resort to replacing my device I would like to:

1) Know what the problem is exactly and how to prevent it in the future

2) To find out if the hard drive can be fixed without too much work, and if it is simple enough.

Thanks.
I tried Frostfire's suggestion, but that didn't help. Just a few hours ago when I tested it, I could hear not only the beeping and see the blinking of the light, I could also hear a scraping sound when I lifted it up to my ear.

I'd just like to know what the problem is, as I'm actually quite curious as to how my hard drive could spoil so soon.

Answer
Press "Windows + pause", open "disk drives", check to see if it shows in there, if it does, you may need to change it's drive letter, to do so double-click on the drive name, and click on the "settings" tab, you can change the drive letter there.

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