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Apr 17, 2020 09:16:46 #
I plugged my Western Digital external drive into the USB port and now receiving a prompt that it must be partitioned. But if partitioned, I will loose the previously stored data. Does anyone know how to get around this prompt?
Apr 17, 2020 09:19:30 #
Sirsnapalot wrote:
I plugged my Western Digital external drive into the USB port and now receiving a prompt that it must be partitioned. But if partitioned, I will loose the previously stored data. Does anyone know how to get around this prompt?
Did you think of calling Western Digital?
Apr 17, 2020 09:31:54 #
David Kay wrote:
Did you think of calling Western Digital?
No, but I can usually get help from UHH users!
Apr 17, 2020 09:33:35 #
Tell us more. Is it full, is there a pop-up and what does it say? Anything more might be helpful in diagnosing the problem.
Apr 17, 2020 09:39:12 #
You could try diskpart. Right-click on the Start button, select Run and enter diskpart. Then type list disk, and you're off to a start. It will show you what disks it sees, and you can get the syntax for other commands by typing help. This program can do an awful lot.
Apr 17, 2020 09:39:59 #
RWR
Loc: La Mesa, CA
Sirsnapalot wrote:
I plugged my Western Digital external drive into the USB port and now receiving a prompt that it must be partitioned. But if partitioned, I will loose the previously stored data. Does anyone know how to get around this prompt?
What does this have to do with photography???
Apr 17, 2020 09:43:37 #
RWR wrote:
What does this have to do with photography???
Have lots of photos stored, sorry if in wrong topic
Apr 17, 2020 09:44:56 #
gvarner
Loc: Central Oregon Coast
RWR wrote:
What does this have to do with photography???
Digital cameras are computer accessories. You have to learn How to master the whole enchilada. Thus, we get computer questions.
Apr 17, 2020 09:45:06 #
RWR wrote:
What does this have to do with photography???
Everything — He needs the drive to store images.
Oh, granted, this could go in the General Chit Chat section, but it would not have the same broad exposure.
Apr 17, 2020 09:50:38 #
Ruthlessrider wrote:
Tell us more. Is it full, is there a pop-up and what does it say? Anything more might be helpful in diagnosing the problem.
There is a prompt pop up stating the need to partition, and the drive is nowhere near full.
Apr 17, 2020 09:52:09 #
jerryc41 wrote:
You could try diskpart. Right-click on the Start button, select Run and enter diskpart. Then type list disk, and you're off to a start. It will show you what disks it sees, and you can get the syntax for other commands by typing help. This program can do an awful lot.
Thanks, I’ll give it a try!
Apr 17, 2020 09:53:47 #
Sirsnapalot wrote:
I plugged my Western Digital external drive into the USB port and now receiving a prompt that it must be partitioned. But if partitioned, I will loose the previously stored data. Does anyone know how to get around this prompt?
Run Check Disk or (on a MAC) Disk First Aid (from Disk Utility).
You may need to run a third party disk repair utility. The catalog or file allocation table may be corrupted.
The most common cause of this problem is unplugging the USB cable while the disk is mounted on your desktop. Unmounting hard drives is not optional if you like your data.
Power failure can also cause this issue, especially if the disk was writing or caching data.
Apr 17, 2020 12:53:44 #
Sirsnapalot wrote:
I plugged my Western Digital external drive into the USB port and now receiving a prompt that it must be partitioned. But if partitioned, I will loose the previously stored data. Does anyone know how to get around this prompt?
You either have a corrupted partition table or a corrupted Master Boot Record - in not so rare occasions you could have both. Using Diskpart on a Windows machine will likely fix the problem Ore you can use a third party application like Easus.
Apr 17, 2020 13:37:35 #
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