Wd 1 tb my passport external hard drive install#
Wd 1 tb my passport external hard drive 64 Bit#

Wd 1 tb my passport external hard drive install#

Finally I read in a forum to install the old USB 3.0 drivers meant for Windows XP /Vista and BINGO !! My WD my pasport 1TB is behaving like it should have from the first day. There are hotfixes from Microsoft but it didnot work for me.

Wd 1 tb my passport external hard drive 64 Bit#

Guys, its an issue with windows 7 (particxularly 64 bit version)and may be Windows 8. Always have your files on hand with the sky WD 1TB My Passport USB 3.2 Gen 1 External Hard Drive.Designed with a slim form factor, its also available in a variety of colors to suit your style. After changing all the power settings/ installing the latest usb 3.0 drivers/installing a old version of WD smartware software(as suggested somewher as newer versions dont seem to work fine), installing the latest chipset drivers, I was still locked in a dead end.Īnother attempt tonight yieled the correct results.

I now realise that I should have been cursing Microsoft instead. Own as asus n53sv-dh51 with Win 7 64-bit and i had been cursing WD and Asus for the issue. Hope this helped!Ī sense of relief, !! Atlast, I found a working solution to the disconnecting/reconnecting issue after trying for a soution for almost two months now, a great gift for my birthday If you have any questions feel free to post here again. Switching it to Disabled will solve the problem. Just click whichever ones you use and set them to DISABLE. If you click the down arrow next to that other plans will drop down. If you want to configure other plans that you use, leave that window open and Click the down arrow next to whatever plan you are active on (it will say something like this: Power4Gear Entertainment ^).Scroll down and look for “USB settings”ħ)If you click the little plus on left of USB settings, “USB selective suspend setting” will appearĨ)Press the little plus next to “USB selective suspend setting” as well and “On battery:” and “Plugged in:” will appearĩ)It should say DISABLED so switch it to DISABLED for both “On battery” and “Plugged in”ġ0)Then press Apply and then OK (Unless you want to configure other plans as well. I don’t know if you have the same ASUS laptop as I do but heres what I did:Ĭhange view by to Small icons (View by is in the top right corner)Ĥ)Then Click “Change plan settings” for the power plan you are using (text is in blue)ĥ)Then Click “Change advanced power settings” (text is in blue)Ħ)Then another window will pop-up. I have had no problems of disconnection after I did this. I think I may know the solution to your problems.