Disconnect all other external drives from the computer except for one My Book or My Passport. Help us by reporting it. Mirror 1 Mirror 2. At the moment it is not possible to fix this kind of problem at home. In such case the drive usually spins up fine, it doesn't click but has one of the following symptoms: 
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The following precautions should be taken before installing the firmware update. Don't try to open the drive by yourself - you could damage the platters making your data unrecoverable.
Western Digital WD15EARS-00Z5B1 Data Recovery Information
Western Digital drives also have common problem with spindle seizure. The problem is that logic board on modern hard drive is adapted to the head disk assembly it was manufactured with. Stay away from those companies. If one of the modules gets corrupted the hard drive fails to initialize correctly and stops firmsare making the data inaccessible.
In our lab we use specialized software and hardware to rebuild updqte parameters or transfer them from fried board to make donor PCB fully compatible with damaged drive. Found a bad link? Any further reading attempts would just add up to the problems and could make your data unrecoverable.
That's usually the only way to retrieve as much files as possible from such sectors.
An available USB port on your computer is required. Data recovery in such case involves removing platters from the hard drive in clean room environment and putting them into matching donor. Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada. Usually this occurs after a fall and the drive either doesn't spin up at all with a siren sound: Don't attempt to open the drive by yourself - you will damage the platters and this will make your data unrecoverable.
Main part of firmware is stored on the platters in so-called Service Area. Heads are wd15eras parked on the parking ramp outside of the platters, but sometimes after a fall or abnormal termination they fail to return to their regular parking position and are left on the surface.
Once extracted, double-click on the file named WDFirmwareUpdater. They can steal information but they can't steal knowledge and experience.
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Capable But Command Failed" or "Disk boot failure. We have seen a number of websites lately cloning information from our pages. An internet connection is required to install the firmware update. Please wait a few minutes until the required update modules are downloaded. Mirror 1 Mirror 2. This is how bad sectors appear. The drive spins up, and and the heads start clicking with a constant or intermittent sound while unsuccessfully trying updahe locate firmware zone: I have checked the PCB and on visible layer there doesnt seem to be firmwarre damage.
If the drive displayed is the correct drive, click "Update Firmware.
All Western Digital hard drives are also well-known for their firmware problems. If you experience any of the symptoms described above with your Western Digital WD15EARSZ5B1 please feel free to contact us to get upfront quote on data recovery from your failed drive.
Western Digital Universal Firmware Update Utility C Driver - TechSpot
Disconnect all other external drives from the computer except for one My Book or My Passport. All the information below is based solely on our experience and we do not make any claims regarding reliability of the specific model. The drive is not recognized by the bios.
We see mostly failed drives in our lab and therefore we don't have complete statistics. Extract the file using an extraction utility.
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