WD External HD Passport Esssential not detected

[mizami]

I've come across all sort of solution regarding hard disk not being detected on My Computer. Most solutions would be for one that have blinking LED & vibrating which you can solve the problem by using Disk Managament etc. However my problem is the light is blinking but there is not vibration whatsoever and when i open the Disk Management, the white box of my external hard disk can only be refer as Disk 0 instead of Disk 1. It is not possible to right-click & change the drive letter because of it. If anyone could explain the problem & help me with solution, that will be great. I've got a lot of files stored in there & gonna be crazy if all of them cannot be recovered.

 

[whs]

Not sure what your problem is but just in case you cannot resolve it, here is a way to recover your files. It is a Linux distro on a USB stick which most likely can read the disk. It is good to have this kit around anyhow.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/287439-emergency-kit-save-your-files-dead-os.html

 

[mizami]

Not sure whether hard disk is physically defect or internally.
i even tried data lifeguard diagnosis from WD. I could see two drives but only one pass test. The other cannot proceed as it says have too many bad sectors detected.
I searched many websites & couldn't find anything for my specific problem.
Thanks for the recovery software. I will definitely try it.

 

[whs]

If the drive is physically dead, then no program will help. Let's hope that is not the case.