Western digital 3tb external my book hdd?

Hello,
to all of you.
I just recently bought a new 3TB My Book Western Digital external Hdd, whenever I start this hdd in normal mode of Windows 7 64 bit, it takes too much time to initialize the whole directory structure so that I can use, even sometimes its light blinks for the whole night and I am unable to use any of its files or folders, but whenever I start in safe mode and try to access this drive, it opens and start working like a normal drive, I am unable to figure out the problem, I have checked the drive with Western Digital Utilities, everything comes fine, I also checked the drive with Disk Checker with that also everything comes fine, I've updated the SES 64 bit driver, but all fails.So, please advice what to do?
Regards,
GEEKCOMPUTER_GEEK
 

aswin1

Journeyman
Since it works fine in safe mode it may be the antivirus or some similar software which is blocking the drive. Try connecting it with antivirus
and firewall disabled. Also try connecting it in a back USB port as those in front sometimes give errors.
 
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GEEKCOMPUTER_GEEK

In the zone
Since it works fine in safe mode it may be the antivirus or some similar software which is blocking the drive. Try connecting it with antivirus
and firewall disabled. Also try connecting it in a back USB port as those in front sometimes give errors.

Hello,
Thanks for reply, actually I use laptop, yeah it is some software that block the drive.
GEEKCOMPUTER_GEEK
 

DK_WD

WD Official
Hi [MENTION=69089]GEEKCOMPUTER_GEEK[/MENTION].

As per aswin1 update, I agree with him. The problem persists because of firewall or any other software in a system. I'd suggest you some basic troubleshooting options that may help you to solve the problem.

Options:

Try to disable the Windows indexing option, Antivirus and change the Firewall settings.

I'd like to ask you, if you found the software that is causing the problem with the slow initialization; please share with us.
 
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GEEKCOMPUTER_GEEK

In the zone
Hi @GEEKCOMPUTER_GEEK.

As per aswin1 update, I agree with him. The problem persists because of firewall or any other software in a system. I'd suggest you some basic troubleshooting options that may help you to solve the problem.

Options:

Try to disable the Windows indexing option, Antivirus and change the Firewall settings.

I'd like to ask you, if you found the software that is causing the problem with the slow initialization; please share with us.

Hello,

I still didn't find the software or setting that is causing the problem, but the strange thing is that I have My book Essential 2tb attached to the same system and enabled the Windows indexing option as well as other options like Anitvirus and Firewall and that work very much fine, but I don't know What is going on with this 3tb My book hdd? I bought this hdd on your advice, you told me that Go for My Book instead of My Book Essential, because My Book is the latest version from Western Digital, when I first connect this drive to the system, that same time this problem starts, now, I am feeling I did a mistake buying My Book, anyways.
GEEKCOMPUTER_GEEK
 

DK_WD

WD Official
Hello,

I still didn't find the software or setting that is causing the problem, but the strange thing is that I have My book Essential 2tb attached to the same system and enabled the Windows indexing option as well as other options like Anitvirus and Firewall and that work very much fine, but I don't know What is going on with this 3tb My book hdd? I bought this hdd on your advice, you told me that Go for My Book instead of My Book Essential, because My Book is the latest version from Western Digital, when I first connect this drive to the system, that same time this problem starts, now, I am feeling I did a mistake buying My Book, anyways.
GEEKCOMPUTER_GEEK


Hi [MENTION=69089]GEEKCOMPUTER_GEEK[/MENTION],

Based on your post, the problem is not on the external hdd's end, but rather, on the Operating System's end because the device can be accessible in safe mode. I’d suggest you some options that may help you to narrow down the issue on the computer's end.

Option 1:

Try a different Computer to make sure that the problem is with the device and not with the PC. You could probably try this first if you know of another computer to try out right now.

Option 2:

Try to run in "clean boot". With that, you might find the cause and fix it.

Please refer the below link for Clean boot settings, and more importantly, how to find out what the problem is once you're in clean boot:

How to perform a clean boot in Windows

Option 3:

Try to create a new user profile in windows with administrator rights and try to access the drive. This is kind of like a fresh start with your computer without the extreme step of reformatting and reinstalling windows.

Good luck and keep me posted.
 
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GEEKCOMPUTER_GEEK

In the zone
Hi @GEEKCOMPUTER_GEEK,

Based on your post, the problem is not on the external hdd's end, but rather, on the Operating System's end because the device can be accessible in safe mode. I’d suggest you some options that may help you to narrow down the issue on the computer's end.

Option 1:

Try a different Computer to make sure that the problem is with the device and not with the PC. You could probably try this first if you know of another computer to try out right now.

Option 2:

Try to run in "clean boot". With that, you might find the cause and fix it.

Please refer the below link for Clean boot settings, and more importantly, how to find out what the problem is once you're in clean boot:

How to perform a clean boot in Windows

Option 3:

Try to create a new user profile in windows with administrator rights and try to access the drive. This is kind of like a fresh start with your computer without the extreme step of reformatting and reinstalling windows.

Good luck and keep me posted.

Hello,
DK_WD,
I am unable to find the problematic service which causes all the problem, but with some software I just start the computer with much of the services with the delayed start option, and drive seems working fine, now, I'll try more and then let you know.Thank You.
Regards,
GEEKCOMPUTER_GEEK
 

DK_WD

WD Official
Hello,
DK_WD,
I am unable to find the problematic service which causes all the problem, but with some software I just start the computer with much of the services with the delayed start option, and drive seems working fine, now, I'll try more and then let you know.Thank You.
Regards,
GEEKCOMPUTER_GEEK

Sure, let us know the status and I will try my best to help you on this matter.
 
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