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Posted on Jun 03, 2008

I/O error msg

I have my WD hooked up to a port on my laptop, it was working fine, now, when I try to open the drive I get an I/O error message, what is this/how do I fix this

  • djgibb Nov 18, 2008

    Whenever I hook up my 500gb MyBook Home Edition to either my laptop or desktop, I get the same I/O error message. I have read other places that my drive is beyond repair. Please tell me this isn't so. Help!

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Anonymous

Try to scan your WD with a program like "HD Tune Pro" for dead sectors.
At the moment I get the same errors, because of a dead sector.

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