Summary
WD 3TB My Passport Wireless Pro USB 3.0 External Hard Drive. ExFAT is a good option if you work often with Windows and Mac computers. Transferring files. 'how to format my WD My Passport for Mac on to windows 10',I have a WD My Passport for Mac. I used to have a Macbook Air so it would always read the devise cause i guess it was formatted just for Mac.
If you cannot access WD My Passport external hard drive due to 'access denied' error, this page's solution is helpful. If gaining permissions does not fix the issue, download EaseUS hard drive recovery software to retrieve and export data from inaccessible WD My Passport.
WD My Passport external hard drive access denied
'It seems that I can no longer access my files on WD My Passport external hard drive. I get the error message of access denied. The detailed information is in the screenshot. How to rectify the problem and get into the drive without losing data?'
If you can't access WD My Passport external hard drive due to access denied error, there's a huge possibility that you don't have permissions to operate on the drive. And, this happens a lot in the situation when you connect the external HDD to a new desktop or laptop that requires permission to access data or files somewhere on it.
How to get rid of 'WD My Passport access denied' error on Windows 10
When such an access denied error occurs, you're confronting a serious fact that you can no longer open the drive and view data there. So, it's urgent to find a way to remove the error and protect data.
To obtain the permission in order to remove this error on My Passport, follow the guide carefully.
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1. Connect WD drive to your PC, right-click on the WD My Passport external hard drive and select Properties.
2. Click the Security tab.
3. At the bottom of the tab, next to 'For special permissions or advanced settings. click Advanced. So, click the Advanced button.
4. Click Change permissions button.
5. Click a permission entry so as to add, remove or edit the permission.
How to recover data from WD My Passport access denied
Hope that the given solution has solved the access denied problem perfectly.
Otherwise, try at least to recover data from inaccessible WD hard drive with the best Western Digital disk recovery software.
EaseUS hard drive recovery software can help WD users access files and folders when My Passport encountered access denied error. Let it help safeguard data whenever WD hard drive detected but won't open.
Keep Noted: Please don't format or reset the hard drive once it becomes inaccessible. To restore important data from inaccessible hard drive should be your first mission. Here below is a detail hard drive data recovery guide for you to follow, try and get your lost data back.
Step 1. Run Software and select a location
- Launch EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard on your computer.
- Select the hard drive which becomes inaccessible on your PC.
- Click Scan to let this program scan and find your hard drive data.
Step 2. Scan to Find Lost Data
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard will full scan and find all your data on the inaccessible hard drive.
And, after the scanning, you can preview and check found files on the scanning result window now:
- Deleted Files: browse to see all deleted files here.
- Drive (with your drive name): all lost files are listed here.
- Lost Partition Files: if you once deleted your hard drive partition or formatted it, check and find data here.
- Extra Files: a quick access to your inaccessible data and raw files.
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Step 3. Restore Hard Drive Data
- Finally, select the items you want to get back and click 'Recover'.
- Choose a secure location (second hard drive partition on your PC or another external storage device).
- And then click 'OK' to start recovering all lost data from your inaccessible hard drive now.