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#MY PASSPORT FOR MAC UNMOUNTED WINDOWS#
If your operating system was Windows I would recommend several to you. Several people here have mentioned data recovery programs. I have done it with western digital hard drives, never with your model of hard drive. I've never had a time where I tried it and it didn't work. I have done this successfully several times.
#MY PASSPORT FOR MAC UNMOUNTED FREE#
If you need to use a data recovery program you will also need enough free space on a hard drive to move the data over to. I have tried waiting for hours for it to fix itself and rebooting my machine, but it appearsEasily repair the Couldnt Unmount Disk Error using Mac. Type in this command next: sudo diskutil unmountDisk force /dev/diskx Replace /dev/diskx with the disk number of the drive you want to unmount (for example, dev/disk1).

Look for the disk that you want to force unmount and take note of the number of the drive. A good data recovery program will find your information anyways. This will list down all the available disks on your Mac. Don't pay attention to that and do not format it. If the heads didn't make it to their parked position your drive will be recognized by the computer and it may say the HD needs formatted. If the reading heads made it to their parked position not only will your hard drive be recognized but your data will be fully accessible with out the aide of a data recovery program. Then take the good controller board and attach it to the one that has your data. You need to repeat this process with the newly acquired hard drive. You need to release that cable if one is there to remove the controller board from the hard drive. Pay close attention while you are doing this because there maybe a delicate ribbon cable coming from the hard dive and attached to the controller board. You need to remove the screws and slowly, gently lift the board away from the hard drive. If the Command Prompt console asks you to dismount the drive, press Y.
#MY PASSPORT FOR MAC UNMOUNTED HOW TO#
If you turn your hard drive over you should find screws attaching the circuit board to the hard drive. Part 2: How to Format WD My Passport in Mac System Mac systems feature Disk.

You need to acquire another hard drive with one of the previously mentioned model numbers. Try data recovery programs prior to following my suggestion. If I am wrong on my surmise of the situation. The hard drive doesn't spin, isn't recognized by the computer. Your data is on the HD platters, it isn't going anywhere. Your drive has a twin with a SATA interface instead of the USB interface, WD Scorpio Blue model WD5000BEVT. Methods to avoid Unexpected Ejections Safely Ejecting When Not Using Preventing computer and drive from sleep Changing Macs Energy Saver settings on MacBook. The controller board on it is known for being problematic. What you have there is a WD Scorpio Blue drive in the 500GB flavor, model number WD5000BMVU.
