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WD Blue HHD not working on my mac

Do you mean that you already have a Windows boot camp installation on your Mac?
And, you don't need to boot to Windows on that external hard drive?

In that case, boot to your boot camp Windows partition, then try to access the external hard drive then.
You can see your boot camp partition (or not!) when you restart while holding the Option key.

I suspect that the hard drive is no good, but you should certainly try to access the hard drive from Windows.
I also think that your external enclosure is bad, too, but trying it while booted to Windows may help - or it may simply also not work at all from Windows.
 
DeltaMac said:
Do you mean that you already have a Windows boot camp installation on your Mac?
And, you don't need to boot to Windows on that external hard drive?

In that case, boot to your boot camp Windows partition, then try to access the external hard drive then.
You can see your boot camp partition (or not!) when you restart while holding the Option key.

I suspect that the hard drive is no good, but you should certainly try to access the hard drive from Windows.
I also think that your external enclosure is bad, too, but trying it while booted to Windows may help - or it may simply also not work at all from Windows.
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is there a way to format it so i can store data into it or reinstall windows?
 
Yes, you can format it, if you can see the hard drive with any utility.
Can you see the hard drive through any method?
So far, I think you can only see the enclosure - the ASMT 2115 media.
That is NOT your hard drive. The hard drive will be listed by the manufacturer model number, and the capacity of the hard drive. (Zero KB, from your OP, is not a good report :D )

Did you try a different enclosure?
Did you try connecting to a computer running Windows?
If you connect to a Windows system, you would then have the chance to try some of the good utilities, such as Spinrite.
If Windows does not see your hard drive, then you either have a bad external enclosure, or the hard drive is just bad.
If Windows DOES see the hard drive, then you can use Windows to format the drive.
But, I suspect that if you continue to try the same enclosure, you will continue to fail . . . :(
 
DeltaMac said:
Yes, you can format it, if you can see the hard drive with any utility.
Can you see the hard drive through any method?
So far, I think you can only see the enclosure - the ASMT 2115 media.
That is NOT your hard drive. The hard drive will be listed by the manufacturer model number, and the capacity of the hard drive. (Zero KB, from your OP, is not a good report :D )

Did you try a different enclosure?
Did you try connecting to a computer running Windows?
If you connect to a Windows system, you would then have the chance to try some of the good utilities, such as Spinrite.
If Windows does not see your hard drive, then you either have a bad external enclosure, or the hard drive is just bad.
If Windows DOES see the hard drive, then you can use Windows to format the drive.
But, I suspect that if you continue to try the same enclosure, you will continue to fail . . . :(
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problem is that i have the startech sata 3 to usb 3.0 (just a wire)...
 
Yes, and you have a full size hard drive (not a 2.5-inch laptop size) correct?
The simple wire SATA to USB adapter doesn't provide enough power for a desktop hard drive.

If you are not using some kind of external power (like from a wallwart power supply to the hard drive), in addition to the drive connector cable, then THAT's your whole problem.
The hard drive does not have enough power to work with that kind of adapter. Laptop drives are OK, but not the much larger desktop drives.
Get one of the docking-type adapters, which will provide enough power so your drive has a chance of working.
 
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no i have the 2.
DeltaMac said:
Yes, and you have a full size hard drive (not a 2.5-inch laptop size) correct?
The simple wire SATA to USB adapter doesn't provide enough power for a desktop hard drive.

If you are not using some kind of external power (like from a wallwart power supply to the hard drive), in addition to the drive connector cable, then THAT's your whole problem.
The hard drive does not have enough power to work with that kind of adapter. Laptop drives are OK, but not the much larger desktop drives.
Get one of the docking-type adapters, which will provide enough power so your drive has a chance of working.
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no i have o 2.5 laptop hhd
 
Then, the hard drive is not working - or the SATA-USB adapter is faulty.
Put your drive in an actual enclosure, or a docking-type adapter. Any computer/electronics shop would have something more suitable for you.
 
guys thanks for all you support (nice community) but my hdd is dead(i might have threw it out the window) but yeah thats it its gone thanks guys =)
 
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