As i am reading I see alot of the same issues and seems like no one knows how to answer a question without going in circles, and repeating the same issue:
here we go:
updated against my will to windows 10
1T ext HDD WD1300 drivers and firmware upsated
worked fine, until a few days agao within hours!
HDD in a protected space on my desk, always "ejected media" correctly
i do notice the cable is kinked (leading to a data cable issue)
makes the DING noise to recognize device also asks to safley remove HDD when i dismount
shows only in Device manager does not show in my PC
in Disc management it shows a RED X and drive not initialized
have tried to initialize as i am upset and just want to fix this thing. dont work!
today attemp 7/30/2016
i do not hear the dive spinning... now what?