Hello Eric You can't erase the hidden partition unfortunately. As for the mechanics of the things, as Gordon's just pointed out to me, we have had similar problems with a couple of Maxtor drives as well. So maybe it's more accurate to say it's the luck of the draw. We have an 8GB Promise server enclosure which uses 3.5 inch WD drives at the moment actually. But the advantage of those systems is that you can remove the SATA drives and replace them individually. In fact you can even hot-swap them since the server uses RAID5 array.
Lynne On 20 Aug 2011, at 16:52, Eric Caron wrote: • As I have three external WD drives I've been reading this thread with interest. I have had know mechanical problems but I am a low volume user. What I wanted to get back to is that darn hidden partitian on one of my WD Passport drives. Is there any way I can keep that darn thing off my desk top! I can't eject it. I didn't see it on the log in table. I don't like having to go past it every time I work on my desk top. I keep my desk top neat and only the most important things there. Having that thing there just to have the useless WD manuals drives me a bit nuts! Eric Caron _______________________________________________ The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group since the 12th of April 2010, at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html _______________________________________________ The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group since the 12th of April 2010, at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html
