To find software, utilities, or firmware updates for a specific wd product, click on the category that is most related to the wd product, then click on your product model to get to your downloads page.. To update firmware modules, users may update part of the firmware or all firmware modules. within the dfl wd firmware repair tool, users can easily remove the password, edit the hard drive model and sn, reset the smart, edit the lba and capacity.. The wd firmware updater program is crashing everytime and will not start the process. i feel that this may be the core of my drive's is… is there a way to manually update a my book essential 2tb usb 3.0 firmware in dos..
Solved i have a wd 2.0 portable hard drive with my files backed up. after i updated the firmware or driver, my pc cannot recognize i after i updated the firmware or driver, my pc cannot recognize i. Unless wd issues a firmware revision for this drive, which it hasn’t, you cannot update any firmware on any of these drives. christoph 2010-02-16 00:26:24 utc #3 i have a hard drive with bad sectors that i just can’t get them fix with any tool. I don't think they release drive firmware to the public. i was looking for the same thing when the firmware on my last (ever) maxtor drive went tits up, and quite a few people said you couldn't.