why have ALL my external (WD) hard drives 2tb, 4tb, 5tb been failing on my under one year old Windows 11 laptop since September 2022, and most lost co

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why would ALL my external (WD) hard drives 2tb, 4tb, 5tb have been failing on my under one year old Windows 11 laptop since September 2022.Same with my partner's even newer Windows 11 Laptop and 2-3 of her external (WD) hard drives? It was bad at first. They could appear intermittently, and then show up as unknown, offline and not initialized.Some would appear in Disk and Device Management but not in File Explorer. Some wouldn't show up at all. But most are now permanently not working.All the suggested fixeds are making no difference:- Changing cables, ports and laptops- Drivers are up to dat

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