External hardrive found but not found?

I just bought a 500 GB external hard drive that connects via usb. I can find it in the Device Manager > dic readers the wdc wd50-00uuu3a0 USB key but if I go to storage > disk management it does not, from my understanding, it should be here and im supposed to initializze it, but I'm not. Help, please.

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It is always possible.  As I said, USB drives are usually easy to install.  Simply plug connect them to the USB port and they are automatically installed and ready to use.  I'll try to return it for a replacement see if this solves the problem (it can't hurt).  First of all, I would like to try to plug this device on another computer and see if it is recognized without any problems - then we know there is something on your PC and this disc which do not work correctly together for some reason any.  Perhaps the reader is not compatible with Vista or Windows7 - confirmed that it is www.microsoft.com/windows//windows - of thecompatibility withvista.

Good luck and let me know.

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