Western Digital My Book 300 1 TB external drive not recognized Vista

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• external drive not recognized in my computer explorer\

  Hey.
  My Western Digital external drive is recognized on USB, but not recognized in 'my computer\ explorer' or autorun.
  This means that I can make a right click on the bar at the bottom right and 'safely remove hardware, still not displayed in the Explorer.
  I did everything I can to make this work, without result.
  Now what?

  Thank you.

  Try these:

  1 see if his watch in computer management, you might just have to assign a drive letter.
  Change, add, or remove a drive letter
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/change-add-or-remove-a-drive-letter

  2 try it on another computer, if its does not work, try to replace the cable with a good known working cable.

  3. open the Device Manager, see if there is an unknown device under Bus USB controllers, do a right-click and then uninstall it. If this does not work uninstall everything under USB controllers then reboot, they should put it back.

  4 run Fix it.
  Tips for solving problems of USB devices
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/tips-for-solving-problems-with-USB-devices

  5 see this thread:
  Windows Vista device not recognized USB
  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_vista-hardware/Windows-Vista-USB-device-not-recognized/58fa364a-6faf-44B8-9821-7f6eb4873da2

• Western digital external drive not recognized in windows 7

  Hello

  I bought a new external hard drive (elements Western digital 1 TB) and my laptop is also new (windows 7).

  When I connect my external hard drive, its getting detected in the bottom right of the machine by displaying a small icon. considering that, the external hard drive is not displayed in my computer.

  In disk management, his appears as Disk1, on right click on it, getting only "convert the dynamic disk' and 'Properties' are enabled.

  In disk management, in the list of volumes, 5 empty volumes are also there. Right click on these only "Delete Volume" is enabled. "Change drive letter and paths" is disabled.

  Please help me solve this problem.

  Thank you.

  Yo!

  A bit of a ball in the twilight. I'm wondering is someone else had this unit, tried to change the way it has been implemented and "messed up." I would take this one back and get another - especially if you got it in one of the "big box" stores If you're inclined to try to fix it, be aware that this may affect your ability ot return it for Exchange or credit. Depends the seller policies.

  Right mouse click have the drive in the list to see the options. If they are correctly set, it may be possible to simply assign a drive letter to each volume of 'empty' If this configuration is OK with you.

  Otherwise, the fix would involve will use the facilities of disc to remove the present volumes, and then creating one or more. Make sure that you choose to format the logical disks as and assign it a drive letter. See the Windows Help system.

  Let us know.

  Tom

• 1.5 TB external DRIVE not recognized on various laptops disk

  Hello

  I was wondering if someone could help me.

  I bought my 1.5 terrabyte toshiba external hard drive just for more than a year. It works fine on my other computer, laptop and cell phone from my boyfriend, but when I joined four other new laptops (all different brands) recently it was not recognized at all on these laptops.

  Is there something wrong with my outside or something on these computers it prevents to be recognized? Do you know how I can fix this problem?

  Thank you very much!

  Hello

  And if you connect the external HARD drive to your boyfriend s computer laptop, everything is always ok? Only problems with new laptops?

  Well that s really strange have you tried another USB cable and different USB ports?

  Maybe on the new laptops the antivirus or firewall blocks access to the external hard drive. Check your security software and to allow external devices.

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  Is there a way to see the drive on the NAS without erasing it?

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  I recently bought a HARD Toshiba 1 TB drive that my Qosmio G50 now refuses to recognize.

  Anyone know if I would be able to open it and put the hard drive into one of these sata hdd docking stations I've seen announced?

  The hard drive contains about 500 GB of movies, etc.
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• Could not open the Western Digital My Book Studio WDBC3G0020HAL 2 TB external hard drive

  Cant Open Western Digital My Book Studio WDBC3G0020HAL 2 to external hard drive, I reformatted it from mac to pc and it does not appear on my computer

  Cant Open Western Digital My Book Studio WDBC3G0020HAL 2 to external hard drive, I reformatted it from mac to pc and it does not appear on my computer

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• Western Digital external hard drive not recognized in Vista

  This computer is Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit) with Service Pack 2.

  I have connected an external Western Digital (My Book).  Sometimes the HD appears in devices such as WD My Book IEEE 1394 SBP @. Device Manager, and sometimes it isn't. ????

  No matter, it NEVER so appears as a disc when I look in Windows Explorer. ???

  Help, please!

  Thank you.

  You can get in trouble with your device drivers.  Go to Device Manager by going to start / find and type Device Manager and enter and then double-click on the program icon that appears.  Check each device to a red x, yellow! or white?  These identify devices with problems probably (drivers, but also of conflict or something else).  Click on each for more details and troubleshooting tips.  If you need to get drivers (and you shouldbring at least for an external hard drive and all you have time to do - they can help way beyond simply solve this problem), let the computer dealer or the manufacturer of the device (NOT of Microsoft Updates).  In fact, you must disable automatic updates in Windows Update driver as follows: http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/how-to-disable-automatic-driver-installation-in-windows-vista/. Follow these steps to get the drivers: http://pcsupport.about.com/od/driverssupport/ht/driverdlmfgr.htm.  Once you have the drivers, you can install them via the Manager device as follows:http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/193584-device-manager-install-driver.html.

  I hope this helps.

  Good luck!

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• Cannot access the data on Western Digital My Book Essential.

  Original title: Western Digital My Book Essential

  Cannot access data stored on My Book Essential 3 TB.  Desktop computer no longer recognizes.  Laptop sees it, but I can't access the data.  Cord replacement binding have at the least visible on laptop & office 'discover' for a long period of time.  An hour pending with Western Digital with no live person on the line.  Am now thinking the drive can't be fixed and Western Digital is not actually support.

  If I buy a replacement, how to make the data from the old to the new?  All suggestions will be useful.

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• HP TouchSmart 600: External Toshiba USB 3.0 drive not recognized on HP Touchsmart

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  Welcome to the Forums of HP Support! It's a good place to find the help you need, other users, HP experts and other support staff. I understand that you have a problem with the external drive not being seen. I'll be happy to help you.

  Please, try the steps in Troubleshooting connections USB (Windows 7).

  I hope this helps. Please keep me informed of the progress of things.

  If you need help, let me know and I will gladly make all that I can to help you.

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• Western Digital My Book Elite treats WDFME. EXE by using all the CPU resources

  System: Dell Studio XPS 435MT / 12 GB of Ram

  Western Digital 1 TB my book Elite external hard drive USB connection

  OS: Windows 7 32/64 bit

  Problem: Computer works fine after reboot/coldboot but after entering Sleep Mode Performance is so slow reboot is required.

  The Windows Task Manager that shows a file associated with the external hard drive (WDFME. (EXE) uses all the resources (100%) in the process.

  Selection (WDFME. (EXE) under the process in Windows Task Manager and ending the process frees up resources and resources in use drops to

  about 10 to 13 percent. I have used this external drive for over a year without this problem until recently.

  I you'd be grateful someone out there with a solution would share.

  Searching the Web for information and or solution, I found that other users have the same problem. Of course, as any material of 'good '.

  company Western Digital chooses to upset their customers by not recognizing that a problem exists.

  Thank you

  Dennis

  I'm having the same problem.  I'm on Windows Vista 64 bit and I can not find a power management tab in the Device Manager either.

  RonRea

  The best solution is to stop using the WD external drive software and install a third party about Acronis backup management is recommended by many people. I downloaded and installed and it seems to do very well and I have my machine is back to run fast.

  -Dennis-

• Western digital external USB 2.0 500 GB hard drive not recognized by Windows 7 Explorer. How can I fix it? ___Thank you for your help.

  The hard drive worked well until KB2398632 & KB2347290 updates have been downloaded and installed on 16/09/10.  Hard drive works fine on my Vista machine at work.

  On my own machine (Windows 7), the drive is seen in my BIOS.  He also appeared in the "features and properties" of the control panel Windows 7 and the 'properties' indicates that the device is functioning properly.  The pilot is also updated.

  It does not appear in the Windows 7 Explorer under 'computer '. Only the C: drive is indicated.

  My AMD South Bridge set drivers are up to date my USB 3.0 being drivers.

  Western Digital 500 GB external hard drive is several years old.

  two updates have no effect to detect the hardware. It was an IE and and update printer spooler. Remove it from the Device Manager and plug it into another USB port. "A programmer is just a tool that converts the caffeine in code" Deputy CLIP - http://www.winvistaside.de/