I have several WD drives. I have been a happy client of WD for many years. I run a MacBook Pro (MAC OS X - Version 10.5.8) 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor - 2 GM 667 MHz Memory. I am currently deployed to Iraq and depend on all of my WD drives for all of my external storage use. I have a My B…

Hello, This is because the " My book essentia" is a NTFS (windows) Drive and you are using a mac, in orde to use this drive you will have to format it to HFS (mac os extended journaled ) in a GUID partition, Please follow the guide below on how to do this, <a href="http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=3865&p_created=1258601352&p_sid=XfGRJcRj&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_srch=1&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MjY0LDI2NCZwX3Byb2RzPTAmcF9jYXRzPTAmcF9wdj0mcF9jdj0mcF9zZWFyY2hfdHlwZT1hbnN3ZXJzLnNlYXJjaF9mbmwmcF9wYWdlPTEmcF9zZWFyY2hfdGV4dD1ob3cgdG8gZm9ybWF0&p_li=&p_topview=1" title="Format Guide" rel="noopener nofollow ugc">Format Guide (choose your OS first) Als…

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My Book Essential Drive - 2TB - Can't get it to work AT ALL!

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Ripley August 24, 2010, 4:39pm 10

It seems this issue always arises with windows 7.