My Dell desktop operates Windows 7 Home Premium and had an initial Hard Drive of 1.5TB (7200rpm) SATA. I’m trying to install a 3TB Western Digital My Book Studio external hard drive, with which I intend to store photographs and videos. The new HDD operates via USB 3.0. I can find the disk within D…

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My new 3tb WD My Book Studio HDD isn't recognised by Windows 7

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Hamlet November 13, 2014, 3:44pm 4

Hello,

Glad to know that you have your drive working on your Windows computer.