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Newbie here.   I have gone through the steps and checks in FAQ: External hard drive no longer shows up in My Computer and data can no longer be accessed[ New ]

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‎02-10-2011 05:17 AM - edited ‎02-17-2011 10:18 AM

(BTW I could not get this link in it to work   http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3865 so that has not helped)


I have a WD10000H1U-00 My Book Essential Edition 2.0  and am using W8.1

I have copies of the files that came with it when new but they are not on it now…

I followed these steps recently :

    "    Open the command prompt and type:
diskpart
list disk
(For me my new SSD is disk 0, but could be different for you.)
select disk 0
clean
(clean wipes out all existing drive partitioning.)
create partition primary size=100 align=4096
(aligning improves performance on SSD’s and newer hard drives with 4096 byte sectors)
format quick fs=ntfs
active
create partition primary align=4096
format quick fs=ntfs
exit    "

  It was working fine before I used diskpart.

Now, although Device Manager says it is working properly, it is not listed in This PC. I did a driver update and that reported it was up to date and the version is 6.3.9600.16384

Hi WEDDED, welcome to the Community. Have you tried checking on disk manager? You can try adding a drive letter from here. If the problem continues I recommend you to contact support directly.

How to change the drive letter assignment in Windows 8, 7, Vista, XP or 2000 

http://support.wdc.com/country/index.asp

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Thx   … all fixed.

btw the link does not go directly to the topic?  Do you have to dig around on the page that it opens?