WD External Hard drive not recognized in my computer

oh great, it’s working now, I haven’t got a clue of how or why…

after visiting the repair center, hooked up to my laptop, still same [deleted] different day, after I sort of just “let it be” for about 30 mins, out of a sudden, everything came together, it’s recognized, it’s in device manager, it’s in disk manager, I scanned through my files no problem, and I’m now running WD lifeguard diagnosis (which wasn’t possible).

I’m glad it’s working again, but god knows when it will decide not to? without knowing the problem, it feel like working with a ticking time bomb.