WD My Passport 500GB Not Showing up in My Computer Windows 7

WD External Drives WD Portable Drives
2

you might need to initialize it first:

  1. Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Administrative Tools\Computer Management

  2. Storage → Disk Management

  3. Looks for you drive in the lower section and rightclick on it where it says “Disk XX” (XX being the number of your drive windows assigned to it)

  4. Then select “Initialize Disk” like in the picture:

  1. Just continue clicking next/continue/ok till the window disappears.

  2. Check “My Computer” again

  3. if it still doesnt show up, rightclick on the part where it says “unallocated” and assign a new drive letter (“Change drive letters and paths”)