Cannot see WD My Book Studio II in My Computer, but can see it in Computer Management

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How do I get My Book to show up in My Computer so that I can copy files to it as backups?

Should I be doing this some other way?

Thank you for your help

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Most likely the My Book Studio is HFS formatted. For Windows you need to reformat the drive as NTFS or Fat 32. See the WD article below:

http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=3865&p_created=1258601352&p_sid=4S93ZDkk&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_srch=1&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MSwxJnBfcHJvZHM9Mjg4LDk1JnBfY2F0cz0mcF9wdj0yLjk1JnBfY3Y9JnBfcGFnZT0xJnBfc2VhcmNoX3RleHQ9Mzg2NQ!!&p_li=&p_topview=1

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