Can't map My Book World (White Light) in Win 10

WD Legacy Products Other Network Drives
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Hello. You all have helped me before, but this is a new problem.

I’ve built a new PC and installed Win 10 (oh, joy!) on it. I have a My Book World drive that appears to be working correctly. WD Discovery found it and I verified that the configuration is still set and correct. I use a static IP address. However, when I try to use Discovery to map the drive, I get a message “”\mybookworld" The network path was not found". I carefully followed the guide I found on this site and the device shows up in Windows File Explorer under “Storage” when I select “Network” in the left pane. But when I try to map the device by IP, Windows gives me the same type of message, “Windows cannot access \xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx”. Obviously, I can ping the device.

I’d sure like to have access to my files back. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks in advance!
David

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If it’s the same drive as I have, I think your Windows 10 computer will not access it. Do you have a Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 machine you can use to get your files? (or Linux running SAMBA)

I commented on another thread, but will repeat it here. Windows 10 versions after 2017 (aka 1709) will NOT access this legacy device. I’m hoping someone will provide a newer firmware to fix the SMB (Server Message Blocks) problem.