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Help! Have old My Book and can't access any of my children's baby pictures

I am using Win 7 on a HP laptop. Where the heck are the drivers so I can get access to this drive???

My Book Model WD 1600I032

Welcome to the Community.

That model number corresponds to a 1st generation WD My Book Essential.

http://support.wdc.com/product/install.asp?groupid=101&lang=en

Unfortunately, there are no dedicated Microsoft Windows 7 drivers since production stopped long before Windows 7 was released. Are you able to connect the hard drive to a Microsoft Windows XP system?

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