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I have a older model of WD external hard drive

I have a older model of WD external hard drive and it is not being recognized by my Windows 8 computer. What can I do about this

Thank you

John Markarian

johnmarkarian@ymail.com

Does it show in Disk Management and does it have a Drive Letter assigned?

Joe

  • Have U recently upgraded or switched to a new/another computer ?
  • X64 or X86 ?
  • Have it been accessable from another PC, other windows-system?
  • How is it formatted, FAT32 or NTFS ? 
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