Reformatted my WD 2 TB Elements, but now can't see the E drive on my laptop

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I need to back up files on my laptop, but can’t see the E drive on there. Do I need to map that drive on my laptop even though once I finish doing the backup I won’t use the Elements on here again.

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Hi wickedwa13,

WD Elements is a plug n play external portable hard drive and data can be accessed directly after connecting it with the computer. You can follow the steps mentioned in below article to check WD Elements.

https://support.wdc.com/knowledgebase/answer.aspx?ID=1164#win