Studio II not visible

[Flanker10]

Studio II not visible.

hi folks, I have just purchased a studio II 2tb, software loaded and I can see it in the WD control panal showing disc usage and raido status but not in my computer? so I cannot access the drive… any ideas anyone…

please note that I am not very techy. 

Thanks in advance Flanker10

[Ichigo]

Hello, the Studio II hard drive, comes preformatted to HFS+ (Mac), if you are trying to use it on a Windows based PC you need to format it first. You can check page 22 of the manual for the steps to format it from the WD RAID Manager. 

Manual

http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/UM/ENG/4779-705010.pdf#page=25