WD BLUE 3D NAND 1TB not detected by WD Acronis

I have run the Acronis exe numerous times (down loaded from this site) but keeps saying no western digital drive found.

The SSD drive has been formatted and shows as drive D. Connected via Sabrent USB to SSD cable.

I want to clone my Hitachi (drive C) to the WD (drive D).

Windows 10 on Dell e6420

I had to attach an additional WD passport drive so Acronis would install.

USB adapter name seems to interfere with the WD free version of Acronis.

Yes they do, most USB adapters will hide the WD from Acronis. This is why I use Macrium Reflect and it works much better than Acronis for making an image or backing up!