WD elements external drive cannot be mounted in either linux, macOS or windows. Drive shows up in WD discovery software but cannot be managed there

[masterch]

This is how the drive is presented on the WD discovery tool.

For comparison this is how MyBook is presented on the same tool:

It does not show up in macOS’s disk utility nor from running diskutil list. It also randomly beeps if that’s possible.

[Keerti_01]

Hi @masterch,

Please be inform you that WD Element drive is not compatible with WD Discovery.

Have you opened a Support Case? If not opened, for more information, please contact the WD Technical Support team for the best assistance and troubleshooting:

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