WD My Passport recognition issue

Portable Drives My Passport
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Hello,
The WD My Passport external hard drive has worked on all my past computers. I have a new PC and it simply does not show up when I attach it. I have tried some simple solutions, but to now avail.
I would imagine there is a solution, but I’m not too savvy with advanced computer diagnostics.
This seems to be a common problem, as there are several youtube videos addressing this issue. I am at a loss. Can someone help me?

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Did you check your drive on Disk management on windows???

  • check its showing up there or not .

  • if on disk management , it gives any pop up to initialize the disk “DO NOT INITIALIZE IT” : initializing the disk will format the drive and you might lose the data .

  • if the disk showing up there on disk management : and disk status is healthy then try assigning a different drive letter to the drive.

  • if still issue same contact WD support

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Hello Shaw.Patrick,

 All the simple solutions are not working.  WD support is nonexistant. I'll bet someone who knew what they were doing would be able to rectify this situation in a matter of minutes. I've watched a few videos that offer quick solutions, but they fall short of completing the task and want you to pay for their expertise.

Frustrated,
Ang7

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Yeah I had the same issue. I was using a legacy My Book on Windows 7 just fine. I just recently upgraded to Windows 10 and my computer is now unable to recognize the drive. My Book doesn’t show up on file explorer or disk management.

I’ve tried to install the legacy WD SES Driver setup for x64, but that didn’t work either. I did all the basic troubleshooting for power and changing to a shorter cable. Switching to a usb 2.0 cable. None of that woked.

Any help would be appreciated.

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I was having the same issue with my 3TB WD Elements external drive. I had just switched from Win 7 to 10 and when I got ready for my monthly backup I plugged it in (USB 2.0) and Win 10 did not recognize it. It set it up as some sort of controller and I could not access it at all. I read a post on one of the German sites where they just switched to a generic usb cable and it worked. I tried the same thing just now and Win 10 recognized the drive and opened it perfectly! I don’t know the why but it definitely worked for me!

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