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February 24, 2015, 3:18pm 1 I have several WD external drives… One of them was purchased in July - but I haven’t taken it out until now to use. I went to plug it in to my computer and noticed their is no power switch - not a big deal. I plugged it in, waited a moment, and nothing popped up. When I go to my computer - I can see everything but this drive. I thought maybe I had too much plugged in (an SD card, WD passport, and an older WD MyBook). So I unplugged my older MyBook - and still nothing.I was able to run a test (WD Data LifeGuard Diagnostics - DLGDIAG for Windows) and see the drive under Physical Drive, but it did not appear under Logical Drive. - It gives me the Model Number, Serial Number, and says the SMART Status is PASS and the Test Result is PASS. The Firmware Number is 1050 - and it has a capacity of 3000.56 GB.I am unsure at this point what to do. How can I access and use this hard drive without it showing up on my computer? Is there some sort of update that I may need? And if so, how does this hard drive get it - if it won’t connect?Thanks Hamlet February 24, 2015, 5:49pm 2 Hello,Make sure the drive is plugged in directly into a wall outlet. Avoid any extension cords, surge protectors and or power strips.If the issue remains then go to disk management to verify if the drive is seen. If you see it in disk management then I recommend you try to format it. john4771 February 25, 2015, 12:09am 3 I have a similar problem with a 1tb WD Book. It is on and running and was working and half full. Now it just sits there running but unable to be switched off or communicated with. Checking it out the system declares it is working properly. But you can’t communicate with it. A point Hamlet seems to have missed with Lovebug… Lovebug February 25, 2015, 2:17am 4 john4771 - Thanks - I felt that the previous answer did not address my issue. I should be able to have any device connected to a surge protector - without limiting it (and it was powered on).I unplugged my original 3 TB drive (MyBook 1170) before I went to work - nothing happened immediately, but I guess at some point during the day, it read the new 3 TB drive (MyBook 1230). So when I got home, I was able to see everything on the 1230 - nothing but the files that came with the drive.I played around a bit, plugging

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