Device drivers fail intermittently and inexplicably without any apparent reason. The best part is that your External Hard Drive drivers can always be modified to solve the laptop dilemma.
You can only make your problems worse if you install the wrong driver for your hardware. It is generally advised to use a driver software as updates can be time consuming and complex. An advanced driver update tool guarantees that you have all new driver versions, confirms that updates are compatible, and provides a backup of your current drivers. Backup drivers provide you with the comfort of knowing that if anything goes wrong, you can roll back to previous drivers.
Once system operational and plugged in, it appears in Device Manager. Choose where you want to search below Search Search the Community. Search the community and support articles Windows Windows 10 Search Community member. Does not show up under Computer. Sometimes visable in Devices as disk. Couple of times it was under computer as a CD drive. Was working fine under Windows 8.
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Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. If the drive gets recognized properly do run a diagnostic check and see the condition of the drive and see if it's the one causing the problem or there are other issues. I would suggest to use WD Data Lifeguard Diagnostic and see if the drive passes both the quick and the extended tests. In reply to Time Lady's post on October 30, Where would I find the WD drive? In reply to ABrandy's post on December 22, Post back with results when you try these things.
Drivers show up to date Steps taken to try find it: 1.
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