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WD My Book doesn't show up in My Computer
By beach_boi66 on Mar 15, 2009
The hard drive shows up in the Safely Remove Hardware section (showed all the little dialogues when it was first plugged in and can be ''safely removed'') but does not show up in My Computer folder.
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posted on Jul 01, 2009
If yours is like mine it's because someone whipped it without reformatting it. Go to Contorl Panel, System and Maint., Admin Tools, Comp Management, Disk Management. You should see the drive there, but unallocated. Right click on the unallocated portion at the bottom of the screen and choose Simple Volume. Follow the Wisard, choose Quick Format and you've formated your Ex. Hard Drive. It should come up in My Computer now. Congrats!
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