External Hard drive

i had the same problem, but once i plugged it straight into the wall socket it seemed to work fine. just make sure that the end of the UBS cable that plugs into the my book has not come loose as this may also cause a disconnection.

I too was having trouble with my WD external drive. One day it was working fine - the next it was not recognized on any ports. Listed as an Unknown device and no drivers installed.

I tried the solution listed above - unpluged it from the power strip, pluged it into a wall socket and ALL WORKS! Darnedest thing I ever seen.

When I switched on my computer one day, Western Digital drivers were not found.
This works:
I have changed plug sockets, power strip to wall socket and now Western Digitals are now being detected.

I did a Google search and found another user having the same problem! Apparently the problem goes away if you plug the drive directly into a wall outlet, and not to a power strip.
I did the same thing and it works! Weird, but at least it works for me... No need for any downloading drivers or whatever,.

I need drivers for my simpletech external hard drive model number 96300-40001-001

I switched the USB cable to my camera's (Canon) USB cable and it worked. The WD drive is plugged in a powerstrip.

does anyone understand why this solution works?  it makes no sense.  the drive mounted find and worked for months on the same power strip, now, suddenly, it needs to go directly from a wall outlet?

Well just look at ur mom or u could try fuckin' yourself one or two time kk plz tnx lol

dumbest problem reason ever. but the solution does work.

have a MicroNet 80GB hard drive PHD8072U2F my son gave me and on another older computer had saved some of my files from....anyway cannot get to other computer and the one I am using is another sons and I need some of my documents on this external drive and cannot find a driver for it to download and be able to even use it. Please help, I am fighting to keep my home and the documentation is on this drive and only on it..... One thing I learned is I will do what I wanted to do in the first place and have at least a double back up plan.....sons thought I was over concerned...I know if it can happen it will to me and should have done it but was a financial burden and listened to them. Thanks and God Bless email dawn8459@hotmail.com