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WD - My Book Won't shut off with computer, and now can't locate

So i've been using my My Book for a couple weeks now and it's been working perfectly. Normally it shuts down when the computer is turned off. Last night, it didn't shut down at all. Thought nothing of it, went to sleep. Turning on the computer today, I notice I can't locate the drive at all... it's still connected but can't access it or my Music files that I have stored on it. Do I need to install new Drivers? Any help would be great. Thanks in advance. The only thing I've tried thus far, is pressing the on/off button, but that did not do anything.

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I had this problem with my MyBook and finally solved it by downloading "Drive Manager" from the Western Digital site. It works, and it's a lot better than unplugging the HD every time.

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Try unplugging Hard Drive, then a reboot of your pc and when the pc comes back plug it and then Power it ON. Hope this Helps Mutahir

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