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    western digital my book drivers vista (wont register)

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by shadedurza, Apr 14, 2009.

  1. shadedurza

    shadedurza Notebook Consultant

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    Does anyone have the drivers for the western digital my book external hard drive? Or at least know someplace I can download them? WD requires you to register the product for some reason and mine wont.
     
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    You don't need any driver with Vista. Vista will load the driver when you plug it in.
     
    coolguy, Apr 14, 2009
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    what if it doesn't? The only thing in my computer is my c drive and the disk drive.
     
    shadedurza, Apr 14, 2009
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    There is no "what if it doesn't". Vista should load the driver, unless the hard drive is damaged.
     
    coolguy, Apr 14, 2009
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    yea i just plugged mine in and it worked fine with vista 64
     
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    Ok after more research I found that when I plug it in to my desktop (windows 7) it comea up with the message that the drivers have been installed but still nothing in my computer.
     
    shadedurza, Apr 14, 2009
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    Easy to overlook but I would imagine that you checked that the drive is plugged into an active electrical outlet and turned on. This particular drive is not USB powered. Is the drive within the enclosure running?

    If the drive is running you might try turning off your security/antivirus software just to see if it blocking access. I doubt it, but easy enough to do.
     
    deeastman, Apr 14, 2009
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