Re: WD external hard drive problem
It should be just a case of plugging it in.
I bought one of these from Ebuyer last week and it came formatted
with fat32.
Windows XP found it and put a WD icon the desktop.
Started using it straight away.
Try unplugging the USB cable and putting it back again.
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