Re: WD external hard drive problem

On 27 May, 20:10, vanyab...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
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.

Yea, I've tried that a few times and in different ports but still the
same. I've also d/loaded the diagnostics software from WD, it also
shows the drive is plugged in

Steve
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