wd my book 3tb external hard 2.0 drive driver software

#WD MY BOOK 3TB EXTERNAL HARD 2.0 DRIVE DRIVER SOFTWARE INSTALL#
#WD MY BOOK 3TB EXTERNAL HARD 2.0 DRIVE DRIVER SOFTWARE PC#
#WD MY BOOK 3TB EXTERNAL HARD 2.0 DRIVE DRIVER SOFTWARE WINDOWS#

I lucked out recently and bought cheaply a Western Digital My Book 3TB external hard drive.ġ. For some reason XP's USB driver installation wizard isn't working. I know that the HDD is not the issue, because the HDD worked on a different computer. The wizard is not successfully installing the device (which used to work fine, but now it doesn'tĮven show up in Disk Management). inf driver files that I can draw from a good source somewhere so that I can have my XP Machine see the USB device. I'm curious to know, if there is a 'well' of. I think the order you make the connections are important, apparently power connection should be last.

#WD MY BOOK 3TB EXTERNAL HARD 2.0 DRIVE DRIVER SOFTWARE WINDOWS#

Seconds, reconnected the power, and Windows then recognized the device as a WD External USB Drive. When I read a response further down this chain that discussed connecting as an unpowered device I left my connected, unplugged the external power supply to the device, waited 10 I uninstalled and reinstalle the device several times with the same result. System recognized the new device and loaded the Initio Default Controller. Completed my HDD backup and moved the external drive to my second Dell PC.

#WD MY BOOK 3TB EXTERNAL HARD 2.0 DRIVE DRIVER SOFTWARE PC#

Used it on one Dell PC and the USB driver loaded perfectly. I purchased a 2 TB WD Elements External HD.

#WD MY BOOK 3TB EXTERNAL HARD 2.0 DRIVE DRIVER SOFTWARE INSTALL#

One last question, how are your other USB Devices doing on the same PC? Have you checked on the Microsoft Update site to see if you can get more recent Chipset drivers for your Motherboard? You mentioned previously that you had installed drivers providedīy your PC maker (Dell), but sometimes it is possible to install only part of the drivers provided by a PC maker (such as printer and sourd) and overlook some of the more critical ones like the Motherboard Chipset Drivers. Power (via a DC Adapter) than your bus or hub provides alone.

If you have an external USB Hard Drive, you will most likely have to give it more USB devices can be powered directly off of a PC's USB bus or a USB Hub, this is often not the case with high power devices such as Audio Cards, Hard Drives or CD ROM Drives. One of the more common situations of advanced external USB device failure is lack of power.

Please try your Western Digital USB Hard Drive on another PC to make sure this is not a hardware or OS configuration issue.Īlso, you might want to see if your Western Digital USB External Hard Drive has a slot for a DC power adapter that plugs into the wall. The Windows XP Drivers should be sufficient. You normally should not need additional drivers to recognize removable storage devices that connect via USB Port. I think this is a pretty fair statement by Western Digital. Has most likely failed or been damaged and needs to be replaced.' If your driver is built into your operating system or is already installed, and your OS continues to look for a driver, your drive 'Most WD drives do not include drivers because they use a standard driver built into the operating system. Sorry to sound so obtuse, but with my last job of 7 years I was strictly on a Mac, so I'm not as PC savvy as I once was.Īgain, any help that you can offer would be greatly appreciated. I'm pretty sure that the internal hard drive is not damaged, so I'm tending to believe that it is a driver issue. To look for a driver, your drive has most likely failed or been damaged and needs to be replaced.' If your driver is built into your operating system or is already installed, and your OS continues On the Western Digital website, it states: 'Most WD drives do not include drivers because they use a standard driver built into the operating system. I tried to find it in the Disk Management Section, but no luck. Using Device Manager, I used the New Hardware Wizard to find and install a driver (Initio Default Controller). I cannot however see it under My Computer. When I plug in the HD, the computer tells me a new USB element has been detected. I installed the drivers provided me by the PC maker (Dell). Sorry, I should have given you more information.

Wd my book 3tb external hard 2.0 drive driver software