New WD external hard drive wont show up in my computer?

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anonomiss?

brand new just taken out of package wont show up, ive downloaded allt hese drivers and formatters and crap and it still will not show up. could it have to do with my internal hard drive being from another computer? or is it just this damn hard drive
forgot to mention that the light ont he hard drive is on so it knows its there but it wont recognize it
i can feel that its getting power, and no its not showing up in my device management

Answer
do you feel the hard drive has power and running? is it portable hard drive? did you plug in the power cable?

also go to Disk Management to see if the hard drive shows up there:

right click My Computer -> Manage

How do I access (open) my WD Portable Hard Drive, after I accidentally formated and wiped it.?

Andrew H

I have a WD 160GB Portable Hard Drive. I accidentally deleted the volume in Computer Managment. I have recovered the data, which is all good, but how do I open my Empty Portable Hard Drive now, there is no New Software detected. And all attempts at installing a new driver and software have failed. It seems as if the External Hard Drvie does not even know it exists, and nor does my computer.
have a WD 160GB Portable Hard Drive. I accidentally deleted the volume in Computer Managment. I have recovered the data, which is all good, but how do I open my Empty Portable Hard Drive now, there is no New Software detected. And all attempts at installing a new driver and software have failed. It seems as if the External Hard Drvie does not even know it exists, and nor does my computer. It does not show under somputer managment either. It seems as if , nothing will read it, Although I know it is being read somehow, because the file transfer light is blinking on it, and I recovered the files, but how do I use it as storage or is it just a big paperweight now.?

Answer
even though it is external harddisk it will shows in computer management just try again i shows as unallocated space

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