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External Hard Drive in Windows 7
joshofalltrades
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I have a Western Digital wd5000c032. It worked just peachy on Windows Vista 64-Bit, but recently I upgraded to Windows 7 64-Bit and now it never appears in my Explorer. I plugged it into a laptop running Vista 32-Bit and it works just fine on there.
I'd sure like it to work on the computer with Windows 7. I don't really want to remove it from the enclosure because these WD enclosures are a pain in the ass to crack open. I tried going to Disk Management and it doesn't appear there either. Drivers appear to be up to date, but there's no knowing for sure because there aren't any 7-specific drivers on the WD site.
Any suggestions?
I'd sure like it to work on the computer with Windows 7. I don't really want to remove it from the enclosure because these WD enclosures are a pain in the ass to crack open. I tried going to Disk Management and it doesn't appear there either. Drivers appear to be up to date, but there's no knowing for sure because there aren't any 7-specific drivers on the WD site.
Any suggestions?
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Try changing a USB cable, too.
Make sure that Windows 7 didn't turn off any of your ports in your BIOs settings.
Hey, thanks for the response. I'll give it a shot.