Original title: x3900 & element 1023 i own a acer aspire x3900 running on windows 7, when i put a wd element 1 TB 1023 in it wont recognise it and wont let me access it what can i do?
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I have a WD Elements 1042 with usb 3.0, Windows 7, Lenovo notebook and My Computer can't see it. Anyway, it's visible in Hardware and Sound -> Devices and Printers -> Elements 1042 Properties -> WD Elements 1042 USB Device Properties: Driver Provider: Microsoft / Driver Date 6/21/2006 / Driver Version: 6.1.7600.16385 / Digital Signer: Microsoft Windows. The Update Driver button is off. When I go to the Device Manager -> Disk Drives -> WD Elements 1042 USB Device and I try to update the driver, they tell me 'Windows has determined the driver software for your device is up to date.' Even so, the hdd is not recognized as an external drive by Windows and not appearing in My Computer. Can please anybody tell me why is that? Thanks!!

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Most likely it simply not assigned any Drive Letter.

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Go to Start - Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Computer Management
Go under 'Storage' - Disk Management

Most likely you will see your WD Elements drive shown there, just without any drive letter. Right Click on the Partition (right hand side of the Diskx - Which could be disk1, or disk2, etc) and choose 'Change Drive Letter and Paths' and add a new drive letter.

Hope this helps.

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1.Does the hard drive get detected when you connect it to the computer?

2.Do you receive any error message when you connect the USB hard drive to the computer?

I would suggest you to connect the hard drive to a different computer and check if you’re able to access the hard drive.

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Method 1: Run the hardware and devices troubleshooter and check if the issue persists.

‘Open the Hardware and Devices troubleshooter’

Method 2: Update the drivers for the hard drive and check if that helps. Refer the following link to update drivers.

‘Update a driver for hardware that isn't working properly’

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Still nothing on the trouble shooter, i tried in My computer manage folder but nothing seems to work in there. Just cant seem to find or open any files from it and its not showing up on my computer. https://matrixrenew.amebaownd.com/posts/19034872. I can see the Element symbol when i open devies etc but cant seem to find a way to open a folder to show its contents.

more help please. Getting desprate

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Hi,

Does the external hard drive get detected when you connect it to a different computer?

Check what is the status of the external drive in disk management. Refer the following steps to access disk management.

a)Open Computer Management by clicking the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking System and Security, clicking Administrative Tools, and then double-clicking Computer Management.‌ If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

b)In the left pane, under Storage, click Disk Management and check the status of the flash drive.

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Hi,

I have the exact same problem as Wayne.

My external hard drive does get detected when i connect it to my computer but does not turn up on the devices in the Computer menu with all the other external inputs.

Ive checked the status, it says the device is currently working properly and i yet still am not able to access it in any way.

Is there any way to regain access or reformat the device through a program of some sort?

Isaac.

Edit: under disk management it is a primary partition correct? If so, it says healthy

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I have the exact same problem as well. I can see the hard drive in Devices and Printers, but it does not appear under my PC. I have tried to use it on a Windows 8, 7, and XP.

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