When I upgraded from XP to Vista I had to get Vista drivers for my MyBook
from the Western Digital Website.
"Andy G" <georgi66@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have a WD 250GB external hard drive, the MyBook. It works absolutely
>fine on a HP laptop running XP, but on another HP laptop running Vista
>Basic does not work properly. Symptoms as follows. Does not show in
>Explorer. Shows in Device Manager and claims it's running properly, but
>shows no Volume under the volumes tab. Shows in Computer Management, but
>no details and cannot perform any operation on it, such as Change Drive
>Letter or Delete and Create Volume. In Computer Management it shows as
>Disk 1, but has no Drive Letter, and no status such as "Healthy".
>
> Any help appreciated, I have no idea how to get the drive back again.
>
> Andy G