The Tom's Hardware Show returns at 3PM ET on January 11th! You must log in or register to reply here. However, while it is an excellent external hard drive, users also encounter some issues such as WD My Passport Ultra not showing up, WD My Passport Ultra not detected and WD Passport not recognized. And below tips will help you make it: 1. First, insert and connect the USB or external hard drive to your PC. At the moment cannot access the drive. WD passport not showing up in explorer. However the device itself is … Sierra OS 10.12.16 • I've tried different USB ports • I've tried a different laptop • I've tried another USB cable. If your hard drive is in such a case, you can assign drive letter to it or change its drive letter. Select the .zip file on the drive and copy it to the clipboard. I have a WD Ultra Passport. When I go into my files on file explorer, I only have files from years ago when I previously used My Passport. Method 2: Assign drive letter to WD hard drive partition. 2015 MacPro. my WD my passport ultra not shown in windows explorer although it appears in devices and printer of windows. When your external USB storage drive is not showing up in My Computer (Windows 7), This PC (Windows 8.1/10) or File Explorer, you should first make them detectable in Disk Management. Good Morning! "My 1TB WD external hard drive is not working on my Windows 10 PC and I can do nothing to the drive since it fails to show up in This PC. I have an external hard drive, WD Passport 0740 that was working fine until now. Rebooting your PC again usually fixes this problem with your drive. My passport wont let me show up in file explorer but the computer knows its there as it when i go to the corner to safely remove usb it is there for removing and it lets me do it ok any help would be a appreciated i have a passport ultra and i works fine the light stays on all the time. WD My Passport Ultra not showing up in File Explorer on Windows 10 To start off, I have used this external hard drive on this computer before, probably a month or two ago. Reconnect WD Passport to Mac #2. I tried to use it last week, and when I plugged it in, the computer made all the beep boops that it usually does when a USB device is plugged in; however, the drive is not showing up in File Explorer. safaxe Posts 1 Registration date Sunday October 25, 2015 Status Member Last seen October 25, 2015 - Oct 25, 2015 at 12:00 PM PiranhaBait - Feb 29, 2016 at 01:53 PM. It does not show up at all in the disk manager. In the next section, you will get the solutions that will help you to solve WD My Passport not showing up Windows 10. WD my passport not shwing up in file explorer. And I've tried reinstalling the driver. • The LED light blinks or is solid. Forums. It shouldn't show those three sections as unallocated, should it? The power light on the device powers on when plugged into the usb port of my computers. I’ve tried the Western Digital Data LifeGuard Diagnostics and it passed both the Quick and Extended Tests. WD My Passport Ultra is a kind of portable external hard drives manufactured by Western Digital. It is possible the partition is corrupted. I've changed the USB port but it still not working. Double-click on the WD My Passport drive in File Explorer. Note it shows two entries for My Passport 1TB (X:). Haven't used it in a couple months. I have a 1tb My Passport drive which is used as a back up for all my photos of my kids. • It shows up on my disk utility. 1. That is, of course, my external USB drive. The computer sees it when I plug it in … I used win 8.1 and HP 450 ProBook laptop. Storage. Hi, I have a my passport 1TB external non wireless hard drive. I tried to change the connecting cable and update driver soft ware but still not open. I can’t get to format. Is it possible to pull data off of an unresponsive Western Digital Passport? All drivers are up to date and the device is working properly accoridng to device manager. if that helps. A lot of my files suddenly vanished, when plugged into my computer I couldn't find them, but when plugged into my smart tv, lo and behold the hard drive for some reason had created another file all by its self, and there were my missing files, only problem is you have to delete from the tv, not accessible from the computer, my new file it created began with NFSLK0000001, if this helps. I don't know what reasons have made the drive not responding, and neither I know any solutions. By faulty you mean completely damaged? R. RanchoBurger Commendable. Im having the same issue although mine fell. My passport wont let me show up in file explorer but the computer knows its there as it when i go to the corner to safely remove usb it is there for removing and it lets me do it ok any help would be a appreciated i have a passport ultra and i works fine the light stays on all the time. Try and see if not then you’ll know it’s faulty. Depending on your system configuration, File Explorer might not show the external USB drive if it is completely empty. Now, highlight the .zip file in the Downloads folder window and select the Compressed Tools tab. Press the Control and C buttons together by selecting the file. If you are facing this odd issue, here are some things you can try and fix external USB drive not showing up in File Explorer in Windows10. Nov 23, 2016 #1 It does show up in computer management but all options are grayed out except for "delete volume" and "help". It historically has fixed itself when new Windows updates have installed but not since the last month. 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