lazarus January 18, 2008 Share lazarus Member January 18, 2008 I recent got a 1tb external hd, western digital mybook home edition. i've hooked it all up but my computer won't recognize it as new hardware, and i can't find it through "my computer". any help would be greatly appreciated because im about to chuck it through my wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Slaughterâ„¢-TopBrass January 18, 2008 Share Sgt. Slaughterâ„¢-TopBrass Member January 18, 2008 Did you try to manually scan for hardware in device manager? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher January 18, 2008 Share Preacher Member January 18, 2008 http://www.ehow.com/how_6026_format-hard-drive.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus January 20, 2008 Author Share lazarus Member January 20, 2008 i figured it out. it was my firewall. i had to turn it off, plug in the hd, then i could turn the firewall back on. thanks for the help guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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