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This seems to be a somewhat popular topic, but i have yet to find any other threads with the same i have recently begun having problems with my 2tb mybook, in that i have what seems to be the common problem of my device doesnt show up in my computer, but it shows up in computer manager. I have had it for almost two years now, and it has not given me any problems since. But, nothing ive tried has been working for my situation. My book is a series of external hard drives produced by western digital.
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The my book live endeavors to take the guesswork out of nas by making it largely plug and play, not to mention both pc. The problem only seems to have occurred after i reformatted my hd from fat32 to. Jan 17, 2009 i just purchased a wd my book to use with time capsule, and it will no longer power on. The problem only seems to have occurred after i reformatted my hd from fat32 to ntfs, using the.
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