I have a WD my passport and when i plug it to my pc, the light turns on. Eventually, i doesnt appear on my pc.
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Jump to PostI assume you are not using an external power supply, but are depending upon the USB port to provide adequate power for the device? If so, that is not a good idea. On most computers only 1 or 2 ports have enough power for a hard drive. Try it with …
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I assume you are not using an external power supply, but are depending upon the USB port to provide adequate power for the device? If so, that is not a good idea. On most computers only 1 or 2 ports have enough power for a hard drive. Try it with the external power supply.
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I have used a passport, and it required additional software. Not sure if that's still the case. Did you install anything?
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