did you install the software that comes with it?
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"Champ" <ctchampion@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I've just purchased a WD My Book Essential 250GB external hard drive.
> It's supposedly full plug and play, but it doesn't show up in My
> Computer or as an option when I try to save something to that drive.
>
> It will show up in Windows Explorer when I navigate to it using the
> drive letter in the address bar, but only until I close Explorer. It
> also shows up in Disk Management just fine. I have tried changing the
> drive letter, to no avail. It still doesn't show up in My Computer.
>
> I don't have another computer handy to try it on; I just wanted to see
> if anyone had any ideas on what is causing this issue and how to
> resolve it.
>
> Thanks!
>