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With any luck, your drive will appear normally once it gets the juice it needs. If it came with two USB plugs, make sure they're both plugged into your PC. If your drive came with an AC power adapter but you haven't plugged it in, try hooking it up (and pressing the power button, if there is one). While some drives can draw enough power from your computer's USB port, others-especially larger drives not intended to be portable, like the Western Digital My Book-may require wall power to spin up. I know, I know, but hear me out: just because you plugged the drive into your computer doesn't mean it's necessarily receiving the power it needs. Make Sure It's Plugged In and Powered On Western Digital My Book Here are a few troubleshooting steps you can take to remedy the situation. But if your drive isn't appearing when you plug it in, you might have a problem.

Backing up your data is important, and while storing information on the cloud has become second nature to most, there's still nothing like having everything saved on a physical device.Įxternal drives are simple: you plug them in, they appear on your computer, and you can drag files right on over.