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In the past, for some reason, i had to reattach the hd a second time in order to get the drive recognized by the system. Wd my book external drive not working external hardware. Wd external hard drive not recognized windows 7 help forums. If your computer has usb3, it will perform much faster than the older usb2 or usb 1.
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