installing mybook, picking it up on computer?

[THIZZ.I.IZ.]

so i just got an external the 500gb mybook,i plugged it in but now what?? how do i start putting stuff into it?

this shit dont give no real instructions - i was told just plug into the usb and it'd work no install cd came with it or nothing :dead:

 

[1OLB4]

GO TO MY COMPUTER AND LOOK AT THE REMOVABLE DISK DRIVES AND EXPLORE.

 

[THIZZ.I.IZ.]

u gotta format the drive then it should show up

How i do this? what i gotta look at and do in my computer??

 

[Ry]

Right click the drive in my computer and then click on format...

 

[THIZZ.I.IZ.]

thats the thing there is no drive that showed up in my computer, like "c drive" is my normal main one but no extra one showed up or nothin

 

[VSTXDJ]

 

[UCDgreek]

u gotta format the drive then it should show up

i just plugged it in and started copying stuff to it without formatting. Is it gonna get fucked up? Can i format it when i alreayd have shit on there?

 

[TONY206]

You don't have to format this drive before using it.

Plug in the power
Plug in the USB
Press the power button

If it doesn't show up you don't have USB 2.0 which is required.

 

[THIZZ.I.IZ.]

You don't have to format this drive before using it.

Plug in the power
Plug in the USB
Press the power button

If it doesn't show up you don't have USB 2.0 which is required.

My computer isnt that old ive got to have usb 2.0, i have quite a few usb slots and plugged things up like ipods mp3 players through my pc so i dont see why it wouldnt work

What else could it be?? can i troubleshoot the usbs or do some type of install to get it going?

 

[TONY206]

Go to the control panel and do the Add hardware wizard.

Does the drive power on with the green (or blue) light?

 

[hella_numb]

you DONT need to format, plug in wires and turn power on. it should install automatically when its first plugged in the computer. then it should show up in my computer as a drive later then the F drive. maybe refresh in my computer window. and if you want to transfer files lager then 4.27 gigs you need to format it from the fat32 which is what it is to begin with to NTFS. then you can move dvds from pc to external hard drive.

either way tho its plug and play.

 

[THIZZ.I.IZ.]

it lights up green its the "essential" one i went to add hardware and it shows what looks like could be it usb and something else, with a exclamation on it? The drivers for this device are not installed. (Code 28) ??

and yea folks are saying they just plugged it in and it worked, so i dont know whats up with mine thats why i got this shi t so i could save some of whats on my computer than reformat, dont know whats causin it not to pick up

 

[Defy]

did you try western digita'l's support site? maybe they have something to download that will aid in installation. although externals should just be plug & play

 

[BayCal]

damn i can't even wait til my shit comes in...i got a 250 gig tho...hope you get your shit to work though, man.

 

[Juggahodeath553]

Cant be hard just drag files to the new HD

 

[THIZZ.I.IZ.]

thanks for the replies yall

yea i actually didd try going to the wd site but nothing
i said fuck it n backed up my shit to dvd-r, im gonna reformat then see if it picks up after that, if not im takin the shit back (at least if all else fails my drive or whatever down the line i got my shit now saved to dvd-r was a bitch though lol)

 

[BayCal]

i got my shit....i can finally back up my whole ipod..hahhaa....

aye but u get urs workin, thizz?

i think its wack how it u gotta connect it to an outlet. i thought it would just use power with the comp...all good though..

 

[hella_numb]

i got my shit....i can finally back up my whole ipod..hahhaa....

aye but u get urs workin, thizz?

i think its wack how it u gotta connect it to an outlet. i thought it would just use power with the comp...all good though..

smaller ones like the WD travel hard drive doesnt need power supplied to it, it just works off your computer. but i think the biggest they got that technology in is in a 120 gb.

 

[BayCal]

good shit for the info, numb....

yeah i had another question about it...i know its like a comp with the light and how it flashes from time to time...and ive just been playing music from it and earlier it was making one flash every seven or so seconds ..now its flashin every like 2 seconds....

its most likely nothin..but yeah just mentioning it in case anyone knows if its a prob...good lookin' out