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1. MY PASSPORT FOR MAC WORKS ON OTHER COMPUTERS BUT NOT MINE UPDATE
2. MY PASSPORT FOR MAC WORKS ON OTHER COMPUTERS BUT NOT MINE WINDOWS 7

I right click on the drive letter F: and then click on Properties but the Security tab isn't an option, it's not listed. This External HD is plugged into this computer I'm trying to access the HD from. Visit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum Since the issue persists on several other computers, you may want to check with Western Digital for any known issues

You may refer the steps mentioned in the article below which addresses similar issueĮrror message when you try to access the root of a drive after you leave HomeGroup in Windows 7: "Access is denied." You may refer the steps mentioned in the link below which addresses similar issue You should replace the with the target drive name. Select (highlight) “your user name” on the permissions window > place a check mark on all the permissions (full control, modify, read and execute ….) In the permissions for “your user name” box.Ĭlick on cmd that appears on the start menu under programs

On Edit button and on the following screen click on Add button >type in “ your user name” Method 1: T ry to take ownership of the drive and thenĬlick on the F:\drive > Properties > Security tab. I would like to clarify if the drive is shared on a network. (I'm hoping I don't have to format the WD External HD) Under Volumes in Device Manager for this WD ExternalĪny help would be greatly appreciated.

MY PASSPORT FOR MAC WORKS ON OTHER COMPUTERS BUT NOT MINE UPDATE

Also went to driver update and says driver is up to date.

MY PASSPORT FOR MAC WORKS ON OTHER COMPUTERS BUT NOT MINE WINDOWS 7

I looked in Devise Manager on the OS with Windows 7 64-bit and the WD External HD is listed there and shows: This device is working properly. I hooked up the WE External HD to 3 different Computers that had Windows XP installed on them and I get these same results: The drive letter shows up in Windows Explorer but when I select it, it gives me: F:\ is not accessible. I really don't want to format it because I will lose all the data on the drive. I have unhooked the WD External HD and restarted the OS and hooked the External HD back up and now it tells me: You need to format the disk in drive F: before you can use it. I select it, it gives me: F:\ is not accessible. The drive letter shows up in Windows Explorer but when When I first hook up the WD External HD it says new hardware found and installs it and says it's ready to use. The maching I had it hooked up to has been updated to Windows 7 64-bit Operating System. I coppied a fair amount of data to this WD External HD and everything worked great. I purchased a new Western Digital 2TB External HD Model #WDBAAU0020HBK-01 and hooked it up to a Windows XP machine with Service Pack 3.