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WD Passport Ultra 1TB wont show up! (HELP)

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  • Laptops
  • Western Digital
  • Storage
  • Windows XP
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August 8, 2014 9:29:01 PM

Hello Everyone,

Im currently having a problem with this drive it works on my laptop just fine but when I try to plug it into an old xp desktop I have it wont show up in My Computer, I can still see it on devices, also when I try to relocate it, it just wont let me, the options are greyed out.

Here“s a pic:

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Thanks in advance ! :) 

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a b G Storage
August 8, 2014 9:36:51 PM

Is there data on it that you need?
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August 8, 2014 9:39:20 PM

terry4536 said:
Is there data on it that you need?


nope, its empty.
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a b G Storage
August 8, 2014 9:39:31 PM

The XP system is FAT32. The laptop is NTFS.
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a b G Storage
August 8, 2014 9:40:49 PM

Then you can reformat it to the system you want to use it on.
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August 8, 2014 9:41:48 PM

but it is an external hdd, cant i use it with both?
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a b G Storage
August 8, 2014 9:43:48 PM

How about reformatting the XP system to NTFS?
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