wd my book essential 2tb xp says there is nothing on it

[dalrok]

When I click on the D drive, it asks me if I want to format the drive. Disk management says its a clean slate but its supposedly packed with music & video. I have downloaded the ses driver. What gives?

 

[supervai]

what happens if you plug into another pc or laptop? does it ask u to format it too?

 

[dalrok]

what happens if you plug into another pc or laptop? does it ask u to format it too?

I dont have another to test it with. only an ipad.....

 

[Rosco2382]

What version of XP are you using? I recall seeing a thread a while back stating XP wouldn't recognize their Terabyte drive.

 

[dalrok]

Service pack two..... What a drag if that's the case. I did just get to check on another computer with win7 and all the data (movies and music) is definitely on the drive.

 

[dalrok]

The wd website SAYS hat xp is supported but still no luck. Any ideas?

 

[TenPc]

You need to partition the external hdd to volumes not more than 320 gb for XP to read them. Also, the WD Mybook utilizes sata connection within the casing so it moght be that you will need sata drivers for XP (I think you need XP SP3 for them to work). You will also need a USB 2.0 port.