Computer doesnt recognize wd hard drive in new enclosure

Jody Rogers

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Mar 5, 2013
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Hello,
my WD 1tb world book (WD10EACS-00ZJB0) would not power up but I could hear what I thought was the drive spinning. I bought a Dynex enclosure (DX-HD303513) and placed the drive in that. I can see the drive in the device manager and in disk management but not in my computer. Any help?
 
When you looked in Disk Management, did that drive have a drive-letter?
If it didn't, that's why you can't see it in the "My Computer" window.

Try assigning a drive-letter manually in Disk Management.
Right-click the appropriate drive ribbon and choose "Change Drive Letter & Paths".