After questioning all my friends the one thing they all had in common was the drive is always external… Second they all report odd USB errors ( having to unplug and replug USB devices like the gaming mouse button assignments not working, things like that… I believe the MBR/ Partition is being corrupted just like a usb stick or hard drive gets unplugged while its writing or updating the file allocation table in the background. My external 4tb raid drive is bricked with RAW showing as partition type - windows detects it and it has a drive letter… it reports the my drive is corrupted… To throw this out there, im going to go out on a limb and say i believe its has to do with USB controller failure caused by Windows 10 OS and NOT Western Digital drives. This is way more common than you realize… This exact thing happened to me and a few of my friends. WD Caviar Gren WD10EAVS-00D7B1 Firmware 01.01A01 My Book Essential 3TB Model WDBACW0030HBK including WD Green model WD30EZRX-00MMMB0 Firmware 80.00A80Įlements External USB Drive 1 TB Model WDE1UBK10000 incl.

My Book Essential 2TB Model WDBAAF0020HBK containing WD Caviar Green model: WD20EADS-11R6B1 Firmware 80.00A80 For additional assistance with driver issues please see Answer ID 13977: How to Install WD Drivers for Windows and macOS on External Drives. WD Green model WD60EZRX-11MVLB1 Firmware 80.00A80 Drivers for external drives are provided by the Windows or macOS Operating System (OS) being used and are installed when an external drive is connected to the computer. My Book 6TB Model WDBFJK0060HBK-EESN incl.

That said, frankly, I am not really confident they will show up the next time (after a reboot or a re-install). This time all drives showed up, including WD Elements. I did the same during the previous sessions. Today I -again- upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10.ĭuring the setup the external drives were switched off.Īfter the upgrade and after some reboots (had to re-install my security suite)Īnd after some time, I started to switch them on, one by one, but waiting in between until the drives/drivers, whatever, was installed before switching on the next one.

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