Cannot access WD network drive over the network or USB

[omlet007]

Hello all,

I have a couple a 2-3 year old Network hard drive model: WD10000H1NC-00. I recently purchased a different hard drive and want to use this as my backup. However, I am unable to access the hard drive when plugging it into my new computer. I can't access it over the network or through USB. I have tried to reset to clear all the settings but I cannot access the My Book page through my browser to perform a hard reset.

Any help is much appreciated! Thanks for the looking.

 

[kenrivers]

Does the drive show up in Disk Management on the computer you installed it in?

 

[fzabkar]

Are we to understand that you are trying to upgrade the HDD within your My Book World Edition? If so, then be aware that the HDD is preloaded with a Linux OS and software. You will need to find the instructions for restoring this software.

This site looks promising:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Restore-the-Software-on-a-MyBook-World-Edition-Har/

If you are trying to recover the data on your existing My Book HDD, then you could try Linux Reader for Windows (freeware):
http://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader/

 

[omlet007]

Does the drive show up in Disk Management on the computer you installed it in?

Hey sorry for the late reply. No the drive doesn't show up in Disk Management. I just got a new computer and remembered about this drive so I thought I'd give it another shot. No luck so far