Welcome to the community, @ttillmanruiz!
I'd strongly recommend you make sure you have the
WD SmartWare software installed on your laptop before you attempt to retrieve the backup from the WD My Passport. Even if you already have it, try re-installing it and see if the issue will still be present.
I'd also suggest you go to
Disk Management in Windows and post a screenshot from there (e.g. via Imgur) so that I we can see how the WD My Passport external drive appears there. Make sure you also check what are the available options you have when you click on its E: volume in the Disk Management utility.
Keep me posted with the details.
SuperSoph_WD