Contexts 3 3 1 – fast window switcher installation. It's in the top 3 bestselling external hard drives and has dozens of popular alternatives in the same price range, such as Seagate Expansion Desktop Portable or Silicon Power 2TB A30. WD My Passport 2TB is a popular option on the lower end of the price range.

Update the WD My Passport X 2TB setup driver and check whether this solves the detection issue.

If the WD hard drive is detected, it means that there is a problem with the old USB cable.

Use another USB cable to connect the My Passport 2TB to your computer.

Try connecting the WD hard drive to a different USB port on your computer.

You can try a simpler method first to check whether there is a problem with the WD hard drive/USB port/USB cable.

Click the ‘Assign the following drive letter' radio button and then select a volume letter from the drop-down list.

The ‘Add Drive Letter or Path' window appears.

The ‘Allow access to this volume by using the following drive letter and paths' screen appears.

Right-click it and choose ‘Change Drive Letter and Paths' from the contextual menu.

There should be a hard drive with the name (Disk a Partition a) without a volume letter such as C, D, or E.

Locate the Disk Management option below Storage and click it.

Enter ‘Computer Management' in the text field and press Enter.Click the Windows icon on the desktop to open the Start menu.

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