WD book shows as not initialized

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soulless - 30 Jul 2017 à 14:26
_Soulless Posts 2 Registration date Monday 31 July 2017 Status Member Last seen 11 August 2017 - 11 Aug 2017 à 13:45
Hello,
my WD book shows as not initialized in disk managment,but on my other pc it works fine.
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xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday 8 October 2008 Status Contributor Last seen 15 June 2019 1,824
30 Jul 2017 à 17:57
did you try All the USB ports? Sometimes laptops can't provide sufficient power to run full size desktop drives.
_Soulless Posts 2 Registration date Monday 31 July 2017 Status Member Last seen 11 August 2017
31 Jul 2017 à 14:44
hello,
my WD book essential is mains powered ,also both my pc are desktops, and both have windows 7 , and yes i have also tried other usb ports , i have even reinstalled the operating system in case of any errors,my book shows in device manager and on the safety remove tab but not in my computer, but says not initialised in disk management.like i said it works fine on my other desktop, so its a bit of a puzzle.
_Soulless Posts 2 Registration date Monday 31 July 2017 Status Member Last seen 11 August 2017
11 Aug 2017 à 13:45
hello
Solved it, seems
my WD book essentials was not powering up correctly, hence not showing in my computer and not initialized, soon as i purchased another external power supply it connected an worked fine ,as far as it working on my other pc it was working because i was using my sons power supply which was all ways plugged in so was more convenient to use rather than disconnecting mine , so my laziness was blinding me to what the problem was ,until xpcman mention insufficient power so all thx to xpcman .