I disconnected the drive and changed the file format from FAT32 to NTFS - no dice. I get a "no storage connected" message when I try to get the player to build its media library. Users have reported that they cannot eject their hard drive using the ‘Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media’ option which is located on the bottom-left side of the taskbar.
#Cannot format wd external hard drive software#
Formatting a WD external hard drive does not require any additional software the computer’s operating system provides the software that is needed.
#Cannot format wd external hard drive drivers#
Transferred all my media files over to the new drive, connected it to my WDTV player, and.nothing. This issue is often caused by other processes that are using the contents of the drive or Windows USB drivers which prevent the removal of the external drive. A Western Digital (WD) external hard drive can be used with any computer once it has been formatted by the computer's operating system. When I brought it home, I remembered something about how, often, media players don't recognize hard drives larger than 2 TB (though I can't really remember where I heard it) so the first thing I did was partition the hard drive, splitting it into two drives that are slightly less than 2TB in size (1.8 TB, I think). I bought a 4 TB WD MyBook external last week. But recently I have acquired more media files, which necessitated a larger hard drive.
Up to now, I've had a small drive (1 TB) connected to it, and it worked perfectly.
The formatting will erase all the data from your external hard drive. error, formatting the external hard drive is the last solution. I have a WDTV media player that I use to watch movies that I have stored on an external hard drive. If all the above methods cannot help you fix the Drive is not accessible. I'm hoping someone can help me solve this, as it's currently driving me bonkers.