WD passport portable appears "unknown"

[telozik]

my wd passport portable MDL:wd1600xmsb-00 appears as unknown and unreadable under administrative settings/computer management/storage.
it doesnt appear in "my computer". i have windows vista. what can i do to fix it?? plz help. it appears in the safety removal but i cant find it in "my computer"

[davy]

Have you tried it on XP? Just that I was thinking it may not be Vista compatible or perhaps you will need the correct drivers, since Vista appears to have driver issues.

davy

[telozik]

sorry for not answering before, but i already tried it on a xp but it still appears as unkown device. do u know any way to get the information that i have on the drive?
thank you

[icarrasquedi]

Originally Posted by telozik

my wd passport portable MDL:wd1600xmsb-00 appears as unknown and unreadable under administrative settings/computer management/storage.
it doesnt appear in "my computer". i have windows vista. what can i do to fix it?? plz help. it appears in the safety removal but i cant find it in "my computer"

Hi , im having exactly the same problem with this device, did you solve it.

[vk0123]

Originally Posted by icarrasquedi

Hi , im having exactly the same problem with this device, did you solve it.

I am also facing same problem with my sparsely used WD1600XMSB 160 GB external harddrive of Western Digital. Can you share how did you resolve the problem. I am available on vk0123@gmail.com. Thanks