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by technogeek-1995

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I need to find a driver for a Western Digital External HDD. The model number is WD1600XMS-00. I can't find a driver for it because my driver is in the drive...

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by jjrichey

Hopefully you can find your driver here:

http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=7&p_created=1003423281&p_sid=uebu71nj&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_lva=1676&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MTI1LDEyNSZwX3Byb2RzPTAmcF9jYXRzPTAmcF9wdj0mcF9jdj0mcF9zZWFyY2hfdHlwZT1hbnN3ZXJzLnNlYXJjaF9ubCZwX3BhZ2U9MSZwX3NlYXJjaF90ZXh0PWRyaXZlcg**&p_li=&p_topview=1#MBPRO

Hope this helps! I tried to find a specific WD1600 driver but was unable. Just try one that matches the most closely, as in if its a Lifebook Pro, download the Lifebook Pro driver, don't worry about the specific sub-model.

by technogeek-1995

Yes...but click the link, it will redirect you...follow that page and then the driver is unavailable (not there)? Western Digital needs to suck it up and start putting drivers on there site and not on there drives.

by thumbsup2

You use the diagnostics for a number of things, one of which is to examine the system to see if it needs drivers AND install them for you if needed.

by technogeek-1995

In device manager it just says 'WD' and nothing else. The driver on the device must be corrupted.

by oh smeg

Is that the Partition Tables on the HDD are corrupted because the Safely Remove Option in Windows [b]Has Not[/b] been used.

If that is the case you need to either format the drive and start from scratch or invest in some Data Recovery Software to rebuild the Partition Information. It's not the drives fault if you misuse it and destroy the Data on it. :)

The only time I have ever heard of requiring a Driver for a USB Drive is when it was connected to a Windows 98 or Earlier System as those OS's didn't offer USB Support. In those cases the Driver was the USB Driver to allow the external HDD to work with that OS and it was never included on the HDD as the OS was unable to read it.

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by thumbsup2

Have you wiped the system and started over again yet? Do you have the drivers for the system all installed yet?

by technogeek-1995

Yes...I sent an email to support at Western Digital and I got a conformation email saying that they'd get back with me in 1 business day. I am waiting on that.

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