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External hard drive not being read by media player

My external hard drive my book wd5000h1u-00 500gb is not being read by by western digital media player.

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Hi, 1 thing you can do is restart your computer while the drive is attached. Then see if it will register. Good luck.

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Did you find an answer to your question? I am currently having the same problem. The USB LED flashes and takes a minute to scan, followed by a pop up on the tv saying unable to recognize hard drive. help?

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