I have down loaded all my memory from my old computer on to a wd external hard drive.I now want to put all i have on the HD on to my new computer.but the computer dont reconise the hd when i connect it.what am i doing wrong. valerie trowbridge

Most likely the interface from the external case has failed. Take out the actual hard disk from the case and put it in a desktop - if the disk is still good it will appear in My Computer. If it's not there then the disk is dead, time for a new one.

The files are placed on the drive by you. Unless someone setup a special application files will not automatically migrate to another drive. You would not generally want them to because they would never be where you left them and be much harder to find. Primarily you will want to be moving data files and not application files (unless you uninstall from the internal drive and reinstall to the external drive) You can open my computer and find both drives -- you can drag/drop folders (containing only data, mp3s, videos, etc) between drives. I always like to check these moves by doing a right mouse click selecting properties on each folder separately to assure that an equal number of folders and files were copied before deleting them off of the smaller drive.

I emphasize again moving programs in this fashion will cause them to break. If you have large and seldom used applications you can uninstall them then using the installation process and media provided by the manufacturer then reinstall them choosing the external drive as the destination..

I hope this helps.

the file may be hidden. check to be sure it is connecting to your computer

check your bios maybe the USB PORTS ARE DISABLED

This sound is the heads of the disk hitting. The drive should be backed up immediately to another.
You can put this drive into a drive enclosure to clone it to another.
This drive will stop working and there is no telling how soon that failure will occur.

Something might have happened to the driver. You might need to reinstall it.

files must be "imported" into your new mail program.
the new computer may have a newer or different version.

That could even be a USB problem, I have the same one, my issue turn out to be just power. You are not the first one to have that problem. Replace the USB cord and see if that affects anything.

Hi. Sometimes, there are compatibility issues on external drives. Most recent computers will read them while others may not. Either the external casing or the cable is causing this.

Greetings
use the cd installer that comes with "Master Cooler"
after successful installation, u can now use the Hard drive.