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Aug 30, 2016 hi all, i have a portable wd passport which connects to my windows 10 laptop via usb. Western digitals mybook drives are very convenient and popular storage options, but if the drive stops working then you might have success by giving it a quick love tap. A notification will be displayed when the process has finished. I cant get my wd tv to recognise my 4tb my book external drive.
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