The prompts to install the driver are part of the Windows Operating system and will always occur when connecting a drive to a Windows PC without the driver installed. Western Digital still recommends installing the SES driver when not using WD SmartWare, but the drive will function without it. Let us know if you are able to see your external drive partition in the Disk Management. If you wish to use the drive as a simple hard drive and do not require access to the advanced features of the drive, you can hide the VCD by following Answer ID 3835: How to disable (hide) the Virtual CD (VCD) for Windows or Mac OSX on a My Book or My Passport drive. Click on Start -> Run -> Type diskmgmt.msc and press Enter. To access many of the optional features of your drive, you will be required to install both the SES driver, and the WD SmartWare software. The SES (SCSI Enclosure Services) driver is different from the Virtual CD, and the WD SmartWare software. You will find below the details of the INF file associated with this driver as well as all the compatible hardware. If your drive is not recognized please see Answer ID 1708: I cannot find drivers for my WD drive and/or my Operating System fails to recognize my WD drive. Therefore, Windows uses these files to install drivers to detect the devices and components installed on your system, but also to configure them in order to exploit them fully. I have tried connecting the device to other computers and laptops as well as connecting using other compatible USB cable.

Hi all, I am unable to access the data on my 1TB WD MyPassport external USB3.0 hard drive P/N WDBACX0010BBK. The SES driver is not required for your drive to be recognized by your computer. How to Download and Update WD SES Device USB Device Driver.

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