How do I mount an old External Hard Drive?

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I found an old EHD of mine, but when I try to hook it up I get this error telling me that driver software wasn't installed:

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I went to Western Digital's website and found my product, but it doesn't appear as though any of these files are what I'm looking for:

http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?modelno=WD2500JB&x=10&y=6

The IDE RAID compatibility upgrades would seem to be the most correct ones, but my EHD is 250G (above the 120 limit in the description) and I'm pretty sure this EHD is newer than 2003.

Additionally, the instructions are a tad confusing to me. If these are the wrong files, then obviously disregard this, but if there is a correct file there then do I just extract the files to the C: or D: drives?

Or is there another method to access this old drive?

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Is it USB?
If it is, you would not need any drivers. Go to disk management (My computer -> management -> disk man) then you should see several drives (CD, HDD, etc) - does it show the volume label? If it does, right-click and assign drive letter. Usually, that is all you need.

One of my drives keeps asking for drivers, too but it runs fine without them.

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