Now Red is NOT recognized when in the USB 3.0 port. After waiting about 10 minutes, I can safely eject Blue.ġ0. Tried Blue on USB 3.0 - it works, I cannot safely eject it - says another process is running. After backing up my files on the Red drive, I re-installed the WD SES Driver for 圆4 (running Windows 7 64-bit)ĩ. Update on what I’ve tried so far (continuing from above post)Ĩ. I’m still in the testing phase with all this, but thought I’d throw it out here in case one of you can lead me in the right direction.

I’ve searched here and read what I can find about USB 3.0 not working - my drivers seem to be fine, cables seem okay - although I can switch them once my backup finishes if there are no other ideas. Still on the laptop, I disconnect Red and plug in Blue - it works just fine in the USB 3.0 port.Ĭonnect Red to a USB 2.0 port and am now backing up my Red files to the Blue drive. It does connect properly through USB 2.0 (and I get domething like “this device can perform faster by connecting to USB 3.0 port”)

I come back to the laptop and the Red drive is not recognized by the USB 3.0 port - nothing shows in “My Computer” or in Disk Management. I then connected my Red drive to my desktop to transfer files - I only have USB 2.0 on the desktop. Obviously, I don’t want to do step 2 everytime, so I renamed my drives: My Passport Red and My Passport Blue. I solved this by going to Disk Management and right clicking “offline” to turn “online”ģ. Only one drive was recognized if both were connected to the laptop. Each drive worked fine on the USB 3.0 port when only one drive was installed (that is, the second was NOT connected via a USB 2.0 port).Ģ. My main laptop is a new Lenovo X220 with one USB 3.0 port.ġ. I have 2 of the WD My Passport SE 1tb drives. EDIT: Since I’m not getting feedback on my issue (I know it’s a pain to be greeted by a wall of text) - I’ll just ask a simple question:Īnybody out there using any of the WD USB 3.0 external drives? If so, any problems?

Wd my book external hard drive usb 2.0