If you have already joined the data loss club unwillingly, then try running D-I-Y applications to recover data from. Hence, fasten your seat-belts and backup your WD My Passport before erasing. If the WD hard drive still doesn't show up or cannot be detected, some physical errors may have occurred to your device.
Your WD drive should be listed below that (but above DVD drives etc, if you have any). Disk 0 is usually your system drive, and if you have any other internal drives they will be listed below it. The bottom half of the window shows you physical drives (as distinct from 'drive letters' as seen in 'My Computer' etc). It will check the file system and attempt to correct any errors. When the command prompt appears, type CHKDSK driveletter: /F (replacing driveletter with your assigned letter). If you are using XP you can just run the Command Prompt.
Select Run As Adminstrator and accept the User Account Control prompt. 'How to Partition and Format a WD Drive on Windows and macOS': 'Setting up and using WD Security and WD Drive Utilities': 'How to physically connect, disconnect, and install a WD external drive on a Windows PC or Mac'. We have placed a few helpful links below providing more information for your convenience. We recommend avoiding USB hubs for external hard drives and, therefore connect the drive directly to a USB 3.0 port on the computer.
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