Windows 10: Windows 10 no longer sees my WDTV network with external hard drive

I go on the network it see the WDTV as existing , I can cast a show to it but not longer can connect to the 5TB hard drive from my PC that is using windows 10. It used to work a couple of weeks ago perfect. I have an old laptop running Vista and it sees everything perfect. Have done everything I know of to see it to no avail. I can cast to it so it sees it.

Who know what I can do to fix this.

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WD TV Live - External HD no longer showing in Windows 10 Network


Hello everyone,

I have a WD TV Live Streaming Media Player. There is a WD My Passport external hard drive attached to it via USB.

Until last week, I could connect via my windows 10 network to the my passport and transfer files from my laptop directly to the My Passport that is attached to the WDTV. I have been able to do this for years.

Now for some reason, I see the wdtv icon on my networking window, but the My Passport is no longer showing under "Computers" as it used to (please see attached pic, the red squares illustrate what I mean).

I didn’t change anything, I have windows 10 Pro (upgraded from win 7 on the anniversary) and it is really a pain to have to connect the external drive to my laptop every time I want to transfer files.

I know it is possible to watch content the other way around, from wdtv connecting to my pc, but I prefer to attach an external device to the wdtv as a source of content because the quality is better.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to solve this issue?

I read somewhere that WDTV uses old SMB1 protocol that is no longer supported by windows 10 - BUT - if this is so, how come I still see the WDTV device on my network and how come I always managed to see the My Passport under Computer (in Networking) and transfer files from my laptop, wirelessly, to that external drive?

Any ideas and help are more than welcome!

Many thanks in advance!!!!

 

unrecognised external hard drive on Windows 10

Since you already reinstalled the drivers of the External Hard Drive, let's run the
Hardware and Devices troubleshooter as it can resolve your concern. You can do that by following these steps:

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  Press the Start button.
  
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  Type and select Troubleshooting.
  
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  Click on View all on the left panel.
  
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  Select and run the Hardware and Devices troubleshooter.
  

If the Hardware and Devices troubleshooter doesn’t resolve your concern, we suggest that you change the letter of the External Hard Drive. You can do that by following these steps:

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  Press the Start button.
  
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  Type and select Control panel.
  
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  Select System and Security.
  
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  Select Administrative Tools, and a new window will appear.
  
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  Double-click Computer Management, and a new window will appear.
  
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  Select Disk Management that is located under
  Storage in the left pane.
  
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  Right click on the External Hard Drive that is not showing on the File Explorer.
  
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  Select Change letter and network path, and a new window will appear.
  
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  Select Change, and choose the letter that you want for the External Hard Drive.
  

After changing the letter of the External Hard Drive, we suggest that you reboot your laptop for the changes to take effect.



Let us know how it goes.



Regards.

 

Windows 10 upgrade no longer sees external hard drive

My PC was forcibly upgraded to Windows 10. Preparing for an off line backup I plugged my external hard drive that I always use in to the PC and it is no longer recognized by my computer though windows 10 still chimes when the device is plugged into the
PC. While it does not recognize the USB connected hard drive it is still able to access old USB sticks. I bought a new external hard drive and that also is not recognized by this PC. My laptop that I bought with Windows 10 installed recognizes both the
old external Hard Drive and the New one.