WD MyBook Will Not Work

[thomamon]

So I just purchased a WD MyBook 3 TB Drive today, USB.

I plugged it in and I can not get it to work. I am at a lost, I've tried to format it, I've tried to copy things to it. And I can not get it to work. How do I get this drive to work? I can see WD Files on the drive and run them, but I can't copy anything to the drive.

The instructions that came with the drive do not work either. They do not match what is on the drive

 

[DewGuy1999]

For formatting the hard drive, follow the instructions in this article. If you're using Snow Leopard or Lion follow the instructions for Leopard as they should be the same.

 

[Freyqq]

1. open disk utility
2. click the wd external drive on the left
3. click the erase tab
4. select HFS+ journaled
5. hit format


I suspect the drive is in NTFS (windows file system) and not HFS+ (osx file system)

 

[Labaguette]

...and THAT is the reason why Western Digital offers this external HDD for n00bs...