New WD Elements 1TB not showing in Windows 10 My PC

WD External and Portable SSD Portable SSD
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This drive was from Amazon Warehouse arrived in apparently good order but when plugged in to my PC via it’s USB3 port, it didn’t invoke a “My Computer” window, it merely “beeped” to acknowledge “something” had been inserted, much as one might when subjected to a prostate exam!
Opening “Disk Management”, I saw this:-

Disk Management
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I noticed that the radio button for “GPT” had been selected automatically and I’m not sure what choices I need to make.

This surprised me as I was expecting the drive to be “Plug n’ play”, …does this mean there is some problem with the drive and that was why it was sold from “Warehouse”?
I wish to use this portable drive to store video files, movies etc for replaying on a TV using an Amazon Fire tv stick 4K max.
I understand that this is possible if the Fire tv stick has installed “ES File Explorer” and “Kodi”.
I’m new to all of these things and would appreciate any help and advice. Thanks

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They are … i have 9x WD Elements USB Portable drives all purchased from a local retail store.

They were all WD factory formatted and partitioned ready for use after plugging them in.

Buying online from Amazon or Ebay, you just don’t know what you’re gonna get … eg. Brand New, Used, Faulty, OEM (No Manufactures Warranty) or Fake.

I would never buy, or recommend buying Hard Drives online no matter how much money you can save, because it’s not worth the risk.

WD Elements drives are (well, should) be already partitioned GPT (GUID Partition Table) … anyways, Drives over 2TB must be partitioned GPT.

Drives less than 2TB can be either GPT or MBR, but if you want the best compatibility with other devices eg. Android Boxes, Smart TV’s etc then choose MBR.

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Your Windows operating computer can recognize the hard disk. You can try fixing the issue using these solutions:

  1. Update your device driver: Ensure your storage drivers are up to date.

  2. Rebuild the MBR
    Follow the detailed guide to repair the Master Boot Record if you do not know how to do it. [Fixed!] Disk Unknown Not Initialized on Windows 11,10,8,7

  3. Run the Diskpart utility:
    Use the command line to initialize and bring the disk online by following these steps:
    Press Win + X and select Terminal (Admin) or Windows PowerShell (Admin).
    Type diskpart and press Enter to launch the utility.
    Type the following commands in order, pressing Enter after each.
    list disk
    select disk 2
    online disk
    Type exit and press Enter to close Diskpart.
    After bringing the WD hard drive online, return to Disk Management to partition and format it.