What next?

just added WD external 8TB hard drive to my win 10 computer. plugged in everything exactly, what else do I need? do I need to format, if so, how? is it auto ready now without doing anything?

I opened the drive, 2 icons, 1-install discovery for mac (not me) 2. install discovery for windows

when I click on discovery for windows, and install, it says it has a problem try later…WHAT IS THIS? brand new drive!!!

ok so whats the problem and what do I do about it? if I’m gonna have problem with this drive, its going back! thats a 160.00 bucks! thanks for any help asap

Hello,

Please refer to the following KBA article: Cannot Find My WD Drive on Windows or macOS