There is a common issue when using some Western Digital drives which means they are not recognised/seen by windows, if you add a device and Windows scans for it, the drive is still not picked up , here we will cover the steps you need to do to find your Western Digital HDD.
- Click the Windows start icon and select "Control Panel" on the right hand side of the start menu

- On the control panel select "Administrative Tools"

- On the Administrative Tools menu select Computer Management, from the Computer management screen select "Disk Management" on the left hand panel

- At the Disk Management screen, select "More Actions" on the right hand panel, and select "Rescan Disks"

After this your Western Digital drive should be visable and ready to use, we hope you found this article useful!