I have a 2tb Mybookworld network drive that never really worked right (refurb from ebay) and eventually it got to where it will power up but will not recognize on the network. I tried new cables, switch, 'map network drive' nothing worked. Ok fine.
So I can remove the drives, install them into my regular WD external drive and 'Disk Management' sees the drive, shows 5 partitions, correct drive size, etc. but will not give a drive letter. I can right click on the partions and I can delete the partitions, but 'format' is grayed out. In the process of trying back and forth emails with WD, they mentioned that the drives are formatted in Linux. Ok....
What I want to do is install the drives into my external, format to NTFS (fat32...whatever) , then buy empty external network cases from ebay, install the drives into those and use them on my network, and be done with this WD crap.
If you leave DOS/Linux/ect. directions, please be detailed and specific. thankyou in advance.