Failure to connect to an external drive

I have saved a number of files from my old PC to an external drive (WD) to tranfer them to my Mac. Trying to connect the drive the drive gets recognised in Finder (get a number a identity in Finder but also the message "Connection Failure". Trying to click "Connect as" I am asked for the Password to the "server" but I have not set up a password. Tried wit hthe Admin Passwords for bot my Mac and my PC without success. Would appreciate some advice on how to resolve this.

In your case the drive could be internal........
The advantage to use several disks stands in the fact that the program and the OS will access at the first disk, the loops and samples will be read from the second and the audio data flow will have the third disk completely dedicated to that job.
But this arguments are right only if you work with lots of tracks, sampled sounds and loops, otherwise it's pretty useless to have all those HDs.
The effects must stay where they are (/Library/Audio/Plugins/Components)!
cheers
rob

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