WD External HD not recognised on Mac Mavericks OSX

Can anyone help me how to resolve my issue on WD external hd not recognized on mac's finder and disk utility?

Do you have any WD software installed?
Western Digital Software and Mavericks

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Joey Goldstein wrote:
Hi
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Message was edited by: Joey Goldstein

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