FIX: Western Digital Drive Update Guide Without Windows/WD Dashboard

If you are unable to enter windows, please follow these steps to update the firmware on your affected WD SSD. You'll need another computer or laptop for this, as well as a USB flash drive up to 32GB.

1. Format a USB Flash drive, making sure to select the FAT32 file system.

2. Extract the files to the blank USB drive. (Click here to download the files) It should look like the below.

3. Plug the USB drive into the PC.

4. Turn the PC on and while it's booting, press your boot menu key repeatedly (F11, F8 or F12 depending on your motherboard manufacturer.

5. Select the UEFI device from the menu that appears.

6. Leave it for a few minutes to load, it might appear as a black screen for a while.

7. Once it loads it will look like this:

8. Where it says <Enter Binary Name Here> enter the following text - SN770_731130WD.fluf

9. Using the arrow keys, navigate to "Continue" and then hit the "Enter" key on your keyboard. This will begin the process of the firmware update.

10. Once it's complete, you're free to reboot the PC, boot back into Windows and use the PC as normal. If you have any further issues then feel free to contact our support team (Support@cyberpowersystem.co.uk or 03333 237 776)