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 the USB Flash drive, and 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. Put the USB drive in the PC.
4. Turn the PC on, when it's booting press your boot menu key repeatedly (F11, F8 or F12 depending on 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. Press continue and the firmware should update.