Essential drivers for Western Digital NVMe drives

Western Digital NVMe Driver is a free utility program made by Western Digital for PC devices. It contains the essential drivers needed to recognize NVMe-based Solid State Drives storage solutions offered by the company. It ensures that they can be used and function as they should.

Western Digital NVMe Driver functions similarly to Samsung Magician Tool or ADATA SSD Toolbox in that it also contains the necessary drivers for Western Digital-branded SSDs to work properly. It will help computers recognize these types of SSDs if they are unable to before.

What is Western Digital NVMe Driver?

NVMe, or Non-Volatile Memory Express, is a device interface specification used to access non-volatile storage on a PC that is usually connected via its PCI Express (PCIe) bus. It's NAND-based flash memory that comes in various physical forms, namely Solid State Drives (SSD). PCIe add-in cards, or M.2 cards. Storage solutions manufacturing giant, Western Digital, also offers NVMe-based drives that come in the SSD form factor.

Modern operating systems today have built-in functions that help you search and download the drivers needed to operate these storage drives. However, there will be instances when your PC will be unable to recognize your device. This is where Western Digital NVMe Driver comes in to provide the appropriate drivers to address this issue. After downloading, simply run the installer, and it will do the rest for you.

After that, your PC should be able to recognize your Western Digital NVMe drive now. You can start accessing and using it as intended. This tool is mostly intended for computers running Windows version 8 or lower as this is where the issue of not being able to recognize your device happens. Also, note that this is only compatible with Western Digital NVMe storage drives.

For unrecognized Western Digital NVMe drives

If you're running older versions of Windows and your PC is unable to recognize your device, the Western Digital NVMe Driver is a utility that can help you address your issue. The installation process is fast and simple, and the changes will immediately take effect on your computer.

  • Pros

    • Free and lightweight
    • Simple installation
    • Addresses recognition issues in older version of Windows
  • Cons

    • For Western Digital-branded devices only
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App specs

  • License

    Free

  • Version

    3.3.2102.41615

  • Latest update

  • Platform

    Windows

  • OS

    Windows 8

  • Language

    English

  • Downloads

    4.8K

    Last month's downloads

    • 125
  • Size

    2.03 MB

  • Developer

    • © Western Digital Corporation or its affiliates.

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