I own two WD model WD6400h1u-00 and WDBFJK0020hbk-04

By most accounts, better to try to live without third-party software from the maker of external drives.

Also avoid 'internal purposed' software from those same makers. Use macOS utilities setup methods.

Any 3rd-party factory partitions should be erased; so their software goes bye-bye, before overlaying macOS.

IMHO (🐌🌻|🌿🐢)

You should not need software from the external drive maker.

Since you asked, my opinion and objective reply ~is No.

Certain formats could affect how your Mac sees an external drive.

(That's 'no' to their software download; no need, in 1st Q.)

Good luck & happy computing!

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