WD SES Device has stopped working

WD SES driver download and instructions for recovering the WD SmartWare installer

1. This SES driver sections of this article only affects Windows users. Mac OSX does not require a special SES driver.
2. If you are unsure what the SES driver is or why you should install it, please see Answer ID 3739: What is the SES driver, why is it needed, and how get the driver popup to stop?
3. To determine if a computer is 32-bit or 64-bit, please see Answer ID 9405: How to determine if Windows is 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) in Windows 7, Vista, and XP.
4. A Knowledge Base article is available online that contains the steps for solving this problem.