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| 1476349 | 2021-04-13 01:06:00 | Win 10 setup on desk top. PC recognises most of my external drives but not two. Device manager sees them and says they are working properly but they do not show on the pc screen so I can not open them. What can I do? |
Krad (7878) | ||
| 1476350 | 2021-04-13 01:48:00 | 1st check its got a drive letter. In Search type in Disk Management - Select "Create and format hard disk partitions" 10861 Locate the External Drive, if it doesn't show a Drive letter, right click the Drive - Change Drive letter and Drives - Give a Letter - Save. Should now show if this was the problem. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1476351 | 2021-04-13 01:51:00 | Win 10 setup on desk top. PC recognises most of my external drives but not two. Device manager sees them and says they are working properly but they do not show on the pc screen so I can not open them. What can I do? more info needed USB Hard drive, USB stick ? Are any Mac or Linux formatted how old , when last used . Powered USB drive ? if so is the power pack OK ? Are they spinning up OK ? Any strange noises (put you ear against it ) could be as simple as a bad or too long cable . Do you need the data on them It often means they have some sort of fault , or have not been formatted (win compatible formatted) If you need the data , then its a data recovery process If you dont need the data, diskpart, clean , initialise & format run a HD test program across them (WD has one thats easy to use) |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1476352 | 2021-04-13 06:02:00 | The powered external hard drives both work on my laptop and another pc. The problem is with my pc. | Krad (7878) | ||
| 1476353 | 2021-04-13 07:06:00 | The powered external hard drives both work on my laptop and another pc. The problem is with my pc. Are they showing drive letters like I suggested you look at ? "IF" for some reason there's not a drive letter assigned automatically they will show as you described but wont show normally. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1476354 | 2021-04-13 07:17:00 | If the Drive letters are not assigning heres some suggestions on fixing it. answers.microsoft.com Had this EXACT problem last week, plug in a USB drive makes all the connection noises, showed in Device manager but that was the only place. If the Computer was rebooted while the external was already plugged in worked fine. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1476355 | 2021-04-13 21:37:00 | If there are no drive letters --- The above link seems to be a bit unstable. So here is what it suggests Method 2: Auto mount. Tap on the Windows key on your keyboard. Type: command prompt In the search results list, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as Administrator. When you are prompted by User Account Control, click Continue. Type the following commands. Diskpart Automount (This command will tell you, if it is enabled or disabled.) Automount enable Automount scrub (If automount is already enabled, type this command to clear the saved associations of system drive letters.) Lastly type: Exit Restart the computer and plug in the USB now to check external USB drives. Then again it could be something completely different on the PC, but pay to check the basics first. |
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