External hard drive not showing in my computer
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If there were drivers that came with your hardware and you installed them ,Check the website for an update .
Then in drive management uninstall the drive,reboot with the drive connected and force windows to recognize the drive again and install updates or drivers from manufacturer.
Then format the Drive .
Should be fine then.
Then in drive management uninstall the drive,reboot with the drive connected and force windows to recognize the drive again and install updates or drivers from manufacturer.
Then format the Drive .
Should be fine then.
RealBlackStuff
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Could also be that you have a mapped network-drive on that laptop. Change the driveletter of that mapped-drive from e.g. E: to M:
USB-devices only recognize physical drives, such as HD/CD/DVD when they 'pick' a driveletter for themselves. If a mapped drive exists as above, tough! It won't work.
USB-devices only recognize physical drives, such as HD/CD/DVD when they 'pick' a driveletter for themselves. If a mapped drive exists as above, tough! It won't work.
Mapped drive was the problem
Yes, I had the same problem and when I unmapped drive G: everything started to work fine.
Thanks 'RealBlackStuff'
Yes, I had the same problem and when I unmapped drive G: everything started to work fine.
Thanks 'RealBlackStuff'
Problem solved
Thanks MrNoname. It does work perfectly. At least we finally found exactly what the problem is. I hope this information will help others with the same problem.
Thanks MrNoname. It does work perfectly. At least we finally found exactly what the problem is. I hope this information will help others with the same problem.
howard_hopkinso
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