External Hard Drives Not Showing Up

I am having an issue with many external hard drives being recognized by Windows 7, it makes the hardware insert sound but the drives do not show up in My Computer. I have the same problem with some Android tablets as well, recognized, hardware insert sound, but not showing up in My Computer. It...

I have a new custom build which I have built and have installed Windows on. The issue I'm having is that when I plug in an external drive, they are not appearing on the PC. They work on other laptops which I've tested and all the USB ports work on the new PC which I tested with the keyboard and...

I have a new computer plus a couple of other computers and I have some external hard drives and flash drives. what is the best way to check these devices to make sure they are clean, will just connecting them and viewing them or running AV and other security checks propose a risk to the computer...

I set up a new computer. Windows 7 Pro 64x Everything was fine but then I connected a flash drive to it and I get: Location Not Available H:\ is not accessible. Access is denied If I go into the properties to the “security” tab, it says “you do not have permission to view or edit this...

I have windows 7 pro and recently I have not been able to open up a new folder on any external hard drive or flash drive that I use with my computer. When I use these same flash and external hard drives in another computer it works fine, my initial thought is, there is something disabled in my...