Photoshop CS4 and external Hard Drive

Hi Doreen and a warm welcome to the forum. Nice to have another lady member in the UK!
Have a look at this thread, might help as Bridge should work in exactly the same way in CS 4 as 3. I have 3 but not 4.
Try this anyway;
https://www.sevenforums.com/software/83457-adobe-bridge-will-not-delete-reject-images-win7.htmlhttps://www.sevenforums.com/software/83457-adobe-bridge-will-not-delete-reject-images-win7.html

Doreen said:

Hi everyone,

I am completely new to this forum and would very much like your help. I have Photoshop CS4 and use Windows 7. (Both of which are new to me).

I have my photos stored on an external hard drive and previously when I opened Photoshop CS3, I could open Bridge and navigate to my external hard drive and view all the files in bridge. I could open the files and view the photos within each file.

I have two main problems now:-

On CS4 I cannot see my external hard drive on bridge. Therefore, I am unable to view my photos in bridge unless I download from my external hard drive to the main hard drive of the computer.

If I open the hard drive within Window 7 I can see my files but as most of my photos are stores as RAW, I am unable to see a thumbnail as previously.

Any ideas please. Please reply in very simple terminology, as I am not very technically minded.

Many thanks in advane,
Doreen

Try going into CS4 and import the pictures from ext. hd. Just click on all the drives and see if this will open your Ex HD.
I have to do that sometimes myself or I power down, put the usb EXHD in and then power back up.