Second Hard Drive and Optical Drive DO NOT Appear in File Explorer

[ZTatZAU]

[FONT=&quot]Hello, First Post here!
Computer: DELL Inspiron 3847
OS: Windows 7 Professional SP1[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]I don't know how long ago this issue started as I use this computer sporadically for software development work most of which is done in one of several Oracle VirtualBox virtual machines installed on this Win 7 Pro computer. The Host Win 7 computer as well as the Vbox virtual machines appear to be working fine.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]In addition to the computer's primary hard drive (C:\) Western Digital 1 GB SCSI Disk Device, a second Toshiba 1 GB SCSI Disc Device (used for backups) and a DVD/CD-RW Optical device are also installed. There is also a remote USB 3.5 Floppy Drive currently installed on the computer but hasn't been used for a while.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]THE ISSUE: I recently noticed that the second Toshiba hard drive and the Optical Drive no longer appear in File Explorer. I opened Control Panel and Device Manager where both the Toshiba hard drive and the Optical drive are said to be "working properly".[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Can anyone tell me why neither of the mentioned devices are not showing up in File Explorer? Or tell me how I can resolve this issue?[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Thanks! ZT[/FONT]

 

[samuria]

Welcome to the forum open disk management as you may need to assign a drive letter to them

 

[ZTatZAU]

Welcome to the forum open disk management as you may need to assign a drive letter to them

Thanks Samuria!
That seems to have worked to display the second HD but I've also noticed that the Optical DVD/CD (D:\) only shows in File Explorer when there is a CD or DVD in the drive. Is that normal?

 

[samuria]

may well be

 

[ZTatZAU]

may well be

Yep! Might well be, alright!