Hello, lately my external hdd comes up as "VMware USB Device" when I plug it in, and the drive doesn't show up in Windows Explorer like it used to. I've connected it to another computer and I can access it fine... what needs to be done for me to use this drive again? Thanks
Are you using VMWare? You can designate usb devices as virtual.
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http://www.vmware.com/support/ws45/d...s.html#1006716
There is VMware workstation in my taskbar, but it says "No virtual machines running". When I open it and try to access VM > Settings like that website says, I can't, because the whole VM column is greyed out.
Sounds like your VM is set to utilize your USB ports rather than leaving them to the OS. Exit out of VM in the taskbar and try again.
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