External H.D. not recognized in My Computer


  1. stream
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    External H.D. not recognized in My Computer


    It is recognized in Disk Management and Device Manager, but not in My Computer. Any help would be very appreciated. I also have updated the driver. This is on an esata connection. Thanks. stream.
    Last edited by stream; 30 Apr 2011 at 15:00.
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  3. mickey megabyte
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    windows explorer won't show empty drives by default.

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    maybe it's that?
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  4. whs
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    Do you have a partition with a drive letter on it?
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  6. stream
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    Thanks whs and mickey megabyte for your responses. I changed the drive letter and that solved the problem. Thanks again, stream.
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