Cannot open Hard Drive!


  1. TheGrantFitz
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    Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Windows 8 Proffesional x64, Windows XP Proffesional x64, Ubuntu 12.10
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    Cannot open Hard Drive!


    My external hard drive cannot be read on my 7 PC but can be identified on my XP.

    When I right click it, it says "Explore" in dark grey, but "Properties" is recognizing it only as a USB device. Help will be appreciated!
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  3. ashleyg
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    Windows 7 Professional x64, SP1
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    You probably need to assign it a Drive Letter via disk management for it to be recognized by the system.
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