2 external hard drives not available - my computer


  1. scripttron75
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    Windows 7 pro 64 bit
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    2 external hard drives not available - my computer


    under my computer i should have 2 external drives that are connected to MB via usb 3.0 and somes times after reboot they are not available not sure why. Bios shows them as there, i turned them to be booted as they are just storage and not boot devices. not sure what else would be the issue. drives are USB 3.0 Western digital and the other is Seagate drive.
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  3. Megahertz07
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    Windows 7 HP 64
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    Do you have all drivers installed?
    Open device manager and look for any yellow alerts.

    Open a cmd wwindow and type:
    sfc /scannow
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