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03-21-2008
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| | Disk manager sees new drive, Explorer does not I added a 500GB external drive (WD MyBook), formatted it successfully, but Windows Explorer still does not see it. (Disk manager recognizes it.) Any suggestions? |
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03-21-2008
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| | Re: Disk manager sees new drive, Explorer does not Make sure you have a drive letter assigned "Steve2" <scsr808@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:c2d7b4b1-a3d9-43ec-bffb-c72fdaa8d10c@xxxxxx Quote: >I added a 500GB external drive (WD MyBook), formatted it successfully, > but Windows Explorer still does not see it. (Disk manager recognizes > it.) > > Any suggestions? > |
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03-21-2008
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| | Re: Disk manager sees new drive, Explorer does not Thanks, John; that worked. I was hoping it would be something simple like that. Steve On Mar 21, 6:16 am, "John Barnes" <jbar...@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > Make sure you have a drive letter assigned > > "Steve2" <scsr...@xxxxxx> wrote in message > > news:c2d7b4b1-a3d9-43ec-bffb-c72fdaa8d10c@xxxxxx > Quote: > >I added a 500GB external drive (WD MyBook), formatted it successfully, > > but Windows Explorer still does not see it. (Disk manager recognizes > > it.) Quote: > > Any suggestions? |
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03-21-2008
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| | Re: Disk manager sees new drive, Explorer does not You're welcome. It's nice when things are that simple. "Steve2" <scsr808@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:7994183e-599a-456e-8a11-ac66ae37a190@xxxxxx Quote: > Thanks, John; that worked. I was hoping it would be something simple > like that. > > Steve > > > On Mar 21, 6:16 am, "John Barnes" <jbar...@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >> Make sure you have a drive letter assigned >> >> "Steve2" <scsr...@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> >> news:c2d7b4b1-a3d9-43ec-bffb-c72fdaa8d10c@xxxxxx >> Quote: >> >I added a 500GB external drive (WD MyBook), formatted it successfully, >> > but Windows Explorer still does not see it. (Disk manager recognizes >> > it.) Quote: >> > Any suggestions? |
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