Disc Drive missing from My Computer

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I have a USB drive connected to my pc. Windows finds it and installs it as a
disc drive, it is present in device manager, but is missing from My Computer.
Any help would be appreciated. Many thanks in advance. Graham
 
Graham F said:
I have a USB drive connected to my pc. Windows finds it and installs it
as a disc drive, it is present in device manager, but is missing from
My Computer.
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Has the USB drive been formatted? Does the drive appear under "Disk
Management"?
 
Hi dd, The drive belongs to a friend, I'm not sure if it is formatted, where
would I find "Disk Management?". Graham
 
Go to start | help. Type disk management in the search box. There is a great
amount of information available there that will explain how to properly
prepare a disk for use (create partition and format). Until it is setup
properly, a disk will not show up in My Computer.

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Many thanks Richard, I have found Disk Management, it reports the disk as
"not allocated" The new partion option is greyed out, I do not know what not
allocated means in this context. I would assume the disk needs formatting,
but I am unable to find this option. Do I need to perform some other action
first? If so, please could you tell me what. As you can tell, I am a beginer
at this, so all help is much appreciated! GrAham
 
Graham F said:
Hi dd, The drive belongs to a friend, I'm not sure if it is formatted,
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Well, you should contact your friend prior to formatting the drive.
where would I find "Disk Management?".
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Already done, according to another post.
 
Hi dd, I had my friends permission to do whatever was required. Valid point
though.
Thanks to all who contributed in my hour of need, thanks to you I have
managed to cure the problem. The drive now appears in My Computer!! What a
wonderful resource.

Graham
 
Graham F said:
Hi dd, I had my friends permission to do whatever was required. Valid
point though.
Thanks to all who contributed in my hour of need, thanks to you I have
managed to cure the problem. The drive now appears in My Computer!!
What a wonderful resource.
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You're most welcome, Graham. Thanks for that feedback.
 
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