External drive won't show up on Windows 10? Here's the fix.

[Windows Central]

If your PC isn't detecting an external hard drive, use this guide to resolve the issue.
On Windows 10, you usually only need to connect an external drive to your computer and wait until it appears automatically in File Explorer to start using it. But it's not always a straightforward process.
Sometimes, for unknown reasons that could be related to your connection, driver, settings, or hardware issues, Windows 10 will just refuse to detect the external drive, or it'll detect the device, but it won't appear in File Explorer.

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