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I pluged in a usb hard drive but can't find it. Where do I look?

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I am unable to find the hard drive on my computer. I looked in file explorer but it is not there.
 

realwarder

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Is it formatted? Go into Disk Management and see what it sees.

Also under Device Manager you should see it appear under drives when you plug it in.
 

Chintan Gohel

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I am unable to find the hard drive on my computer. I looked in file explorer but it is not there.

have you tried a different port? And you're plugging it directly to the USB port and not through a hub, right?

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