I got an external hard drive from someone and I am having a problem getting it to work. I plugged it in and it showed installing the drivers. From there I checked My Computer and didn't see it in the list of any of the drives, removable or not. I checked the Control Panel-Hardware and Sound- Devices and Printers and found it there. It says everything is working properly and the device is recognized.
I just want to find out how to move a file to it, and back to another computer.
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Go to control panel, administrative tools, computer management, disk management (on the left). That should show your new drive. Make sure it's formatted right. I dont think My Computer will recognize an unformatted drive.
This is assuming the drive was given to you and not lent, because formatting it will wipe it clean.
This is assuming the drive was given to you and not lent, because formatting it will wipe it clean.
I had a friend walk me through the same steps and the device is there, but when I go to assign a drive letter and path the right click drop menu is grayed out. I will try to reformat it tomorrow. Thanks for the help.
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