External HDD shows up in Device Manager but not Explorer

[Guest DennisQWilson@gmail.com]

I have an old Quantum Go120A laptop hard drive that I want to install

in a 2.5" external case and hook up to my desktop to copy off all the

old data and then wipe clean.

 

Device Manager recognizes and correctly identifies the hard drive, but

unfortunately it doesn't show up in My Computer, Explorer or Disk

Management. Further, the "Device Status" box on its property sheet in

Device Manager says "This device is working properly."

 

How can I get my system to recognize this drive so I can access the

data one last time?

[Guest Richard Urban]

Re: External HDD shows up in Device Manager but not Explorer

 

Use disk management to give the drive a letter.

 

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Richard Urban

Microsoft MVP

Windows Desktop Experience

 

 

<DennisQWilson@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:533a05e2-d065-4d28-b790-254add5f2aff@o4g2000pra.googlegroups.com...

>I have an old Quantum Go120A laptop hard drive that I want to install

> in a 2.5" external case and hook up to my desktop to copy off all the

> old data and then wipe clean.

>

> Device Manager recognizes and correctly identifies the hard drive, but

> unfortunately it doesn't show up in My Computer, Explorer or Disk

> Management. Further, the "Device Status" box on its property sheet in

> Device Manager says "This device is working properly."

>

> How can I get my system to recognize this drive so I can access the

> data one last time?

[Guest DennisQWilson@gmail.com]

Re: External HDD shows up in Device Manager but not Explorer

 

Thanks, Richard, but as noted, the drive doesn't show up in Disk

Management either.

 

On Oct 18, 7:04 am, "Richard Urban"

<richardurbanREMOVET...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Use disk management to give the drive a letter.

>

> --

>

> Richard Urban

> Microsoft MVP

> Windows Desktop Experience

>

> <DennisQWil...@gmail.com> wrote in message

>

> news:533a05e2-d065-4d28-b790-254add5f2aff@o4g2000pra.googlegroups.com...

>

>

>

> >I have an old Quantum Go120A laptop hard drive that I want to install

> > in a 2.5" external case and hook up to my desktop to copy off all the

> > old data and then wipe clean.

>

> > Device Manager recognizes and correctly identifies the hard drive, but

> > unfortunately it doesn't  show up in My Computer, Explorer or Disk

> > Management.  Further, the "Device Status" box on its property sheet in

> > Device Manager says "This device is working properly."

>

> > How can I get my system to recognize this drive so I can access the

> > data one last time?- Hide quoted text -

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