[GUI-Talk] Recognition of External Drive

Bill theorum99 at aol.com
Tue Jul 17 13:29:58 UTC 2018


On 7/17/2018 8:23 AM, Bill wrote:
> On 7/17/2018 8:09 AM, Debbi Williamson via GUI-Talk wrote:
>> I posted this question yesterday and didn't get any answers so I am 
>> trying
>> again.  I am running Windows 7 and JAWS 18.  A few months ago, I had 
>> to have
>> Windows re-installed on my computer.  Since that time, when I plug in an
>> external USB drive, though I can hear that it has been recognized, I 
>> can't
>> find it.  I have looked in "computer" and control panel.  I just 
>> can't find
>> it.  I have tried searching for various letters that might be 
>> assigned to
>> the drive but, nothing works.  Is there a way to find the external 
>> drive and
>> a way to give it a letter name?  I have tried using Windows Explorer 
>> to find
>> the drive but that doesn't work either.  Because I can't find the 
>> drive, I
>> can't tell what is on it.  And, this is true for all three of my USB
>> external drives. So, I can't know what is on them and I can't add 
>> anything
>> to them.  Thanks for any help anyone can offer.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> go to folder options and uncheck hidden drives. BillHello,
>
Hello,
Go to folder option and uncheck hidden drives.




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