External HDD Not Showing In "My Computer"?
Sep 5, 2012
I recently connected an external HD to my Windows 7 Pro OS, running through Parallels Desktop on my iMac Quad Core (OS 10.8.6). [See info below.]The drive was was formatted and used on the Mac OS.Connected to the Windows side, the external drive shows up in the Printers and Devices listing, but not as one of the drives listed for "My Computer."I'm imagining the drive needs to be reformatted for Windows, but I don't see any way to do that.
Tech Support Guy System Info Utility version 1.0.0.2
OS Version: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional, Service Pack 1, 32 bit
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500S CPU @ 2.70GHz, x64 Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
Processor Count: 1
RAM: 2815 Mb
Graphics Card: Parallels Display Adapter (WDDM), 256 Mb
Hard Drives: C: Total - 65539 MB, Free - 33968 MB;
Motherboard: Parallels Software International Inc., Parallels Virtual Platform
Antivirus: Norton AntiVirus, Updated and Enabled
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