External Hard Drive In Device Manager, But Not Able To Access It?
Jan 9, 2013can see my external hard drive in device manager, but not able to access it
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Can See External Hard Drive In Device Manager But Not Disk Manager
Oct 19, 2012I just bought a new ASUS computer with Windows 7. I have a Macbook Pro and would like to transfer my photos and music onto my new computer. I have 2 external hard drives that work perfectly fine on my mac as well as other PCs. When I plug either of my external hard drives in they are recognized in device manager and say they are working properly but are not recognized in disk manager or under my computer...
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