Win 10 - finding Removable Hard Drive?
Back in the old days with Win 7 I just clicked 'my computer" and the drives popped up. I got roped into Winn 10 and now have what i think is an embarrassing question. If i stick a Thumb Drive/SD...
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I had the same problem with my external hard drive that I use to backup the computer. I Googled the problem and found a suggestion to change the letter of the hard drive and to verify the path.
In order to use device manager to do that I had to have administrator privileges. I created another user with those privileges and Win 10 said it had them but it didn't. It turns out that Win 10 is delivered with the ability to create users with administrator privileges disabled. One has to get into DOS and give some commands to turn the ability on. I forget what the commands are but Google will provide them.
Once I had real administrative privileges the computer (I think, it is hard to remember exactly) recognized the hard drive with no further action on my part. So, perhaps, creating a user with admin. privileges will solve your problem.
I spent two weeks in Win 10 hell and ultimately did a fresh install of Win 7 and and my programs.
In order to use device manager to do that I had to have administrator privileges. I created another user with those privileges and Win 10 said it had them but it didn't. It turns out that Win 10 is delivered with the ability to create users with administrator privileges disabled. One has to get into DOS and give some commands to turn the ability on. I forget what the commands are but Google will provide them.
Once I had real administrative privileges the computer (I think, it is hard to remember exactly) recognized the hard drive with no further action on my part. So, perhaps, creating a user with admin. privileges will solve your problem.
I spent two weeks in Win 10 hell and ultimately did a fresh install of Win 7 and and my programs.
