Posted January 27, 2022 So I've got an old drive from a dead windows 7 laptop. Its in a sata usb dock and it shows up in disk manager as healthy, but I can't explore the volume. What do I need to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 27, 2022 Could you describe what the problem is? Any error you get? Or does the drive not pop up at all in file explorer, or something? If it doesn't pop-up at all, have you made sure it has an assigned drive letter? That can be done by right clicking the partition in Disk Manager, and then selecting "Change Drive Letter and Paths" Spoiler Another thing I've seen happen to some of my drives which I use with an external USB enclosure is that they just spin but won't show up in File Explorer. Usually a remove and re-plug fixes this. On 4/5/2024 at 10:13 PM, LAwLz said: I am getting pretty fucking sick and tired of the "watch something else" responses. It's such a cop out answer because you could say that about basically anything, and it doesn't address the actual complaints. People use it as some kind of card they pull when they can't actually respond to the criticism raised but they still feel like they need to defend some company/person. If you don't like this thread then stop reading it. See how stupid it is? It's basically like telling someone "shut the fuck up". It's not a clever responsive, it doesn't address anything said, and it is rude. ^ bruh switch to dark mode its at the bottom of this page VPN Server Guide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 27, 2022 Author 3 minutes ago, RockSolid1106 said: Could you describe what the problem is? Any error you get? Or does the drive not pop up at all in file explorer, or something? If it doesn't pop-up at all, have you made sure it has an assigned drive letter? That can be done by right clicking the partition in Disk Manager, and then selecting "Change Drive Letter and Paths" Reveal hidden contents Another thing I've seen happen to some of my drives which I use with an external USB enclosure is that they just spin but won't show up in File Explorer. Usually a remove and re-plug fixes this. It doesn't show up in file explorer and in disk manager the option to assign it a letter is greyed out. Ive tried a couple different USB ports and a different computer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 27, 2022 6 minutes ago, oliverguy said: It doesn't show up in file explorer and in disk manager the option to assign it a letter is greyed out. Ive tried a couple different USB ports and a different computer Is the disk offline? A PC Enthusiast since 2011 AMD Ryzen 7 5700X@4.65GHz | GIGABYTE GTX 1660 GAMING OC @ Core 2085MHz Memory 5000MHz Cinebench R23: 15669cb | Unigine Superposition 1080p Extreme: 3566 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 27, 2022 Author 59 minutes ago, Vishera said: Is the disk offline? nope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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