Pen drive is detected but not showing in computer

Ramal_2

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Hi, anyone please answer me..
when i try to insert My friend's pendrive my desktop, it ditected but does not appear in my computer. that pendrive works my laptop

Pen dive - sony
OS - Windows 8.1
 
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The steps that worked for me were to basically:

Go to: Control panel → System and Security → Administrative tools
Open Computer Management.
Go to Disk management on the left, and look at your drives.
Your problem will probably be that it is not allocated on your PC.

Right-click the drive
Click the text at the top
You will assign it and give it a letter (Choose one that isn't already taken, e.g. D)
It will assign it to your PC and you will be able to use it.
source - http://www.gogorapid.com/how-to-fix-pen-drive-is-detected-but-not-showing-in-my-computer/
Hey there, Ramal_2.

Check if the pen drive is recognized in Disk Management and if it is - try assigning it a new drive letter, to see if it pops-up in Windows Explorer (My Computer, This PC) afterwards. Here's how to do it: How to change the drive letter assignment in Windows.
However, if the pen drive is not recognized there, you could try reinstalling or updating your USB driver, to see if this fixes things up.

Hope that helps. Please let me know how it goes.
Boogieman_WD
 

Romesh22

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The steps that worked for me were to basically:

Go to: Control panel → System and Security → Administrative tools
Open Computer Management.
Go to Disk management on the left, and look at your drives.
Your problem will probably be that it is not allocated on your PC.

Right-click the drive
Click the text at the top
You will assign it and give it a letter (Choose one that isn't already taken, e.g. D)
It will assign it to your PC and you will be able to use it.
source - http://www.gogorapid.com/how-to-fix-pen-drive-is-detected-but-not-showing-in-my-computer/
 
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