External HDD drive not showing anywhere Windows 7 laptop

As a simple test Ixorizon.

Just plug one usb flash drive into the usb port of your system.

Go to windows explorer, file manager.
And take note of the Usb fash drive volume or drive letter assignment.

Wrtite it down.

Take the current flash drive out of the systems usb port and swap it for another one.
Again via windows explorer or file manager see what the drive letter of the newly inserted or swapped usb flash drive is labeled as in volume letter.

If it matches the existing drive letter of the first usb flash drive inserted into a usb port of you system.

It is why when you try to connect all three of the Flash drives in question to your system at he same time using three usb ports of the system why none of them show in windows explorer or file manager.

Why you ask, because windows does not allow more than a single drive letter assignment at any one time connected to the OS.

Any drive that shares the same drive letter assignment such as E: usb flash drive 1 and E: usb flash drive 2 and E: usb flash drive 3, Will cause a conflict in windows drive detection.

Each drive connected to windows os must have a its own set drive letter assignment and not be duplicated as the drive letter assignment by any other drive at all connected to the windows OS.

So what you have to do now is simply remember the first drive letter of the usb flash drive shown.
Use disk management of windows and run the program.

Make sure the second of your flash drives you intend to use is plugged into a usb port of your system.
Where it lists the Usb flash drive as a storage device.

In the main window panel right click, select change drive letter or path of drive.
Click on the change tab, then change the second usb flash drive used to F: if the first flash drive stated at the drive letter of E:

Click ok or apply.
The drive letter of the second Flash device will now be assigned to F:

Repeat the process for the third usb flash drive changing the drive letter assignment of volume label of the device to Letter G: and apply the new settings.

Now plug all three of the drives into three usb ports of your system or tower case and all three flash drives will show in windows explorer, or file manager of windows as

E: F: G: drives or volume assignments for each usb flash drive connected..

As long as you don`t duplicate a drive or volume letter the drives and the data can always be read, shown, written to, or deleted when required IXorizon ok.

Just complete the process for how many usb flash drives you want connected to your system at the same time via the usb ports of your system.
So if you have four drives the next drive needs to have a drive letter assignment of H:if all four are connected to your system via usb ports.

And so on, and so on for each drive added.
Each with it`s own individual drive letter assignment without duplicated
Drive letter assignments in any way.


You can then split the game across multiple usb flash drives.