I cannot see my external storage device in my computer

[mackay25]

Hello,
I just plugged my OLDDDD harddrive to my computer (XP) and i can see it in my computer managemnt stuff but, i cant find it to scan it for viruses or even look into it other than just see its attached and working properly... What in the world do i do now?

 

[hang-the-9]

Does it show the drive as formatted and ready to be used in disk management?

Try it on another computer?

 

[mackay25]

It says everythings ready..

 

[hang-the-9]

Right-click on it and assign it a drive letter if it's shown as having a file system and is in the system.