I can see my external hard drive in device manager, but not able to access it

[srhett9009]

My external hard drive shows up in device manager but not in the computer like the rest of my internal hard drives.
Any help is welcome.
Steve

 

[ex_bubblehead]

Did you partition and format it?

 

[srhett9009]

how can I format it when it does not have a drive letter?

 

[captaincharisma]

check for it in disk manager

right click on :computer" and then left click on "manage"

 

[ex_bubblehead]

how can I format it when it does not have a drive letter?

Doesn't need a drive letter to partition or format. That's what the disk manager is for.

 

[srhett9009]

Did you partition and format it?

how to format it when it has no drive letter?

 

[srhett9009]

check for it in disk manager

I will give it a try in device manager.
Thanks
Steve

 

[rdc85]

actually it not in device manager but in

control panel -> administrative tools -> computer management -> disk management

hope it helps...