Manually Open a USB Drive

If a USB hard drive fails to open in Windows Explorer, you may assign a drive letter manually by:
  • Right click on "This PC"
  • Click on "Manage"
  • Click on "Disk Management"
  • The drive should show up with no drive letter assigned.
  • Right click on the unassigned drive.
  • Click on "Drive letter and Pathes".
  • Click on "Add"
  • Click on "Change drive letter"
  • Selest a "Drive Letter".
  • Click on "OK"
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