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In fact, nothing happened at all, except for the “USB device attached” connection sound.Īnd my backup program had nowhere to back up to. More often than not, I close that dialog box and get on with whatever I was doing, simply noting the drive letter that has been assigned.īut in this case, no letter had been assigned. It may also ask what you want to do with the drive.ĭepending on the drive’s contents and purpose, you may choose one of the listed options. Normally, when you attach an external drive to a Windows-based computer, the operating system makes the “USB device attached” sound, recognizes the drive, occasionally installs or configures some drivers, and automatically assigns the disk a drive letter. Now, to be clear, I don’t have an answer as to why things don’t appear.īut I can tell you what seems to work to make it show up. If anything, it seems to be getting a little worse in recent months. Since then, I’ve heard similar reports from others. Some time ago, when attempting to back up a new Windows 10 laptop, I inserted one of my external USB drives and … nothing.
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