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    Windows 10 I can't view the files on my external hardrive because it says I have to format it first to use it. HELP!!

    Hello everyone, the USB port on my external harddrive broke, so I bought a SATA adapter. Now, when I plug it in, it tells me that I have to format my harddrive in order to use it. I can't do this obviously because all my important data is on there. I tried restarting my computer, using different...
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    • computer support data recovery disk formatting external harddrive file access partition recovery sata adapter test disk troubleshooting usb port
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Disk Management no longer automatically assigning drive letters to external usb hard drives.

    I use a lot of different usb hard drives in my shop. I have two basic enclosures, a generic one that uses pata drives on a usb 2.0 cable and an Apricon USB SATA 2.0 adapter. Suddenly when I plug in a new drive device manager does see the drive and installs it in device manager. I can see the...
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    • chipset drivers computer issues device manager disk management drive cleanup drive letters external drives pata drives registry fix sata adapter service pack 1 storage devices troubleshooting usb enclosures usb hard drives windows 7 windows 7 pro
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
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