Aug 14, 2025 · Whether an external drive shows the eject option or not depends on how the system identifies that drive. Most of my thumb drives show the eject option, but many of my external drives I …

Jul 31, 2020 · One thing I noticed though, is when looking at each external hard drive folder on my laptop, down the left hand side under 'This PC' it shows all hard drives connected, but it's showing …

Mar 10, 2025 · Win 11 Pro 64 bit 24H2 Dell Precision Laptop Windows no longer connects to any external drives. They show up in Device Manager, but are not detected by windows explorer, or disk …

Nov 27, 2021 · OS drives and fixed drives (ex: internal drives) will only be shown under This PC, and not separately in the navigation pane. You must be signed in as an administrator to add or remove …

Oct 10, 2020 · How to Enable or Disable Use of BitLocker on Removable Data Drives in Windows You can use BitLocker Drive Encryption to help protect your files on an entire drive.

Sep 25, 2018 · If you're seeing something like this (notice I: and E: drives both show up twice) it's because Windows shows all drives when "This PC" is expanded but still also shows all external …

Feb 24, 2025 · When adding a external backup drive, Windows 11 assigns a drive letter okay, but it makes duplicates with one showing up under the C: drive and one under This PC. (See the bottom of …

May 15, 2020 · Users are allowed read and write access to all removable storage devices they connect to the computer by default in Windows. This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable read and …

Dec 9, 2023 · Add or Remove Duplicate Drives in Navigation Pane of File Explorer in Windows 11 This tutorial will show you how to add (show) or remove (hide) the drives showing twice in the navigation …

Nov 18, 2019 · BTW you can still boot with a USB external drive connected to the PC. Been there done that with my USB Samsung T5 portable drive, My WD MY book drive, even thumb drives. That said, …