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USB Drive recognized as a network and will not let me open it
I have a USB drive that I use at home to back up photos and videos. It has worked fine for many years, but now the same computer does not recognize it as a USB drive. It says that it is a network and...
Hi Derek,
Can you check if the USB drive appears in Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc)?
You can also run chkdsk (e.g. chkdsk driveletter: /f) to try to fix the issue.
Can you check if the USB drive appears in Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc)?
You can also run chkdsk (e.g. chkdsk driveletter: /f) to try to fix the issue.
The USB drive does not appear in disk management. The USB port works when I put another external hard drive in that spot. I also tried the check disk but it said the drive, path, or filename was invalid.MathieuVandenHautte
