Disk Management

How can I get my thumbdrive or other peripherals to show up on my computer?

Disk Management:

Sometimes when you add a peripheral to the computer it doesn’t automatically show up. The directions below demonstrate how to solve this problem.

Disk management: This is a demonstration on making the computer read your thumbdrive or other peripheral if it isn’t already.

  • Plug in the Thumbdrive to a USB port
  • Right-click on “My Computer”
  • Double-Click on “Manage”
  • Double-Click on “Manage Disk Management”
  • You should see a list of items. Select the one that has the same capacity of the thumbdrive. For example if you have a 512 MB thumbdrive look for 512 MB.
  • Right-Click on it and choose “Change Drive Letter and Paths
  • A window appears that allows you to choose an alphabet for the thumbdrive. Choose “B.” And then Ok or close or something.
  • A window of options should appear. You can double click on the folder icon.
  • If no window opens then double click on “My Computer” and see if Drive B is now available.
  • In the future it should automatically read the thumbdrive as Drive B.

 

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