Sunday, June 26, 2011

Windows Not Assign Drive Letter To USB External Drive

It is convenience to use USB portable external hard drive to backup or transfer files to others. I'm using PATA and SATA USB hard drive enclosure for backup. After transferring files into few USB external hard drives, Windows (Windows Vista or Windows 7) are not showing my USB external hard drive in "Computer".

By right click "Computer" and select "Manage", click on "Disk Management", the USB external hard drive appear as "RAW" and not accessible under file explorer.

Windows Not Assign Drive Letter To USB External Drive and appear as RAW in Windows drive management