OK, how can I access my external hard drive after plug it into another computer? Original computer crashed.

How do I get my new computer and I need access to my external hard drive? Original computer crashed and now I get a message saying ".

Hi John and Missy Verhoog,

1. What is the error message you are getting?

2 have you checked the State of the drive in Device Manager?

Check to see if the external drive is getting detected in Device Manager.

a. Click Start, type devmgmt.msc and press to enter.

b. find the name of the drive in the list of Bus USB controllers.

c. right click on the device, and then select properties to view general information about the drivers.

You can also read the following article and see if it helps:

Install or remove a hard drive

Hope this information is useful.

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