Windows does not support external drives

I have several external hard drives. I have so much that I can't keep up with the software for each drive. someone at - there a solution to this situation?

Hello
 
1. what happens when you connect the external hard drive to your computer?
 
2 did you change on your computer before this problem?
 
3. readers recognize in disk management and Device Manager?
 
4. other devices work properly with the Ports of Universal Serial Bus controllers?
5. what operating system is running on your computer?

What version of the operating system Windows am I running?

 
Run the fix it and then check.
Hardware devices do not work or are not detected in Windows

http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/hardware_device_problems/en-us

You can also check whether external drives are working fine with another computer.

 
Previous post your answer for you help in this matter.
 

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