I noted this long ago at http://tips.oncomputers.info/archives2004/0401/2004-Jan-11.htm
I can't guess why it doesn't have a drive letter in Windows but would never fix that as I may upset the drive and it would no longer boot.
PS. There are newer Live Linux distros and like before, none have me install or learn linux.
Hi,
Windows 8.1. I have an 840 Pro x 256 SSD and keep a cloned copy on another 840 Pro x 256 SSD.
Both drives run perfect I just swapped the cloned drive into the machine which is an HP DV7.
In Device manager, all that shows up is the USB device the extra cloned drive is plugged into, and in "My Computer" it does not show this drive but will show anything else that is plugged into the USB. I updated the driver of the USB device but it said I had the latest driver.
In Computer Management/Storage/Disk Management it shows the drive as drive 1 and has the same 3 partitions as the drive 0 and reports as healthy.
I need to access this drive via USB and am at a loss to do so.
Thanks for any help I am guessing it is a simple problem.

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