- What exactly do you mean with "install'? I just plug it in the USB-2 or (if it is a USB-3 disk) the USB-3 port.
- What exactly do you do get that message after you "installed" it? What program gives that message?
- Can you read the hard drive in another PC/laptop?
- What does WINDOWS DISK MANAGEMENT (google that, if you don't know how to run it) say about the disk?
I am a computer idiot so bear with me please. Trying to install external hard drive and keep getting |:\ is not accessible code.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. And remember to type slow please so I can understand. lol

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