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My external hard drive is not showing up on my Windows laptop after a recent update, what are the troubleshooting steps to get my files back?

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My external hard drive is not showing up on my Windows laptop after a recent update, what are the troubleshooting steps to get my files back?
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site:support.microsoft.com Windows external drive not showing File Explorer Disk Management assign drive letter troubleshoot USB driveGoogle ↗
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site:support.microsoft.com Windows external drive not showing File Explorer Disk Management assign drive letter troubleshoot USB drive Google ↗
  1. Troubleshoot Disk Management - Windows Server · learn.microsoft.com
  2. Disk Management in Windows · support.microsoft.com

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