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Hi, I have just purchased a second hand WD 1tb external hard drive. I plugged it into the power and into my laptop but it doesn't show up. I have windows 10 O/S. Hope someone is able to help.

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After plugging in the device, go to device manager (In run type "devmgmt.msc") In Device manager go to "Universal serial bus controllers" It should list the storage devices that you have connected to your PC. Right click and then click "Uninstall. Remove the USB drive and restart your system.
Try connecting the device again
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