Run your external hard drive on your laptop after updating the driver.
Laptops are great for informational mobility, but it's no secret that laptops are sold with smaller hard drives than desktops. Because of this, many laptop users buy an external hard drive to keep the overflow of data under control. If you've bought an external hard drive recently and your computer will not recognize it, you need to update the drivers on your laptop. Updating these drivers will allow the computer to recognize the external hard drive.
Instructions
1. Plug your external hard drive into your laptop.
2. Go to the bottom right hand side of the screen and click on the flag icon.
3. Click on the "Open Action Center" link.
4. Go over to the "Windows Update" button and click it.
5. Allow the Windows Update to run and locate the necessary driver for your external hard drive.
6. Click on the driver that is recommended by your computer for your external hard drive and click the "Install" button.
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