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How to Fix Your USB Drive Not Showing Up on Windows 10 or Windows 11

Sometimes when you plug a USB drive into your PC it doesn't show up. We're going to look at a few ways to fix that problem.
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USB Drives not showing up in My Computer/Explorer

I have a SanDisk USB Keychain drive and a laptop hard drive in a generic USB enclosure.<BR>I'm running XP Pro SP1.<BR><BR>The last few months neither drive will show up in My Computer or Explorer when ...