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    3. i bought a 1 TB used eternal hard drive and wants to use but anytime i connect to my laptop it connects alright but i dont get the shortcut icon under My Computer. i then right click my computer and go to Manage then to Managengent. i then dont know how to assign a letter to the drive in order to see the shortcut. i use VISTA and need some help
    i bought a 1 TB used eternal hard drive and wants to use but anytime i connect to my laptop it connects alright but i dont get the shortcut icon under My Computer. i then right click my computer and go to Manage then to Managengent. i then dont know how to assign a letter to the drive in order to see the shortcut. i use VISTA and need some help

    i need help to be able to use my external drive

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    0  Views: 579 Answers: 1 Posted: 13 years ago
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      No offense, but Vista pretty much sucks. If you are in My Computer, you should see the drive with a letter assigned to it. If not, then you need to "install" it as new hardware. This should automatically create a drive letter for you. However, if not, right click on the drive and you should be able to at least create a shortcut to the drive, where it says, "Create shortcut,"
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