Cannot see your USB device?

Did you plug in a USB device (storage) such as a flash drive, memory card, mp3 player, phone, etc and you don’t see its “drive” in My Computer?
This may be a problem with your drive mappings or a driver problem.
I will explain the drive mappings ( drive letter) and will explain how to see the driver error.

(Remember, clicking on an image, will open a new window/tab hopefully increasing the size and ability to understand it better!)
— Assigning A Drive Letter —
1) Plug In Your Device! and make sure, if its the first time, that you see something like

2) Check In My Computer for the device, if not found…
3) Goto Start > Run > diskmgmt.msc
4) Select a disk without a drive letter already assigned, and one that is “REMOVABLE”!

4) Choose “Change Drive Letter and Paths…”
5) Click Add
6) Choose a drive letter (not A: or B: (floppy drives) or C: through E: (cd/dvd drives & hard drives), the default drive should be sufficient.

7) Click Ok Twice
8 ) Your diskmgmt.msc window should now look like the following…

Note: If you received a type of error, please comment below.
9) Now in My Computer there should be your drive
— If Your Device Is Not Listed —
1) Make sure it is plugged in…
2) Open Start > Run > devmgmt.msc
3) Check for any “errors” and attempt to fix them
4) If you are having trouble, feel free to once again, comment below, or email me.
5) Try reinstalling the “drivers” supplied with your device (optional)

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