Windows 10: access to external drives e.g usb drive and sd card

Hello,

Since I have installed Windows ten, I am unable to access files from my usb drives or sd cards. Does anyone have a solution? thanks.

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External Drive Letter G is Not Available

I use an external drive (G) to backup files. Yesterday, that drive became H, meaning I would have to change all the settings for my backups. The letter G is not shown as being available in Disk Management? The only drives showing in This PC are C, D,
E, F. No SD cards or flash drives are connected. Where did G go, and how can I get it back?

 

no access to G drive in windows 10

Hi,

Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community. I understand the inconvenience you faced. I will certainly help you with this.

I appreciate if you could answer few questions to narrow down the issue and to provide you better assistance.

• What exact error message are you receiving when you try to access G drive?
• Is external G drive a SD card or external hard drive?

I suggest you to run the Hardware and Devices
troubleshooter and check if it helps.

• Type troubleshooting in the search bar.
• Select Troubleshooting.
• Select View all on the top left corner.
• Click on Hardware and Devices.
• Follow the on-screen instructions to run the troubleshooter.
• Check if issue persists.

Please post back with the results and the information asked, we will be glad to assist you further.

Thank you.

 

Windows asks to format USB Drive when SD card is inserted

I have SD card with Raspbian OS on it. When I insert the card using the card reader adapter, Windows asks me to format the E:\ drive, and it shows two different drives where it supposed to be just one (the boot with Raspbian OS on it). Recently it also shows the message: "Location is not available E:\ is not accessible. The parameter is incorrect." but the boot is on I:\ drive and this E:\ drive should not even exist.

- When I format E:\ drive it shows empty E:\ drive and full boot on I:\ drive. When I eject the boot drive, both drives disappear, however, the I:\ (boot) drive is no longer working properly. (does not boot the OS on raspberry pi)

- When I reinsert the SD card it does not show me any errors. When I then format the SD card (I:\) boot drive, the E:\ drive disappears and I'm left just with I:\ drive. (when I put fresh Raspbian on I:\ drive, the error to format E:\ shows up again)

- When I put some files onto the SD card it does not seem to show any other drives when I eject and reinsert.

It is only happening when I have an image located on the SD card.

I tried:

• Different USB ports
• Different SD card readers / adapters
• chkdsk /F /R /X I: (from the command line)
• chkdsk /F /R /X E: (from the command line (is says that the file system is RAW))