Windows 10: Computer wont recognise F Drive

I have been backing up to an F Drive on my computer but have now started backing up to an external hard drive. I deleted all the files from the F Drive and re- formatted the disk. Now if I want to send a folder or file to the F Drive this drive does not appear in "Send". Perhaps I should not have re- formatted but how can I get the computer to recognise my F Drive? Any help please?

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File History

I've connected a Seagate external hard drive to my Expansion Drive (F. I was able to create a system image to this drive, but when I tried to use File History to copy files to the same hard drive, File History does not recognise the external hard drive
in Drive (F and says that there is an unknown error.

Why is Drive (F recognised when I make a system image but not when I use File History, and what can I do to solve this problem?

 

Internal HDD not being seen

Duplicate of
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-update/windows-wont-boot-doesnt-recognise-hard-drive/d869e27c-2d8c-4660-8af0-d37c5bee6a2f

 

Is it still seen as F drive in explorer and Disk management ?

 

Yes. F Drive appears in Disk Management as 100% free and in Explorer. I can copy and paste to F but there is no link in Send to. Should there be a link in Send to? It is not entirely clear how I should use this second drive.

I also see in Explorer that my D Drive (My Passport Backup) appears twice, surely this can't be right. I am afraid I am a bit of a novice when it comes to Win 10. See attached.

 

Double click the F: drive, if it is accessible then you can drag files into it, or your can Copy a file and Paste it into the F: Drive. If you want to add the F: drive to the Send To menu, go to Start/Search and type or copy and paste %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo and press enter. resize the SendTo window so it takes up half the screen, Browse to Start/This PC, resize the window so it takes up the other half of the screen, Drag the F: drive icon into the SendTo window.

 

Many thanks, I now have a shortcut to F Drive in Send to, but it still isn't entirely clear to me how or why I should be using this drive now I am not using this for a backup.

 

Well, backup would be good use for it. You can also install some programs on it or make it a default for downloading etc. According to Murphy's law of storage: "Whatever free space you have, will be filled up".