Windows 10: Connecting External Hard Drive to Network

I would like to have an external hard drivecontinuously connected to my home network. My router does not have a USB port and I do not have any PC that is connected 100% of the time to the home network. my PCs are running Win 11 Home editionIs there a hardware device I should purchase or are there external hard drives thatcan connect through wifi to the network.Please give me your suggestions

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External Hard Drive

Hi John,

We suggest that you try the troubleshooting steps below:

• Open your External Hard Drive file in File Explorer.
• Type the name of the file you want to search on the search box and click Enter.

The file will show up in Search Results and you will be able to move it to the correct folder.

Let us know if you need further help.

 

HP Pavilion Laptop not seeing External Hard Drives connected to Modem on Network

Hi Andy,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

As you are unable to access external hard drives connected to the modem on Network, this might be an issue with settings for device to discover.

I suggest you to try the below and check if it helps.

Step 1: Turn on network discovery.

• Press Windows key, type sharing and click on Manage advanced sharing settings.
• Under Private, Network discovery, check mark the option
  Turn on network discovery.

Step 2: If the issue still persists, run HomeGroup troubleshooter
and check.

HomeGroup troubleshooter finds and fix problems with viewing computers or shared folders in a HomeGroup.

• Press Windows key, type troubleshooting and select it.
• Click on View all in the left pane and click on HomeGroup.
• Follow the on-screen instructions.

Hope it helps. Reply to the post with an updated status of the issue to assist you further.

 

unrecognised external hard drive on Windows 10

Since you already reinstalled the drivers of the External Hard Drive, let's run the
Hardware and Devices troubleshooter as it can resolve your concern. You can do that by following these steps:

• 
  Press the Start button.
  
• 
  Type and select Troubleshooting.
  
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  Click on View all on the left panel.
  
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  Select and run the Hardware and Devices troubleshooter.
  

If the Hardware and Devices troubleshooter doesn’t resolve your concern, we suggest that you change the letter of the External Hard Drive. You can do that by following these steps:

• 
  Press the Start button.
  
• 
  Type and select Control panel.
  
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  Select System and Security.
  
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  Select Administrative Tools, and a new window will appear.
  
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  Double-click Computer Management, and a new window will appear.
  
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  Select Disk Management that is located under
  Storage in the left pane.
  
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  Right click on the External Hard Drive that is not showing on the File Explorer.
  
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  Select Change letter and network path, and a new window will appear.
  
• 
  Select Change, and choose the letter that you want for the External Hard Drive.
  

After changing the letter of the External Hard Drive, we suggest that you reboot your laptop for the changes to take effect.



Let us know how it goes.



Regards.