Windows 10: External Drive Dialog Boxes Open on Every Reboot

Title kind of says it all. Every time my computer reboots, some or all of the dialog boxes for my external drives open on the desktop. I am just wondering if this is an indication of something more serious going on or should I just forget it?

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Thanks.

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windows 10 "the device is not ready"

Hi,

Thank you for the update.

Try to assign drive letter for external drive and check if that helps in resolving the issue.

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  On the desktop, press Windows Key + R to bring up the Run Window
  
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  In the Run Window, type
  diskmgmt.msc to bring up the disk management console.
  
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  Right-click on the entry for the external drive to open the Drive menu.
  
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  Click “Change Drive Letters and Paths” to open the "Change Drive Letter and Paths" dialog box.
  
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  Click the “Change” button to display a second dialog box.
  
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  Click the “Assign the Following Drive Letter” radio button, and then click the corresponding drop-down box to view available drive letters
  
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  Click the desired drive letter to assign to the external drive, and then click “OK.” A warning message displays.
  

Hope the information provided helps you in resolving the issue.

Thank you.

 

Inaccessible External Hard Drive

Hello,

Try to assign drive letter for external drive and check if that helps in resolving the issue.

• On the desktop, press Windows Key + R to bring up the Run Window
• In the Run Window, type diskmgmt.msc to bring up the disk management console.
• Right-click on the entry for the external drive to open the Drive menu.
• Click “Change Drive Letters and Paths” to open the "Change Drive Letter and Paths" dialog box.
• Click the “Change” button to display a second dialog box.
• Click the “Assign the Following Drive Letter” radio button, and then click the corresponding drop-down box to view available drive letters
• Click the desired drive letter to assign to the external drive, and then click “OK.” A warning message displays.

Hope the information provided helps you in resolving the issue.

Thank you.

 

hi, I would go to auto play in control panel and turn off auto play for all media and devices , besides its a good for security reasons to set it to off ...,see what happens

 

Thank you for the suggestion. I went and changed it to take no action for removable drives. If i turn off auto play across the board, when I try to play something and forget I changed it here, I will be back here asking why nothing plays!! I will see how that works, though. Thanks again.

 

ok then just turn off the removable drive section