Windows 10: How to add external hard drive to full scan and two of the same external hard drives?

Hey everyone I just wanted to ask how to add my external hard drive to my windows defender full scans? Let me preface this by saying that I’m not very tech savvy so please be patient with me. The website below indicates how I can do it but I wanted to get other people’s opinions just in case this method is outdated or simply not true. And as a little side not I have two of the same external drives listed in my folders yet they have different items in each. What do I do about this? And will it affect adding my external hard drive to future full scans? https://www.makeuseof.com/microsoft-defende

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How do I scan external hard drive

Hello Kevin,



If you already have antivirus software installed, then scanning an external hard drive should be simple.

• Connect your external hard drive to your desktop, wait for your computer to recognize that your external hard drive has been connected.
• Open My Pc on your desktop, and select the external hard drive and scan it.

Hope it helps.

 

external hard drive

Hi Chrpee,

If you can't find external hard drive on Disk management than the next step is using the diskpart via command line, please follow the steps below:-

On the keyboard hit ((Windows logo key + R key)) than type ((CMD))

Now the windows command line will appear, the next steps is to type ((diskpart))

After that type ((list disk)) to show you the list of hard disks with partitions

If you found your external hard drive one of the list than you need to type ((select disk number)), note: the number is a disk number

Once you selected the hard disk or partitions than type ((clean))

than type ((create partition primary))

than type ((select partition 1))

than type ((active))

than type ((format fs=ntfs quick))

than type ((assign))

last type ((exit))

Check if the external hard drive appeared, if not please see the link below for more info and let me know if you need any assist

https://uk.pcmag.com/dvd-burners/120624/what-to...

 

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.