Windows 10: Struggling to get W10 to use external HD during Update

Just bought an ASUS netbook/tablet and it is saying W10 needs updating but there is insufficient disk space ( needs 8G apparently).
I have followed a couple of on-line guides and tried adding a 32G micro-SD card, 16 G USB and 1T external HDD but W10 does not seem to recognise any of these for use during the upgrade process. ( Each of these IS available in File Explorer for "normal" use.

Any tips and/or advice gratefully received

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W10 with "Storage Spaces" and external HD

After the latest update, when I plug in an external HD it gets renamed to something like "Test to check for updating to W10"and I get a report of storage problems. The HD has my system backups on it but they are not available, there is a random selection
of my files showing in explorer.

Google shows others have similar problems. The common factors seem to be: W10 creators, Storage Spaces and an external HD.

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After W10 Anniversaryupdate, external HD not recognized

I have three WD external harddisks on my system, two are recognized after W10 anniversary update but the third (biggest and most recent, USB3, used for backup) is gone. Windows on this pc does not see anything. If I plug something else in same port, it gets
recognized and installed. Dirve - nothing. Drive light does come on, then nothing.

Rolled back update - still no HD. Changed USB ports - all working, printer, smaller external HD's working also on different ports. Re-started several times, no change.

BUT: WD system works fine when plugged in on Lenovo laptop with W10 anniversary editions. Dat accessible, normal NTFS.

No error messages on USB port drivers in system management panels.

Any ideas? Other drives too small to serve as backup....

TIA

Frans

 

EXTERNAL HD

Hello,

To better assist you with connecting your external Hard Drive to your device, we appreciate it if you can answer the following questions:

• Have you checked the status of the drive in Device Manager?
  
• Have you tried updating the driver?
• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?

In the meantime, we suggest running Microsoft easy fix by going to this link:

Find and fix problems with devices and hardware.

Looking forward to your response.