Windows 10: why can’t i see my second drive on file explorer

I recently just bought an ssd to help upgrade my pc, my old drive was an hdd which had windows already on. But i decided i wanted to install it on my ssd instead and delete it from the hdd afterwards. Before i installed windows i removed the hdd to avoid it interrupting the install. When i finished installing, i turned off the pc, put back the it back into the device and turned it on again. But when i went to the file explorer to check both of my disks, i couldn’t see the hdd one. I don’t know if there is something wrong or it’s just because i missed some few steps that i had to do. i don’t

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Directing data to a second drive ?

To direct data to a second drive I thought you opened File Explorer > This PC > then right clicked (for example) Music > Properties and changed the Location.

However I can also open File Explorer > This PC > then left click Documents which displays Music along with other the folders.
1) If I right click the Documents folder & change the Location, will that also change the Music & other folders listed within Documents?
2) Why are the Music & other folders listed in Documents when they are already listed under This PC?
File Explorer also shows Music under Quick Access. That’s 3 occurrences I’m looking at. Does it make a difference which one I use to change the Location?

Recently I came across this method which looks like it does the same thing, but does it?
How to Change the Default Hard Drive for Saving Documents and Apps in Windows 10

Some online comments suggested creating a separate folder for each user account and make the new folders as subfolders of the user account folder. I am the only user. Is there some advantage of creating a user folder?

I've never used a second drive for storage & any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks

 

External drives are duplicated in File Explorer on Windows 11.

Pls try the steps (or the registry fix remove-duplicate-drives.reg to automate the task) to resolve the issue.

External Drives Listed Twice (Duplicate) in File Explorer Navigation Pane

 

how to copy files from the CD to the Computer drive

Hi Hankriegler,

I would suggest you to follow the steps below:

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  Press Windows key + X.
  
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  Click file explorer from the list.
  
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  Select the CD/DVD drive and hit Enter.
  
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  Select the files you want to copy from the CD/DVD, then select the drive where you want to paste or save.
  

I hope the information is helpful.

Thank you.