Windows 10: Why did my computer suddently stopped recognizing any external hard drive?

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    Why did my computer suddently stopped recognizing any external hard drive?


    I was working on my computer rendering a video and, out of nowhere, all my external hard drives stopped showing inside Windows Explorer. They show up in the "Eject Media" panel, but they are not accessible anymore. They all show up on "Disk Management" as the image below shows DISK 2. I reinstalled Windows and updated my BIOS, but the problem didn't go away. All the external hard drives work on other computers.What can I do?

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Why did my computer suddently stopped recognizing any external hard drive?

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