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Brand new laptop, Brand new Windows 11 (Home) Installation: I plug in an external drive (that works fine on old laptop) and I get an error that the "location is unavailable incorrect function." (A different USB drive works fine on both old and new machines.)
Anyone?
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Hi ,
Open the command prompt (admin) then run: chkdsk D: /f /r /x
Wait for the process to finish after the process finishes run the command Sfc /scannow and wait for the process to finish and restart the computer disconnect usb flash driver and connect on the back of your computer.
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As below:
Hi ,
Open Disk Management, take a screenshot and post it here.
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It says exactly:
Location is not available
D:\ is not accessible.
Incorrect function.
Nothing else.
Hi ,
I am Ivan, I will help you with this.
If possible, post a screenshot of the screen?
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