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How to access an external hard drive via Command Prompt

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georges97 Posted messages 14510 Registration date   Status Contributeur Last intervention   -
Hello,

Hello, how to access an external hard drive through the command prompt

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Pierr10 Posted messages 13777 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   5 812
 
Hello

We’re going back to the good old days of MS-Dos.
If your external hard drive is, for example, recognized by the letter E in Windows Explorer, you simply type E: in the command prompt window.
You will get E:\>
The contents of the drive will be accessible with the command Dir or Dir /P for a page-by-page display.
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georges97 Posted messages 14510 Registration date   Status Contributeur Last intervention   2 898
 
Hello Pier10, sorry I took too long to validate my response and I duplicated yours.

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georges97 Posted messages 14510 Registration date   Status Contributeur Last intervention   2 898
 
Hello,

If you are using Windows 10, you launch the Disk Manager by right-clicking on the Windows icon in the taskbar.

This allows you to identify the letter corresponding to the external drive, for example E:

Then you open the command prompt (same as above) and type E:

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