When you connect your new USB hard drive, the disk does not appear in Windows Explorer. Which of these Windows utilities would be the best way to identify a problem with this hardware device?
A) Device Manager
B) Windows Services
C) Task Manager
D) Performance Monitor
E) Perhaps the drive needs another coat of primer
The answer: A) Device Manager
The Windows Device Manager provides a status of every device seen by the operating system. If a problem is occurring with a piece of hardware, it will be graphically identified in the Device Manager.
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