External HDD fails to mount

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I suspect that this problem has to be solved from inside windows.
In one of the partitions I have windows7, not modern 11, so I can’t give you exact instructions, plus I’m going from memory.

Look for System > Disk Management, Partition Manager, Disks, or something similar and find the screen that shows the disk(s) with the partitions more or less as seen in Partiton Manager or GParted.
There should be an “Update” item (I see it on the right in a drop-down menu).
If I remember correctly I had clicked on the offending disk or partition before clicking Update but I can’t say for sure.

If windows and OM are on different disks, and you run dual boot from OM, I would recommend booting windows directly without going through OM’s grub (or any other possible Linux)

I’m a bit lost in this thread, so I may have missed you reporting wether you tried to “Update the disks status” from inside Windoze.

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