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Drive partitions and devices are allocated drive letters by Windows (other operating systems do not use drive letters). In order to allocate a drive letter to a drive, a partition or physical disc must exist for it. In the case of optical devices (CD/DVD/BluRay), a drive letter may be allocated to the device, but the device will not show up in the Computer folder until a disc is physically inserted. This can be changed by clearing the check mark in Folder Options | View | Hide empty drives in computer folder. Other removable devices will only show up when they are physically connected.
If you're sure the device is connected but is still not showing up, use the Disk Management snap-in of the Computer Management console (right-click Computer, select Manage). This will list all connected hard-disks and their partitions. If a device is not listed, then it is either not connected or is not recognised -- it may be faulty. If the device is listed, check the partition status for a remedy. If a partition is unformatted, or is formatted in an unknown format, Windows will not assign a letter to it until it is formatted using NTFS (recommended) or FAT file systems. However all data will be lost when you format a partition.
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