# Cannot find extern disk when using the open file window

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cannot-find-extern-disk-when-using-the-open-file-window/9716
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [May 31, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cannot-find-extern-disk-when-using-the-open-file-window/9716 "2022-05-31T16:28:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Miraboreasau](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Miraboreasau](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Miraboreasau)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cannot-find-extern-disk-when-using-the-open-file-window/9716/1 "2022-05-31T16:28:35Z")

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Hello, I plug a disk that has my data in it, but its symbol won’t show up in the open file window of Paraview (the wanted disk symbol is E).

Or the question is: how to access my computer while using open file

![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/b/b96acebea30a9756991a72093377330d5df85926.png)

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### Author: ![Sandeep\_Jella](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/sandeep_jella/32/5021_2.png) [@Sandeep\_Jella](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Sandeep_Jella)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cannot-find-extern-disk-when-using-the-open-file-window/9716/2 "2022-08-19T15:53:40Z")

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I had the same issue - just solved it but in a weird way. Mapped the external hard drive to a network drive letter. This is annoying.

S.

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2022, 3:28am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cannot-find-extern-disk-when-using-the-open-file-window/9716/3 "2022-08-29T03:28:31Z")

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Please open an issue on our gitlab: [https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues)