# Data on external drives

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/data-on-external-drives/14769>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [November 25, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/data-on-external-drives/14769 "2020-11-25T14:30:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Poul\_Andersson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/poul_andersson/32/8979_2.png) [@Poul\_Andersson](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Poul_Andersson)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/data-on-external-drives/14769/1 "2020-11-25T14:30:35Z")

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I’m new to 3DSlicer, so … I have all my medical images on external drives but I am unable to access these drives in the Settings menu. Would appreciate your assistance. Best, Poul

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/data-on-external-drives/14769/2 "2020-11-25T14:33:21Z")

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You don’t need to change your settings to access DICOM images on external drives. Just drag-and-drop the folder that contains the DICOM files to Slicer application’s window to import them into Slicer’s DICOM database.