Finder is not showing my USB connected devices

I put in USB drive and it doesn't show up in the Finer or my desktop so that I can open it. Then when I pull it out of the port a message pops up saying I didn't exject the drive properly.

Check your settings
Finder > Preferences > check external disks

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