(Newbie) Simple automator task how?

I have two external drives that are on my desktop, I happen to open and close these through the day at leat twenty time, how do I tell Automator to open it with a simple key stroke,
with many thanks!

Hi,
I don't think Automator will be able to do it with a single keystroke. You could save the workflow as an application, put it in your dock, and it could turn into a single mouse-click?
If you want one key stroke, you might want to look at Quick Keys for that. I've not used it myself.
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