How to Fix External Hard Drive Not Showing Up
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- Опубліковано 25 лип 2024
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When connect your drive to a PC with a USB port and find the external hard drive isn’t showing up, how to fix? This video will show you three feasible methods to fix external hard drive not showing up in computer. (You can check the Timestamps below for specific methods with detailed steps)
1. Check the Drive in Disk Management 01:19
2. Initializing a New External Drive 02:19
3. Assigning a Drive Letter to an External Drive 03:10
4. Troubleshooting Broken USB Ports 04:35
5. Check for Driver Errors: 05:19
Following those methods above should fix most of the issues of external hard drive not recognized. If you’ve tried the external hard drive with multiple computers and it never shows up in the Disk Management window after these steps, the drive is probably broken.
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Hey, man, listen I really thought my hard drive was broken, but with your insightful help I managed to get it back up with my computer. I really can't thank you enough. You're awesome!
That's great! I am very happy that it helps. Thanks for support!
Thank YOU, for your time and patience . On explaining the options on what it could be, thank you!
Very interesting how simple technology can be when we have guides like you!!! Beautiful work, thanks a lot!!
Great tutorial. It has really helped me. I nearly pay huge money for the problem to be resolved but your video came in handy.
Thanks once again.
I am 75 and I am learning so much. Also I feel like I am channeling my father's interests. In the late 40's he became a radio and television technician for RCA. In the fifties he tried to explain to me the base two electronic base for computers....he bought a Heath Kit to demonstrate that. Funny when he got old he had no use for social media , emails and gaming but my mother jumped in with two feet. Yesterday I extracted 5 hard drives from old computers and one hard drive was not loading properly.
That's very interesting 😅
Thank you so much! I bought a used external hard drive which was already partitioned, but it still wasn't showing up. I had to delete the original partition in order to try the first method you suggested, but once that was done, I was able to follow your instructions and it worked fine.
The video is a valuable tool for the issue. Clear, concise, and complete.
I had this problem, and I were checking every website to find the reason. I didn't find anything useful, but you just saved me. seemingly it didn't have a letter assigned...
thank you so much, you're a legend!
Wish I had found this 24 hours ago! Thanks a million for this excellent tutorial! I was finally able to find the disk in Disk Management and assign it a letter. Works like a charm! Thank you!!!
Brother thanx a million just when I was abt to purchase a new hard drive, sorted 🕺🏿
Dude. I just wanted to express my utmost gratitude for you man. I've been restless with this issue and thought that I accidentally destroyed my new hard drive or something. I wish more tutorial videos follow you as an example. Concise, precise and effective overall. Much appreciated man.
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This video need a special award from UA-cam itself for providing this life changing content 👏
Thank you! You solved three of my hard drive problems with one video. One of which I wasn't even expecting! Thank you! I didn't realize you could reformat from disk management and you saved me hours! Thank you!
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This should be featured on everyone's pages. I had a hard drive that would not show up at all and followed your simple steps - and now it's back online! Woohoo! Thank you so much! Was gonna give up and go to the shop to get it repaired haha.
Thank you kindly! Super simple and fast advise helped me discover and set up my drive in seconds. Most appreciated bud.
Thanks for nice video. My external drive reads well in a computer but it doesn't work when connected to a TV. How can I solve this?
I just want to thank you for your wonderfully clear and precise presentation. Having spent two evenings trying to access vital files on a WD drive I followed your instructions (drive designation) and I now have access, thank you so much.
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Lucky for me, all I needed to do was partition the drive. The first option in your video. Thank you for such a simple walkthrough.
I did that and it made me lose all my data, any idea on how to fix that issue?
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Thank you sir appreciate it keep up the good work
whether an external 1TB hard drive can serve as a space where applications will be inserted and used as if they were in a computer. while it is permanently connected to the computer. because I have very little space on my computer. whether it will remember the application data when turning the computer off and on as if it were in it
thank you! went through numerous videos and none explained what to do, youre a lifesaver
You are the best after having an external drive was useless and left in the drawer for a year now i managed finally to use it because of your instructions. I'm really thankful. keep going.
Thank you !!! I have been struggling with my external hard drive for a while now and thankfully this worked 💕. Now I can enjoy some games in quarantine. Thanks again!
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2.5 mins into the video and my issue got resolved...thank you so much! The video was so clean with clear instructions...you made it easier to follow.
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Same here. Thank you very much.
I have an external hard drive (internal hdd in an enclosure). I dropped it while it was switched off and unplugged the other week. Since then it has been working OK. Now, today, it isn't working.
When I plug it in and go to My Computer, the green loading bar at the top is continuously there. If I right click on the hard drive (now called "Local Disk" then Windows Explorer will crash. It is like the hard drive is making everything hang.
I try and run SeaTools or HDTune whilst HDD plugged in but nothing happens (something is blocking??) but when I unplug the hdd immediately both programs will open.
I can't use these programs because of this problem, as when I plug it back in it wont find it.
When I go into Computer Management and click Disk Management, It does nothing and just says Connecting to virtual Disk Service at the bottom.. But when I unplug it then it opens and shows me my C drive.
I cannot also use chdisk because when I am in cmd and i type T: to change to that hard drive, it will hang (nothing happens).
Please help mee
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I have an external hard drive (internal hdd in an enclosure). I dropped it while it was switched off and unplugged the other week. Since then it has been working OK. Now, today, it isn't working.
When I plug it in and go to My Computer, the green loading bar at the top is continuously there. If I right click on the hard drive (now called "Local Disk" then Windows Explorer will crash. It is like the hard drive is making everything hang.
I try and run SeaTools or HDTune whilst HDD plugged in but nothing happens (something is blocking??) but when I unplug the hdd immediately both programs will open.
I can't use these programs because of this problem, as when I plug it back in it wont find it.
When I go into Computer Management and click Disk Management, It does nothing and just says Connecting to virtual Disk Service at the bottom.. But when I unplug it then it opens and shows me my C drive.
I cannot also use chdisk because when I am in cmd and i type T: to change to that hard drive, it will hang (nothing happens).
This video was very helpful and I quickly fixed my issue. Thank you!
Watched several videos trying to find a solution to this problem all of which didn't help after which I'd kind of given up! Then I came across your video and wasn't really hopeful but 3 minutes in and you'd fixed the problem! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and expertise. 👍
Thank you Micheal for that thorough look at finding my drive. I am interested in the give-away as I need to now by a drive as mine is obviously not working. Ta
My hard drive isn't showing up in 'disk management' just like many other people in the comments here..
Mine shows not initialised and new simple volume doesn't pop up.
I had that problem, i just moved it to another usb slot on my computer
@@akhileshchinta7900mine shows up unknown in the disk management then when I go to device management it’s fine do triangle with the arrow and I click on the device and it shows up it’s working properly but won’t show up on anything
@@shyana5153hey have you find the solution
Complete opposite for me shows up on disk management not on local drive
100% useful! I did your methods and it shows as I expected.
hartstikke bedankt voor deze makkelijk te volgen video. Ik had het probleem binnen 10 minuten opgelost dankzij jou, nogmaals bedankt.
Legend, thank you. Got my external drive all sorted thanks to this video.
Thank you for a simple and thorough explanation. I played this on my iPad while formatting my disk on the computer.
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Thank you! This worked for me! Had a large external I hadn’t used for a while. It had been formatted to the Xbox. Trying to use it on PC and it would make the noise saying it’s connected, but wouldn’t show up or anything. All sorted now!
I love you so much. I was so confused because my brand new hard drive was not showing up even though it seemed alright when I first plugged it in earlier. I spent half the day trying to figure out what was wrong since it registered with my USB port but did not appear under devices and drives. This was the first video and solutions that I actually found helpful. So thank you.
what do I do if my extra hard drive doesn't even show up in disk management? I don't understand this is a new hard drive had it only working for a few weeks and all I did was close down the pc and suddenly stop working once I turned it on again
Any update? I’m going through the same problem
Same issue with me... Mine is a Seagate 2TB Hard Disk which worked perfectly fine and had stored around 100 GB of media but now it's not readable all of a sudden... Formatting the disk is not an option for me
I might be wrong, but doesn't the first section explain how to fix that. It worked with me at least.
If you guys are on the shitter just like me (harddrive does not even show up on Disk Management on another computer) you might still be able to save the data by opening/break gently the harddisk case and insert it into a harddisk USB docking station. It might just be that the harddisk controller has been fried, but that the disk itself is fine.
Same problem
I went through about 10 videos and your video was the only one that really dialed it in thank you I just wish I had not reset my old computer when it wouldn’t boot. My old hard drive was empty when I formatted like you showed us, is there a way to get all my old stuff back? Thanks again
Hi Mike, great video, very easy to follow, thanks
This is very helpful just what i needed to troubleshoot my external harddrive. thanks a million
Im so glad i found this, ive been struggling for the past half hour and it works perfectly now. Thank you
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nice to help others, thank you
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@@RecoveritDataRecoverySoftware nothing is connecting my external hardrive won't light up showing the connection When I when to turn on my computer from sleep mode it told me to connect USB D I unplugged it and did that But it didn't turn on I don't know if it's the cable or the drive and have a lot of stuff on there
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Thank you so much. I think I understood your directions, I now have a blueprint to resolve the issue of my external drive. I will let you know of outcome.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. Luckily I only had to deal with the disk management stuff, but still would not have been able to find it without your help. Thanks again.
Thank you very much Michael, I have been trying a lot of different ways to fix this problem and this really helped me get this working. Also, I am interested in the give-away. Thanks again for the valuable help.
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Finally one that actually fixed my issue! I have a Seagate 1TB, and tried so many options. This one worked! Thank you!
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did you try on a mac?
Lorita Maliqi mine was done on a PC
did you recover your files after gtp??
The first step worked for me if your pc doesn't recognise the hard drive. Well done thanks 👍🏽
Out of all the videos I watched your was the most helpful for my problem. Thank you!
This was exactly what I needed. Thank you!
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sir even on the disk management i dont see my drive
same here, shit sucks.
@@daniel-vz8gy drive is faulty. check if its still under warranty and call the manufacturer and ask them. if not try to pay for a replacement and to move your data from that one to the new one.
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this actually isn't a fix my disk drive video, its really an install and activate a new disk drive.
I have an external harddrive that i sometimes can see in my computer and sometimes cant. Cant access it or anything. Need to get the files off of it. Any tips on what to try?
you sir have just saved me a lot of trouble. i couldn't figure out why it was showing up in the disk management but not in my file explorer even after looking at a few websites. but after less that a minute you have explained it in a few easy steps.
much appreciated.
Your video was extremely helpful to me. You have my greatest admiration and gratitude.
This is very helpful. I replaced my PS4's HDD with Firecuda SSHD so I bought an HDD enclosure for the old ones. When I use it, it's not detected by my laptop. I thought I was broken haha Thank you, Michael. You just earned a new subscriber :)
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Dude. Please tell ms how you do it? My makes this beeping noise all of a sudden.
@@RecoveritDataRecoverySoftware plz help me it wont let me click new simple volume
Amazing!!! I had problems with my external hard drive. I've tried everything, I was almost giving up. And then I found this video !!!
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I'm not sure about the 1st option you provide. Approx. 2:5ish in the video, at the New Simple Volume Wizard part where is asking to Format with NTFS/DEFAULT/NEW VOLUME... Either perform a quick format (blah blah blah). Well I lose any data if I select this?
You totally saved me with this tutorial. The only thing missing was how to make the drive online in settings, but I figured it out. Thank you so much!
Great video! Easy to understand for us non-techies! Thanks for your help!
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I feel like he talks in a way to really make sure we understand the words. Love it
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@@RecoveritDataRecoverySoftware ok
You gave me a solution when I just needed ! Super video ! Thank you!
Really Helpful video. My issue get resolved with your easy to follow steps. Great video! Thank You very much !!
Thank you! Finally was able to use my external drive, who knew it was this simple lol
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yeh
Thank you so very much. I can finally get more space for my games. Thank you
Omg you're a lifesaver, I wish I would've found this video before I messed up my last very expensive exteranl hard drive, but thanks to you, I've got my other 3 working again :D
Subscribed just cause you helped me fix my issue. Was trying to figure out how to view my files of my hard drive on my laptop for about a hour, thank you sir for your informative video.
Thank you so much!! I fixed my hard drive, and I'm not a super techy person. Really appreciate your thorough video. Definitely got a sub from me.
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Hi Michael, I have another Scenario> I have an external SSD and it is shown "no media" like disk 6 in min 4:07. how can I solve that ??
Try formatting it
@@justinmcdaniel295 same problem
i can't do that
i have no access to it
"no media" like disk 6 in min 4:07
@@neffatioussema9794 same problem, can't find anything online. you find anything yet yourself?
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Thank you for your help. The way you explained the steps on how to get the flash drive and external hard drive to show up on my desktop computer was simple and easy to follow directions.😅
Thank you so much man. This was a great vid and very easy to follow. Thought my hard drives were bugging, actually went and bought a new one, come to find out peeking in Disk Managment and hitting "New Simple Volume" was what I needed all along
I can't click Change Drive Letter and Paths :( It looks hidden :(
Same
Yo hey man! Thank you very much!!
2 TB of space just sitting here for like 2 years unused TILL NOW!! thank you very much
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Thanks man! All I needed to do was assign a drive letter to the external drive. I am now subscribed to your channel.
i could you not this man saved me $150 than just buying a new one this still works and its 2023. you helped me a lot im going to subscribe!
Hard drives: exist
Sea gate: durability sucking go brrrr
@Zymire Lewis I’m having the same issue right now, have you found a fix at all?
Same problem I try to scan and fix but nothing. My Seagate external hard drive is not corrupted it yet.
I very rarely leave reviews. but your tutorial was very clear, and engaging. so thanks alot. keep it up and Good Luck✌
Thank you so much. Yor video help me solve my problem with my external drive not showing. All it needed was to have an assigned letter.
Awesome video first method fixed my problem! I've been using computers all my life but never touched ESSD's so had no idea it wouldn't work out of the box.
i see my drive but when i try to initialized it it displays " THE REQUEST FAILED DO TO A FATAL DEVICE HARDWARE ERROR" what should i do now?
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this is what mine does.
in this part of the video 3:13 "disk 6"...... THAT'S whats happening with mine. just says no media, can someone help me with this please??
Same problem here
@@Fj_Ilagan same problem
i think the problem is from the hardware
Thank you so much not even into the full video and I already got my problem solved. Thank You!!!!!
Thank you so much for this, I've been trying to play my games on my hard drive but it just wouldn't show up this video really helped thanks a lot.
it dosent show on there
but the light is on and when i plug it it shows but quickly desapier
For mine it’s on but the light doesn’t show up so it’s not recognised even when it’s on
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Yeah the same thing here I was using my laptop and it was heating and my ele-gate external hard drive disappear when I plug it in again it makes noise and the lights turn on but does not show up I think it's due to the cable or the green thing where you plug. I tried the other laptop to the same thing no working I have about 215 different information it's about music files my pics and other things on it help please thank you!
@@bryanoterodaza1870 mine also make noises and the light of the drive keeps flashing
Thank you! I installed daemon tool to mount some drives then accidentally mount them all. That's why there are no allocated letters for my external hard drive to read. THANK YOU!
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Very helpful and straight-forward video, you earned a like and a sub.
omd i have been looking around for ways to fix this u clearly explained and got straight to the point thanks
Amazing, I fixed my 500gb toshiba hdd after YEARS of being sit because it wasn't working.
Same external we have.. mine is not showing in my pc
My drive is connected but isnt showing up in the disk manager
Same here. Did you find any solution?
Rabiatul A. Shuib unplug everything currently plugged into other USBs and switch the usb that your drive is plugged into. That’s what I had to do
Years later and this video is still very helpful, thank you. The second solution worked for me. For context I was using an external hard drive that was formatted to my ps4 and wouldn't read on my computer.
Thank you, the video gives options and a variety of solutions that helped me to resolve my external drive issue.
2:33 in my disk management it show not initialized what should I do? Even when I right click the unallocated i cant press the new simple volume
Same here :/
@@Dontchase180 my New Simple Option is greyed out
New Simple Volume
After I try to initialize I get the message: Data error: cyclic redundancy test. What should I do?
Must Pcb replacing from another the same HDD and take bios chip from your old pcb and soldering to New pcb. Done!
Have you got the issue resolved, if yes please let me know as I am also facing the same issue
@@elavarasanraja6906 nope :(
Thank you for the detailed explanation to pursue issues in 1 of my HDDs and resolution.
I have another HDD which is a decade old, suddenly, it was appearing offline in disk management and now not even detectable in detectable, would need your help if data can be recovered using recoverit software and by which version.
Positively anticipating your prompt response at the earliest
Awesome Video ! Fixed my issue with my WD MyBook on windows 10 with the first issue explained! Thanks again!
I have a similar issue but with my internal hard drive *feelsbad*
*edit* also when I go to disc management it doesn't show up*
Thanks bro
Did you check from Cmd Promt??
raja rani I got it checked by some professionals, turns out the whole thing fried somehow RIP
Sir
It's saying
'location is not available'
G:\ is not accessible
Access is denied.
Could you please help me with this
same problem.
But for me, if I open cmd with admin privileges, its accessible in CMD.
you can try it to.
After thinking my ext hdd was broken you have finally helped me access and use it again!
Thank you very much, just knew i had to buy a drive, my drive size was not right and i was following a tutorial to fix it and it didnt show up at all, your a great help
Thank You a million!
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Can you do a tutorial for cleaning uneccessary files in your computer without damaging or deleting crucial files. CC cleaner isnt reliable for me.
I liked and subscribed Michael, reaching you out so i can win this giveaway
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Thank you. This worked for me.
Disk management and creating a new partition.
Beyond helpful thanks so much, two other videos I watched didn't help whatsoever.
Thanks for this info. I'm interested in the giveaway.
When I right click on the unallocated it doesn’t let me click new simple drive. Then when I try to initialize it, it gives me “data error( cycle redundancy check)”
Same!
this was incredibly helpful! I wanted to use an external SSD that previously was formatted for my PS5 games and had to go through several of these steps to finally get the storage drive to be recognized and ready to use by my PC. Disk Management - added partition, named the drive then formatted it once the drive appeared in my partition list and then it was good to go!
wow man thank you so much bro! you just saved YEARS of game clips i thought i lost forever