How to Fix External Hard Drive Not Showing Up

[@patriciabernard8386]

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.

[@tuzodesdery1685]

That's very interesting 😅

[@CGplay186]

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

[@realspilltv4494]

Any update? I’m going through the same problem

[@soumiknath179]

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

[@l3xuis_]

I might be wrong, but doesn't the first section explain how to fix that. It worked with me at least.

[@Squad2ND]

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.

[@shreeyogdevkota5798]

Same problem

[@easternequinox9324]

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.

[@RecoveritDataRecoverySoftware]

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[@Roozbeh1388]

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!

[@PimVisscher]

My hard drive isn't showing up in 'disk management' just like many other people in the comments here..

[@deerghayuphukan1215]

Mine shows not initialised and new simple volume doesn't pop up.

[@akhileshchinta7900]

I had that problem, i just moved it to another usb slot on my computer

[@shyana5153]

@@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

[@vishwashibare5962]

​@@shyana5153hey have you find the solution

[@ryan-oz4gk]

Complete opposite for me shows up on disk management not on local drive

[@cyberdoctor1130]

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!

[@RecoveritDataRecoverySoftware]

That's great! I am very happy that it helps. Thanks for support!

[@jideodunmbaku7913]

Did you lose your existing files on your external hard drive?

[@abdullahakintobi]

This video need a special award from KZbin itself for providing this life changing content 👏

[@deogratiousalule9608]

Very interesting how simple technology can be when we have guides like you!!! Beautiful work, thanks a lot!!

[@sailorkicks1992]

sir even on the disk management i dont see my drive

[@lntegrate]

same here, shit sucks.

[@lntegrate]

@@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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[@GDubbleBubble]

this actually isn't a fix my disk drive video, its really an install and activate a new disk drive.

[@BeardedFire]

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?

[@sarakhan3872]

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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[@sitiveni5204]

Same here. Thank you very much.

[@aliyousef907]

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

[@aaronmoore1210]

Yep same for me! You just earned a new subscriber!

[@aliyousef907]

@@RecoveritDataRecoverySoftware 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).

[@nageebsaeed1687]

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. 👍

[@call_me_chaotic]

You're a genius! I panicked for a bit but the first one fixed it for me. I had to delete it and start from scratch

[@insanitylol]

Hard drives: exist Sea gate: durability sucking go brrrr

[@deadassb6057]

@Zymire Lewis I’m having the same issue right now, have you found a fix at all?

[@the.flat.six.]

Same problem I try to scan and fix but nothing. My Seagate external hard drive is not corrupted it yet.

[@cyberous775]

My drive is connected but isnt showing up in the disk manager

[@RabiatulAShuib]

Same here. Did you find any solution?

[@mattm9584]

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

[@zunaid22bd]

​@@mattm9584thnx but do u get now permanent solution i mean with other usb connected

[@deadinsidelanden]

I couldn't figure this out for 2 years I watched the video and finally my drive works

[@echoesact3713]

4 years later this saved me so much money! Thank you

[@HowDoYouLikeYourCoffee]

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.

[@duabatool9355]

I did that and it made me lose all my data, any idea on how to fix that issue?

[@bobcrappies]

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

[@AnotherCoyote]

I don't want to format my drive that's full of important stuff, so changing the drive letter worked for me, thanks!

[@princechikwenhere9993]

The only video that actually helped me

[@minetime6881]

I feel like he talks in a way to really make sure we understand the words. Love it

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[@minetime6881]

@@RecoveritDataRecoverySoftware ok

[@bentleymbatsane931]

Brother thanx a million just when I was abt to purchase a new hard drive, sorted 🕺🏿

[@midy3259]

I was in panic when my notebook didn't recognize ssd, but thanks to you, it solve my issue Thank you man

[@cheesegrater..]

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.

[@haneenalfkhrani312]

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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[@LifeIsOhana]

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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[@taxijumper]

The video is a valuable tool for the issue. Clear, concise, and complete.

[@Bella_Ciao_Colouring]

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!

[@CelticWarrior1992]

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.

[@keurisutine]

I can't click Change Drive Letter and Paths :( It looks hidden :(

[@donkeybalz5227]

Same

[@battlerapjunkie3352]

The first two minutes of the video help me out thank you

[@rukshanunambuwa1336]

my disk is not detecting

[@dickwintered]

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.

[@dhpettit]

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!!!

[@TheMrspeechimpediman]

This fixed my issue, but mine wasn't showing any unallocated until i unplugged my other hard drives, and then it popped up, and i was able to follow your steps!

[@younis8]

I was not able to see my external hard-rive to perform the steps described in the video. Can you please help?

[@Millkstar28]

Thank YOU, for your time and patience . On explaining the options on what it could be, thank you!

[@AnxiousDerek]

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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[@loritamaliqi708]

did you try on a mac?

[@AnxiousDerek]

Lorita Maliqi mine was done on a PC

[@kristoffpoiy8412]

did you recover your files after gtp??

[@capturethephotons2078]

I was so frustrated until I watched this video I have to say hats off to you!!

[@beneditondlovu8708]

Thank you problem solved! Had a new disk and thought it was malfunctioning. Followed your steps and fixed it in 2 minutes.

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[@ahmedesmaeel]

nice to help others, thank you

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[@cobeoe]

@@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

[@vicenteweston7792]

instablaster

[@giodelosreyes5273]

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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[@Herozonex200]

Dude. Please tell ms how you do it? My makes this beeping noise all of a sudden.

[@lmdraco8592]

@@RecoveritDataRecoverySoftware plz help me it wont let me click new simple volume

[@mindrockingimages]

thank you! went through numerous videos and none explained what to do, youre a lifesaver

[@BlackTiger001]

no idea how much headache this video saved me

[@jupiter9737]

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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[@johnwalton2244]

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

[@GlodeYT]

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!

[@nyamekye1617]

I just watched your tutorial and it really saved me from buying another hard drive. Thanks you so much🎉❤🎉

[@PacifiqueStormz]

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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[@krissicharsha7628]

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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[@krissicharsha7628]

@@RecoveritDataRecoverySoftware definitely subscribed!

[@sirendragonltb1621]

Thank you, without this vid I would of lost imgs I can never get back

[@ahmedkhodir-mensfashion42]

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.

[@oomarmrl3567]

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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[@martingillette7613]

this is what mine does.

[@givememymoney2143]

I very rarely leave reviews. but your tutorial was very clear, and engaging. so thanks alot. keep it up and Good Luck✌

[@luminary5878]

Wow, thank you so much! Even after 4 years, this video is still helping people.

[@FreshPrinceLSD]

bro just saved my life 4 years later

[@pamelasumner5948]

Great video! Easy to understand for us non-techies! Thanks for your help!

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[@Ken1704]

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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[@Godpk11]

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.

[@ddavisshawn65]

I wish I could like this a Million times....Thanks!!

[@murtazawafa132]

it dosent show on there but the light is on and when i plug it it shows but quickly desapier

[@smartii3s]

For mine it’s on but the light doesn’t show up so it’s not recognised even when it’s on

[@RecoveritDataRecoverySoftware]

Hi, thanks for your feedback. You can give the simple ways in the video a try first. If it still doesn't work, you can message our expert directly for help. facebook.com/lucia.theodo.7. Hope it helps.

[@bryanoterodaza1870]

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!

[@carylmaisie7058]

@@bryanoterodaza1870 mine also make noises and the light of the drive keeps flashing

[@Hunterese123]

Thank you! Finally was able to use my external drive, who knew it was this simple lol

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[@briye9484]

yeh

[@CodexVR124]

Thanks, had an old Toshiba hard drive i wanted to use to store videos but had no clue how to get it recognized. Video helped a ton.

[@junezomoe]

The first step worked for me if your pc doesn't recognise the hard drive. Well done thanks 👍🏽

[@grootzio]

Legend, thank you. Got my external drive all sorted thanks to this video.

[@jideodunmbaku7913]

Did you lose your existing files on your external hard drive?

[@grootzio]

@@jideodunmbaku7913 Don't think I lost anything, was a few years ago though :) Hope you came right

[@stevensonnetart5033]

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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[@elviralopez6401]

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.

[@blakedel]

Thanks man! All I needed to do was assign a drive letter to the external drive. I am now subscribed to your channel.

[@abadlobster5461]

This was exactly what I needed. Thank you!

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[@kimkong9622]

you dont talk about " Hard Drive Not Showing Up"

[@hummingbird_safety_mgmt]

Thanks that was super helpful. I thought I wasted money on a bad drive

[@vYettiii]

Thank you so much not even into the full video and I already got my problem solved. Thank You!!!!!

[@Scientists_dont_lie]

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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[@haroldfrazier2890]

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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[@mclaylow]

After thinking my ext hdd was broken you have finally helped me access and use it again!

[@ahmedabdi5980]

how do you recover your data if your laptop can't even detect your HDD? Because, in this video at least it detects the hard drive. I have a 4TB WD HDD that cannot be detected by my laptop since the WD HDD fell on the floor. There are some expensive software that charge like $70-$150 a month & they still don't guarantee they will recover you the data. I tried your software and it still cannot find detect my WD hard drive and in the video you did not mention the option if it still does not detect at all what you can do.

[@nathanchristensen4221]

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)”

[@AlexMarieSantos]

Same!

[@hussamal-qahtani5730]

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 ??

[@justinmcdaniel295]

Try formatting it

[@neffatioussema9794]

@@justinmcdaniel295 same problem i can't do that i have no access to it "no media" like disk 6 in min 4:07

[@veterisgeneral1971]

@@neffatioussema9794 same problem, can't find anything online. you find anything yet yourself?

[@veterisgeneral1971]

^

[@starkindustries7429]

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!

[@IAmHumanJake]

10 videos and yours the first one with a solution thanks

[@Carlosmax29]

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.

[@orlandocolom]

Amazing, I fixed my 500gb toshiba hdd after YEARS of being sit because it wasn't working.

[@karlmiranda4929]

Same external we have.. mine is not showing in my pc

[@dave2amsterdam]

hartstikke bedankt voor deze makkelijk te volgen video. Ik had het probleem binnen 10 minuten opgelost dankzij jou, nogmaals bedankt.

[@kelian-9602]

After I try to initialize I get the message: Data error: cyclic redundancy test. What should I do?

[@mikimiki4389]

Must Pcb replacing from another the same HDD and take bios chip from your old pcb and soldering to New pcb. Done!

[@elavarasanraja6906]

Have you got the issue resolved, if yes please let me know as I am also facing the same issue

[@kelian-9602]

@@elavarasanraja6906 nope :(

[@jestico9723]

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

[@Dontchase180]

Same here :/

[@blindmeringue8896]

@@Dontchase180 my New Simple Option is greyed out

[@blindmeringue8896]

New Simple Volume

[@flips300021]

You saved my bacon. Was pulling my hair out for hours! Lol. Wish I'd looked for a solution on YT earlier. Luckily, all I had to do was assign a drive letter, but it wouldn't let me do it without formatting. But again, luckily, I had already backed up most of the files on the drive before the issuue. Anyway, I'm glad I found you. It is very much appreciated. Thank you. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@PaneInTheGlass]

wow man thank you so much bro! you just saved YEARS of game clips i thought i lost forever

[@gnanasekard1199]

Sir It's saying 'location is not available' G:\ is not accessible Access is denied. Could you please help me with this

[@RajveerSingh-yb6zq]

same problem. But for me, if I open cmd with admin privileges, its accessible in CMD. you can try it to.

[@reddude3602]

Thank you so very much. I can finally get more space for my games. Thank you

[@ofentsesenyolo2379]

Thank you. This worked for me. Disk management and creating a new partition.

[@michaelmurphy6434]

I've been playing trying my PC to see me new SSD caddy drive and because of you I did, thanks, things are simple once you know the way. Stay safe and bless you.

[@tandooriteddy]

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*

[@peterpathru3380]

Thanks bro

[@rajarani8295]

Did you check from Cmd Promt??

[@tandooriteddy]

raja rani I got it checked by some professionals, turns out the whole thing fried somehow RIP

[@pcgui2001]

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??

[@Fj_Ilagan]

Same problem here

[@neffatioussema9794]

@@Fj_Ilagan same problem i think the problem is from the hardware

[@deathray6032]

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.

[@roton5931]

thank you other videos didn't say what to do if your drive is unallocated. you realy helped

[@wendydaniel1921]

My hdrive light is on but doesn't show on the device list😭

[@CRUZTYPANCAKES]

Same

[@ProdJaii]

same like wtf

[@davidmg1925]

starts 1:20

[@daxedwardnofuente2921]

Hey man. You're a lifesaver. Won an encrypted drive in an auction. Formatted it but would not show. Thought I bought a dud. But thanks to you, now it works!

[@Ready_Steady]

Thank you kindly! Super simple and fast advise helped me discover and set up my drive in seconds. Most appreciated bud.

[@mtegekikiiza1823]

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?

[@ahmedalfarsi911]

I recover my hard disk after been death for 12 years . HUGE THANKS ;)

[@ivan_valerian]

hi! I just wanna ask whether you had files in that drive and did you lose anything inside it?

[@JohanJB]

@@ivan_valerian If you have previously used it on another device, it will ask you to format the storage, and if you have anything inside the storage, you need to back it up before you format it because you'll lose everything inside of it.