Windows 10: External drive not recognized

Discus and support External drive not recognized in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; I have an external drive that is not being recognized. I have unplugged it and and plugged it back in and still not being recognized. I see it listed... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by stevemoss2, Sep 21, 2020.

  1. External drive not recognized


    I have an external drive that is not being recognized. I have unplugged it and and plugged it back in and still not being recognized. I see it listed in device manager and it says it is working properly. In disk management it says Disk 1 Unknown not initialized. I have tried changing drive letters not able to do that. This happened when I disconnected an hdmi cable, The external drive stopped responded at that point so I unplugged it but when In plugged it back it is not being recognized. I can feel the disk spinning so it is working. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance

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    stevemoss2, Sep 21, 2020
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