Windows 10: Disk management not showing online/offline options for hard drives

Hi, I hope someone can help. Basically I'm used to going into Disk Management and choosing a disk, right-clicking and having the option to take that disk online/offline usually done to keep kids/family from deleting archive stuff by accident, but the last time I went to use it, I didn't see the options. I'm using the latest build of Windows 10 Home. The only thing I can think of is that I recently switched from Pro to Home when I had to rebuild my PC following a motherboard failure and PC rebuild. I'm not sure that I've tried to do it since then, but certainly the option doesn't seem to exist now.


Any ideas what this could be? I took a screenshot but there doesn't seem to be any way to share it.


Thanks for any help!

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external hard drive showing up in device management but not disk management

I had a similar problem. I put an old laptop hard drive into a Rosewill USB hard drive enclosure. It showed up just fine when connected to one laptop. However, when I connected it to a different laptop, it showed up in Device Manager, but not in Disk Management
or Explorer.

I double-clicked the drive in Device Manager to get into Properties, then went to the Volume tab, then clicked "Populate." This showed the drive to be "Offline."

To make the drive "Online," I did the following:

1. Go to an elevated command prompt: Right-click on start button > Select Command Prompt (Admin). Enter the following commands (in bold).

2. diskpart

The command prompt will change to: DISKPART>

3. list disk

All disks will be listed. Note the number of the disk you want to make to go online.

4. select disk 2

Instead of 2, substitute the number of your disk.

5. online disk

If this command is successfully executed, you will get a message that reads, "DiskPart successfully onlined the selected disk."

It took me a long time to find this solution, so I'm putting it here hoping that it helps the next person.

 

Hard drive shows up in device manager but no in disk management

I could not found my hard drive list disk, only my working ones. I tried following the steps anyway and nothing changed.

 

Hard Drive Not Showing Up; Disk Management Options Blocked

Hi, It’s very difficult to understand what the actual problem you are facing. Is it your hard drive showing up in disk management or not? Please describe in clear ways because both conditions have a different solution. I think you should read
this blog. It may help you resolve your problem: How to Recover files when External Hard Drive Not Showing Up/Recognised