Windows 10: External drive recognized in disk manager but wont let me create a pool

I have a Kesu external hard drive that I set up in disk management but when I try to create a pool in storage settings, it says can't prepare drives and gives me error code 0x00000057. When I looked up the code, it says its an error in connecting a printer but I'm trying to connect a hard drive. How do I fix the error code to create a pool for this hard drive?

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Seagate external drive recognized by device manager but not disk management

Thanks for the suggestion but it does not recognize the drive. The only place where the drive is recognized is in Device Manager (not disk manager) and interestingly enough is in the taskbar where one "safely removes hardware. I will try some other utilities
and keep you posted.

Thanks,

Georges

 

external hard drive

Hi Chrpee,

If you can't find external hard drive on Disk management than the next step is using the diskpart via command line, please follow the steps below:-

On the keyboard hit ((Windows logo key + R key)) than type ((CMD))

Now the windows command line will appear, the next steps is to type ((diskpart))

After that type ((list disk)) to show you the list of hard disks with partitions

If you found your external hard drive one of the list than you need to type ((select disk number)), note: the number is a disk number

Once you selected the hard disk or partitions than type ((clean))

than type ((create partition primary))

than type ((select partition 1))

than type ((active))

than type ((format fs=ntfs quick))

than type ((assign))

last type ((exit))

Check if the external hard drive appeared, if not please see the link below for more info and let me know if you need any assist

https://uk.pcmag.com/dvd-burners/120624/what-to...

 

EXTERNAL AND FLASH DRIVE WONT SHOW DRIVE NAMES ON WINDOWS 10

Hi,

By default, Windows will recognize an external hard drive or a flash drive as “Local Disk” if the storage device was not configured and has no label on it. To resolve your concern, we recommend that you may put a label on your storage devices using
the Disk Management Tool in Computer Management. To do this, follow the steps below:

• Right-click the Start button and select Computer
  Management.
• Under Storage, select Disk Management.
• Physical drive letters are shown including the partition, right-click on each drive and select
  Properties.
• Name your storage device or put a label on it.
• Click Apply.
• Use File Explorer to view your external devices or flash drive with a label on it.

Let us know if the solution above works for you.