Windows 10: External enclosure won't accept different hard drives

Discus and support External enclosure won't accept different hard drives in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; Hello, so to better understand my problem, I recently bought an HDD external enclosure for a hard drive that has some old family memories on it. I... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by MrKnifeGod, Apr 13, 2017.

  1. MRKNIFEGOD
    MrKnifeGod Win User

    External enclosure won't accept different hard drives


    Hello, so to better understand my problem, I recently bought an HDD external enclosure for a hard drive that has some old family memories on it. I hooked it up, closed it and connected it to my Windows 10 laptop. My anti-virus scanned for problems, and there were no problems and I was able to access all of the family files. Then, I wanted to get some other files from my other laptops that were dead. So I took that hard drive out, and replaced it with the one I plan to get some more files off of. When I plugged it in, it didn't recognize it. It wouldn't even show up in Windows Explorer. I tried another hard drive, and it did the same thing. But when I plug back in my family files hard drive, it worked just fine. So do I have to have other external enclosures for this to recognize my other drives? Really need this fix, thank you.

    :)
     
    MrKnifeGod, Apr 13, 2017
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  2. DICK_971
    Dick_971 Win User

    Again-Still Corrupted hard drives.

    Since day 1 of installing windows 10 I have been having trouble with corrupted hard drives. I have tried everything from replacing hard drives, replacing external hard drive enclosures, reinstalling windows, and several different computers. The drives that
    I am having problems with are external drives in ESATA and USB3 enclosures.
     
    Dick_971, Apr 13, 2017
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  3. ANDRE DA COSTA
    Andre Da Costa Win User
    Old Hard drive to new hard drive

    Just take ownership of the folders on the old drive from the external drive enclosure then copy them over. Learn more:

    How to Recover Data from a Hard Drive that Won't Boot - groovyPost

    https://www.groovypost.com/howto/recover-data-n...
     
    Andre Da Costa, Apr 13, 2017
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  4. CALEDON KEN
    Caledon Ken Win User

    External enclosure won't accept different hard drives

    Hi MrKnifeGod. Welcome to the TenForums @MrKnifeGod

    Could I suggest plugging in one of the drives that is not recognized. Then right click on Start and then left on Disk Management.

    Does the drive appear? It may not have a letter in which case you will have to assign a letter. Right click on the disk, you should see option in context menu.


    Ken
     
    Caledon Ken, Apr 13, 2017
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  5. MRKNIFEGOD
    MrKnifeGod Win User
    Thank you, I will try it when I get home. But no, the drive doesn't appear at all. It recognizes the type of enclosure I'm using, but not the actual drive.
     
    MrKnifeGod, Apr 13, 2017
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  6. BERTON
    Berton Win User
    That problem is reminiscent of DOS and Win3.xx days where a change of floppy disks wasn't recognized, usually had to shut down the computer [to clear its 'mind'], remove the disk then try again.
     
    Berton, Apr 14, 2017
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  7. MRKNIFEGOD
    MrKnifeGod Win User
    Wow it worked. Thanks a lot!
     
    MrKnifeGod, Apr 14, 2017
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  8. CALEDON KEN
    Caledon Ken Win User

    External enclosure won't accept different hard drives

    Great. Glad I could help.
     
    Caledon Ken, Apr 5, 2018
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