Windows 10: External hard drives saying local disk

Discus and support External hard drives saying local disk in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; Hello. I brought a 4 bay external harddrive enclosure and have it hooked up to my laptop ( I will get a computer one day) The issue I have is this.... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by boostinu13, Apr 30, 2016.

  1. BOOSTINU13
    boostinu13 Win User

    External hard drives saying local disk


    Hello.
    I brought a 4 bay external harddrive enclosure and have it hooked up to my laptop ( I will get a computer one day)
    The issue I have is this.
    Bay 2 3 and 4 no issues. I have 5 external harddrives.
    2 x 2tb
    2 x 1 tb a
    nd 1x 4tb
    4 of these drives I wish to keep in the enclosure and 1 as a spare. (the 1 tb one).




    The issue is this and sorry if this doesnt make sense. I have tried 3 of my harddrive lets name them A B C.
    If I place hdd A or B into bay 1 it shows up as Local Disk and you click on it and nothing happens and then the comp makes the sound as if i had pulled the usb out.


    If I plave A and B into the other bay no problem they work fine.


    If I place a different hdd into Bay 1 for example hdd C or the spare then it shows up no problem.


    Is there anything I can do as I would love for hdd A and B to work as one of them is the 2tb one.
    Thank you


    EDIT - Now when I put hdd A in Bay 1 it wont even appear. hdd B still just says local disk
    If i try to open it, it sometimes says not accessible the paramter is incorrect

    :)
     
    boostinu13, Apr 30, 2016
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  2. حمیدصلواتی
    حمیدصلواتی Win User

    problem show local disk on my computer from last localdisk connect and dont remove

    when i connect my hdd external i must go to disk management and click change my drive letter and add drive letter and then my laptop open my hdd external. and after remove and eject my hard external still that local disk in my laptop show and don't clean
    from my this pc.

    when I click on this local disk I see error "location is not availabale" and I don't know how can remove this local disk from this pc after eject my h.d.d external.

    I convert my laptop h.d.d to external h.d.d and there are two drive in my external h.d.d
     
    حمیدصلواتی, Apr 30, 2016
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  3. DENNIS MOP
    Dennis Mop Win User
    Windows 10 Media Player - Changed Music Location - Album Icons Do Not Display

    Hi Paul,

    It seems that the copied files are corrupted or were not copied properly. For better assistance, we would like to gather more information:

    • Just to verify, where did you copy the file that you saved in the new external hard drive? Are you saying that the music files were in the local disk drive initially and just transferred it to the new external disk drive?
    • Can you send us a screenshot of the files?

    Regards.
     
    Dennis Mop, Apr 30, 2016
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  4. DALCHINA
    dalchina New Member

    External hard drives saying local disk

    Hi, you might find something from these I've collected from the forum on external drives:
    Hi, there are several threads on external drives not being recognised. Feel free to search the forum.

    The last posts on this solved it for one person:
    Windows 10 can't find external USB 3.0 drives... - Page 2 - Windows 10 Forums

    No solution here, but do post a screenshot of disk management as per this thread
    External Hard Drive Issue. - Windows 10 Forums

    This one refers to Western Digital drives
    Solved USB Drives not recognised in Windows 10 - Page 2 - Windows 10 Forums

    There are suggestions of assigning a drive letter
    External Hard Drive not showing up - Windows 10 Forums

    This one discusses permission issues, and suddenly resolved itself - code 43
    Solved External hard drive not visible - Page 2 - Windows 10 Forums


    Please feel free to search the forum using the search box above e.g.
    external drive not recognised
    usb drive not recognised
    etc
     
    dalchina, Apr 30, 2016
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