Windows 10: External HDD disappears after a few minutes

Discus and support External HDD disappears after a few minutes in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; Good afternoon all, One of my external HDD's disappears after a few minutes; this only started happening since I upgraded to Windows 10. It will... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by Falcocherrug, Aug 30, 2016.

  1. FALCOCHERRUG
    Falcocherrug Win User

    External HDD disappears after a few minutes


    Good afternoon all,

    One of my external HDD's disappears after a few minutes; this only started happening since I upgraded to Windows 10.

    It will show up again after unplugging and plugging it in again, but again only for a few minutes.

    Here is what I have done so far:

    • Tried both USB 2 and USP 3 ports.
    • Disabled the automatic power off in power management.
    • Tried running the HDD on my laptop (a Mac), where it just works fine.
    • It will not show up in the disk management so I cannot reassign another drive number.
    • I checked in the device manager if there were any issues but everything seems fine.

    So briefly, I have run out of options and would be very thankful for any help.

    Best regards,

    Hanno

    :)
     
    Falcocherrug, Aug 30, 2016
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  2. TRBOGT
    trbogt Win User

    sound disappears after a few minutes, must reboot to restore

    Hi...Ya' I have issues with some audio sounds going off @ times with one of my Windows 8.1 systems....I have to 'Un-install' the driver and Restart the computer.

    Sometimes it takes a few times.

    It's happened a couple times on my Win 10 systems ....a restart always fixed it.

    The best solution is to 'Re-install ' Windows 10

    You can get the latest
    Windows 10 Anniversary Download    .


    External HDD disappears after a few minutes [​IMG]


    or the latest
    Windows 10 Upgrade and Media Tool


    External HDD disappears after a few minutes [​IMG]


    *john
     
    trbogt, Aug 30, 2016
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  3. MARTINMACDONALDBC
    martinmacdonaldbc Win User
    sound disappears after a few minutes, must reboot to restore

    My Toshiba laptop loses all sounds after a few minutes. Has gotten worse over the past few months. Would last for a few hours, then about 40 minutes, now about 5-10 minutes. Troubleshooting says all devices are working properly. Drivers are up to date.
    I'm not sure if this was happening before I downloaded Windows 10. Sound always returns after restart. Headphone jack not working also. Any ideas?
     
    martinmacdonaldbc, Aug 30, 2016
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  4. DALCHINA
    dalchina New Member

    External HDD disappears after a few minutes

    Solved Suddenly Windows Will Not Recognize My 2TB Seagate USB External Drive - Windows 10 Forums
    Solved External Drive Cannot be Found in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums
    External drive not detected by computer - Windows 10 Forums
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    After the anniversary update I can't access my external hard drives anymore! : windows

    Hi, many issues with external (and even internal) drives have been reported in the context of Win 10.
    Here's a small sample of posts. See if they give you any suggestions, then post back. Feel free to search for more.

    I am beginning to wonder if these problems tend to correlate with certain manufacturers' drives. For example, I've not seen Toshiba mentioned.. which I use and with which I've had no problems - yet.
     
    dalchina, Sep 1, 2016
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  5. BASTET
    Bastet Win User
    The majority seem to be Seagate drives so it's possible the problems correlate to certain manufacturers' drives.
     
    Bastet, Apr 5, 2018
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