Windows 10: External HDD not recognized by WIN10, but recognized by WIN11

Discus and support External HDD not recognized by WIN10, but recognized by WIN11 in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; Hello,as headline suggest, I have trouble with external hdd. When I plug it in my gf's WIN11 laptop it works flawlessly, but when I plug it in my WIN10... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by Hozna, Jan 30, 2025.

  1. HOZNA
    Hozna Win User

    External HDD not recognized by WIN10, but recognized by WIN11


    Hello,as headline suggest, I have trouble with external hdd. When I plug it in my gf's WIN11 laptop it works flawlessly, but when I plug it in my WIN10 tower, I can't browse it's storage. The disk is recognized as 1 correctly sized partition in disk manager and in device manager I can see all info about it is correct and present.Sorry for my broken english and thank you for answer

    :)
     
    Hozna, Jan 30, 2025
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  2. STTUBS
    sttubs Win User

    Ext Hdd not always recognized since upgrading to Win 10

    I've noticed since upgrading from Win7 to Win10 my external hard drive is not recognized all of the time. I hear the connection sound that Windows makes but my hard drive is not listed & cannot be accessed. The drive's health checks out just fine & still easily connects to another Win7 machine. Is this common with Win10, any fixes?
     
    sttubs, Jan 30, 2025
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  3. STEVEMOSS2
    stevemoss2 Win User
    External drive not recognized

    I have an external drive that is not being recognized. I have unplugged it and and plugged it back in and still not being recognized. I see it listed in device manager and it says it is working properly. In disk management it says Disk 1 Unknown not initialized.
    I have tried changing drive letters not able to do that. This happened when I disconnected an hdmi cable, The external drive stopped responded at that point so I unplugged it but when In plugged it back it is not being recognized. I can feel the disk spinning
    so it is working. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance
     
    stevemoss2, Jan 30, 2025
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  4. STROBENZ
    Strobenz Win User

    External HDD not recognized by WIN10, but recognized by WIN11

    External HDD is FAT32 but recognized as RAW?

    Hi dalchina, thanks for the response!
    I tried Active@ Partition Recovery but got this:


    External HDD not recognized by WIN10, but recognized by WIN11 291753d1596909568t-external-hdd-fat32-but-recognized-raw-screenshot_2.jpg


    "MBR needs to be fixed", what does that mean?

    The "SuperScan" tool did nothing...

    And I have already tried some of the suggestions from post #9 that you provided, to no avail *Sad
     
    Strobenz, Jan 30, 2025
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