Windows 10: Hard Drive Data Transfer Using USB Cable Shows Only One Drive (The C: One), Instead Of Both...

Hi,

Since my desktop is not working, I'm transferring the data from the partitioned WDC hard drive (two partitions, C: and D using a USB cable.

The desktop hard drive (Disk 2 in image) appears on my laptop as a monolithic single drive (letter G: in image 1). It shows the size of 930 GB, which is the total size of the drive adding both the partitions.


That's Ok if it was not for the issue that only my C: drive data (Program Files, etc.) from the desktop hard drive is visible, while my main D: drive personal data is not visible. I know the data should be there since the full drive size of 930 GB is being displayed. But I don't know how to access the 2nd partition data, which in fact is ~750 GB allocation of that 930 GB total. I've also added image of Event Viewer, in case it may be helpful.



I can't find a solution after spending significant time researching.

Any help will be appreciated. If you need more screenshots or information, please let me know.

Thanks





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n95 data transfer by cable.

Do not used the transfer data instead go to control panel in your PC and browse the hard drive where the nokia usb cable is connected.:smileywink:

 

exterior hard drive usable?

Hi,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

I suggest you to follow the below steps and check if it helps.

• Plug USB hard drive into old computer.
• Open File Explorer (Win+E) and open the USB drive.
• Open another File Explorer window and open your documents folder.
• Drag files to the USB drive.
• Move drive to new computer.
• Drag files to their new homes in the matching documents/pictures/videos/whatever folders you use to organize.

Please let us know if you have any further issues. in uploading/ transferring data.

Thanks.

 

Lost data from hard drive, what to do now?

Well, I'm sorry to hear that it's a WD My Passport that failed on you, @tomhenry ! *Frown
I'd recommend you to try using a different USB cable with it and see if that will help your system to detect it without it disconnecting.
I'd also suggest you to go to Disk Management and see how the drive is listed there. It won't hurt to check up on the health and SMART status of the HDD by running the QUICK and EXTENDED tests from the WD's Data LifeGuard Diagnostics. Here's a link to the available software: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=11ZOpD

Give these troubleshooting steps a try and keep us posted with the results!
SuperSoph_WD