Windows 10: Help: Upgraded to Windows 10 now external HDD won't show up (3TB+ TV m

Today my Kodi HTPC (a Revo RL80) gave me the option of upgrading to Windows 10. I thought I'd give it a go. I backed up Kodi and other such things and upgraded. The whole process was easy and quite fast.


Until I sat down to watch some TV! Kodi couldn't find any TV episodes. I checked Windows Explorer and my 6 month old Seagate 4TB Backup Plus external HDD was missing. I checked Device Manager and Disk Management and the HDD shows up, but does not have a drive letter assigned to it. I've checked/updated the drivers, installed software recommended by Seagate and still no luck. I've followed these [troubleshoot steps] from Seagate, but still no luck. I've also tried disabling Fast Boot, as recommended here but I don't seem to have that option so couldn't.


The drive is recognised (Windows bongs when the drive is attached/removed, and I have the option to 'Safely Remove...') and I can feel/hear it whir. I've attached the HDD to my MacBook, a Dell laptop and a Samsung laptop and i get the same problems.


Please please help! I refuse to give in and format the HDD as I have 3TB+ of TV shows.

:)

 

slim portable hdd 1tb will not show on windows dashboard

i have slim portable hdd 1tb will not show on windows dashboard

help

 

Unable to open Hitachi Touro 3.0 External hard drive after upgrading to Windows 10

Hi,

I had this problem as well with my Hitachi 3TB HDD after upgrading to Windows 10 while having the external drive plugged in.

In the end, I installed some modified Intel extensible drivers then reformatted my large external drives. One was Western Digital 1TB USB 2.0 and Hitachi 3TB Touro Desk Pro USB 3.0.

Windows 8/10 hates large HDDs. Next time, before you update your Windows OS, unplug your external drives.

Moreover, the online Microsoft support team is completely clueless of this issue.

 

Hi,

Assign a drive letter to it using Disk Management and it should become accessible.

Cheers, *Wink

 

I thought of this but no luck. A drive shows up and shows just under 4TB of capacity so I know it's the right one, but it has no drive letter and when I right-click in the central part the only option I have is "delete volume...".

Screenshots

 

Hi,

Do you happen to know what the file format is for that drive ?

Cheers, *Wink