Windows 10: I have An External Hard Drive plugged in but not showing in file Explorer

I plugged it in other USB port but its the same. It did show up in device manager but didn't show up in file explorer. How to deal with this ?

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External Hard Drive

Hi John,

We suggest that you try the troubleshooting steps below:

• Open your External Hard Drive file in File Explorer.
• Type the name of the file you want to search on the search box and click Enter.

The file will show up in Search Results and you will be able to move it to the correct folder.

Let us know if you need further help.

 

File Explorer doesn't show my external hard drive

File Explorer doesn't show my external hard drive even though it does in Device mgr. under USB devices. Upon opening Disk Mgr. it looks like the small partition is "healthy" but the rest of the hard drive says unallocated. When I plugged it in today I
got an error message that said it was too old for the 3.0 USB port but has been working fine previously. It has a lot of my backups on it so I would at least like to transfer them to a new hard drive. Any suggestions? I've tried it on another computer and
file explorer doesn't show it on that one either yet does in Device mrg. I'm running Windows 10 64 bit. Can't find a version #.

Thanks in advance!

 

Computer freezes and Explorer doen't respond when I plug an external Hard drive

Hello jobkakule,

The issue is possibly caused by corrupted data or bad sectors on your external hard drive or could be a sign of a failing hard drive.

To better assist you with your concern, I'd like to know the following:

• Confirm which build is currently installed on your device. To check, follow the steps below:

1. Press Windows key + R, then type in winver.
2. Click OK.

• Have you tried plugging your external hard drive to a different USB port? Also, check if you can access the drive by plugging it to a different computer.
• What is the make and model of your computer?

Meanwhile, I'd suggest to repair the bad sectors on your external hard drive. Kindly refer to the steps below:

(Let's just assume that the drive letter for your external hard drive is E. If not, please do change it to the correct drive letter)

1. Plug in your external hard drive. Click on Start, search for
Command Prompt, right-click on it and select Run as administrator.

2. Type in the following command below and press Enter after each command:

Chkdsk /f E:

Chkdsk /r E:

3. Reboot your computer after the scan is completed.

Looking forward to your response.

Regards.