Windows 10: I need to move data on 2 external hard drives back and forth between external hard drives

I need to move data from one external hard drive to another external hard drive on windows 10 computer

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external hard drive

Hi GeoffGray_008,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

1. What is the make and model of the External hard drive?
   

The easiest way to format an external hard drive is through File Explorer or through Disk Management.

Method 1: Format the external hard drive from File Explorer.

• Press Windows key and X key and select File Explorer.
  
• Click on This PC and check if the external hard drive is detected.
  
• Right click on the external hard drive and click on Format.
  
• Select the format (NTFS, FAT32) and click on Start.
  
• Click on OK once the format is complete.
  

Method 2: Format using Disk Management.

- Open Computer Management by selecting the
Start button.

- Select Control Panel > System and Security
> Administrative Tools, and then double-click on
Computer Management.

- In the left pane, under
Storage, select Disk Management.

- Right-click the volume that you want to format, and then select
Format.

-
To format the volume with the default settings, in the
Format dialog box, select OK, and then select OK again.

Note: By formatting the external hard drive, all the data will be lost. You may take back up of the data before formatting the external hard drive.

Hope this helps.

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Regards,

Gowrish S

Microsoft Community –Moderator

 

external hard drive

Hi Chrpee,

If you can't find external hard drive on Disk management than the next step is using the diskpart via command line, please follow the steps below:-

On the keyboard hit ((Windows logo key + R key)) than type ((CMD))

Now the windows command line will appear, the next steps is to type ((diskpart))

After that type ((list disk)) to show you the list of hard disks with partitions

If you found your external hard drive one of the list than you need to type ((select disk number)), note: the number is a disk number

Once you selected the hard disk or partitions than type ((clean))

than type ((create partition primary))

than type ((select partition 1))

than type ((active))

than type ((format fs=ntfs quick))

than type ((assign))

last type ((exit))

Check if the external hard drive appeared, if not please see the link below for more info and let me know if you need any assist

https://uk.pcmag.com/dvd-burners/120624/what-to...

 

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.