Windows 10: Internal hard drive of my Pc is not showing while upgradinbg to windows 22H2 update,

Hi, I have been using Windows 10 and 11 22H1 and my drives were working fine. However, with recent updates to Windows 11 22H2, my internal Seagate hard drive is missing from my PC, but it is visible in the BIOS. When I rolled back to my previous Windows 10, the hard drive showed up, so the issue is with Windows 11.My system is running on an AMD Ryzen 3600 APU with Vega graphics, 16 GB of DDR4 RAM, a 500 NVMe SSD for the system, and a 2TB internal hard drive for storage. The hard drive seems to have failed and is not showing up in Windows 11. I checked the device manager, and it is only sho

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SATA hard drive (internal) showing up as hidden in device manger after recent updates

Hi,

I am not able to access my internal hard drive after installing the latest updates from Microsoft. tried many things but was not able to find the drive as it was not showing up but then in device manager >>>>view >>>> show hidden file i was able to see my drive but in hidden state, check the gpedit policy for hidden files but that is disable, run test on dell support but no issue found. please assist.

• Current build version of Windows i am using is Windows:
  

1. Edition Windows 11 Home
   
2. Version 22H2
   
3. OS build 22621.900
   
4. Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22638.1000.0
   

• Updates that were installed recently are:
  

1. 2022-11 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.8.1 for Windows 11, version 22H2 for x64 (KB5020622)
   
2. 2022-11 Cumulative Update for Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5020044)
   
3. Windows 11, version 22H2
   

Regards,

Aditya

 

Internal hard drive

I have an internal hard drive, that I installed over a year ago. It is no longer listed in "This Computer. " It is only a year or 2 old. before I replace it is there a way to look for it in file management. Maybe a windows update changed a setting?

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Seagate Extends Warranty on Maxtor Internal Hard Drives

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Source: Seagate