Windows 10: internal hard drives showing as external removable devices

Discus and support internal hard drives showing as external removable devices in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; I just finished building my new pc and my hard drives which I moved over from my old computer are showing in device manager and windows media player as... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by mikee286, Aug 4, 2017.

  1. MIKEE286
    mikee286 Win User

    internal hard drives showing as external removable devices


    I just finished building my new pc and my hard drives which I moved over from my old computer are showing in device manager and windows media player as portable devices. How to I get them to show up as internal

    My system is
    AMD Ryzen 1400. Asrock AB350 Pro4 motherboard, 16gb ram 240GB Crucial_CT240M500SSD1 ssd, 500GB WDC WD5000AAKX-001CA0, 1.5TB ST1500DM003-9YN16G, Geforce gtx 950, Windows 10 Pro 64bit

    :)
     
    mikee286, Aug 4, 2017
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  2. DSAMUELSON115KG
    DSamuelson115kg Win User

    Can not access or even see E drive

    Disk 2 is a removable drive and disk 3 is an external hard drive. My 2nd internal hard drive is not showing. I am hearing clicking/spinning noises from the computer. Thought it was a fan going bad, could it be the missing drive?
     
    DSamuelson115kg, Aug 4, 2017
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  3. GARYBEAR89
    garybear89 Win User
    My hard drives are showing up as removable.

    Sorry Mike! Some times I don't get it right the first time. Glad you got your issue solved!

    Glad you know how to use search. Some of our members don't!

    garybear

    Thanks for your reply!
     
    garybear89, Aug 4, 2017
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  4. SPUNK
    spunk Win User

    internal hard drives showing as external removable devices

    spunk, Aug 4, 2017
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  5. MIKEE286
    mikee286 Win User
    Tried checking write caching in device manager, it was enabled
    looked in bios for hot swap or hot plug setting, it was disabled
    I also installed all the drivers from the motherboard driver disk to see if there were drivers for the sata controller that would fix the issue, no luck there either.
     
    mikee286, Aug 4, 2017
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  6. MIKEE286
    mikee286 Win User
    did that yesterday but that was before I added the drives do I don't know if the issue would have been there before the update
     
    mikee286, Apr 5, 2018
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