Windows 10: Local Disk remains in This PC after unplugging and plugging in HDD.

I have recently unplugged a HDD and then plugged it back in. This has resulted in my old drive letter Local Disk G: remaining but does not show up in Disk Management. There's nothing in the drive and states it has 450MB of space, almost as if it's a recovery partition. I cannot assign the drive letter to another drive on disk management as it doesn't exist on there however, the letter does not show up as if it's already in use. I've tried using mountvol /r, but this doesn't do anything. I've tried multiple restarts. Command prompt states there is a HDD there and that it's running fine, so I'

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Recovering Local Disk

Thank you for your quick response.

It could be a compatibility issue with the latest update and your local disk. We suggest updating your disk driver. Follow these steps:

• On the Start, type Device Manager.
• Locate and select Disk drives.
• Right-click on your disk drive, select Properties.
• Go to the Driver tab and choose Update Driver.
• Once done, click OK.

Update us with the outcome so we can provide further assistance.

 

Help! External device Not working, shows up as local disk, freezes PC

I have an external drive with lots of important files. Suddenly it just stops working. When plugged in it shows up as a local disk without the capacity bar. RIGHT CLICKING does NOT work, and as soon as i do that windows explorer freezes. Disk management
does not work (shows loading indefinitely) until i unplug the disk. As soon as i unplug disk, everything is normal. Chkdsk also shows absolutely nothing, as if disk isnt even there.

and yes, i have tried plugging into other PCs and same thing happens. The exact same problem here: https://www.sevenforums.com/hardware-devices/371491-external-hdd-showing-local-disk.html ,
except this one got randomly fixed by luck. I guess i may have to contact geek squad, but thats expensive.

please help me! Thanks

 

My external HDD is not detected by my desktop after windows 10 update?

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I understand your concern and will assist you to resolve this issue.

• Does your PC shows any notification, when you try to plug in the disk?
• Did you check the Hard disk drive in Disk Management?
  

I suggest you to follow the steps below and check if it helps.

Steps 1: Check in Disk Management

Press Windows key + X and select
Disk Management from the list to open it. See if it showing there.

If the issue persist follow step2.

Step 2: I suggest you to run
Hardware and Devices troubleshooter to see if helps. Follow the below steps to do the same.

* Restart your PC, post complete shutdown.

* Plug in the device, press
Windows Key then type ‘troubleshoot’ and hit Enter

* Select “View all” on the left panel and run “Hardware and Devices” troubleshooter from the list.

* Click on “Advanced” and then click on “Apply repair automatically”. Also ensure to select
Run as administrator.

* Click “Next” and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the troubleshooting process.

Hope this helps. If the issue remains unresolved, please get back to us and we would be happy to help