Windows 10: My 2 hard drives are not being shown in file explorer after resetting PC

I just Reseted my PC to fix a problem and it gave anotherI need to fix this as soon as possible so i can play with the boysI have an win11 the only hard drive it shows is C:my not shown hard drive E: has 3 TB and is very usedmy not shown too hard drive D: is rarely used and i dont even know how many gb it has

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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.

 

Unable to open Western Digital 320GB hard drive in File explorer to format on Windows 10.

Hello Yancy,



Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community. We regret the inconvenience caused and will assist you in resolving the issue.



Before assisting further, I would like to ask you few questions:

• Is Western Digital 320GB an external or internal hard drive?
• Does the drive show in Disk management?
• Does other external drives get detected and show in File explorer on the PC?

You might be facing the above issue due to the unallocated letter for the drive. Unallocated drives are those whose drive letters are not allocated when initially partitioned or after formatting. You will be able to view the drive on your PC if you
have allocated a drive name for the partition created. The drive will not be visible on the PC if you do not allocate a drive letter or a drive name.



Method 1: Check if the drive is shown in
File Explorer. If the drive is not shown in the File Explorer, allocate a drive letter to the HDD by following the steps below and check if the issue is resolved.

• Connect the HDD to the PC, press Windows logo + X keys on the keyboard and select
  Disk management option from the context menu. Check if the drive is visible in the window.
• If visible, right click on the Unallocated disk drive and select
  New Simple Volume option. Follow the onscreen instructions where in the process you will get to a window where you can allocate a drive name for the HDD.
• After allocating a drive letter, right click on the drive and select
  Open. Check if you are able to open the drive in File Explorer.

Method 2: If the issue persists, follow the steps below to check if the contents of the external HDD drive can be accessed:

• Connect the HDD to the PC, press Windows logo + X keys on the keyboard and select
  Disk management from the context menu.
• Check if the HDD is visible in the window (It should show if the drive is detected under Device manager).
• If visible, right click on the drive and select Open from the context menu.
• Check if the contents will open in the File Explorer window.
• If the HDD fails to open in File Explorer, I suggest you to format the drive in the same window by choosing
  Format option form the context menu on right clicking on the drive.
• Close the windows and check if the changes are effective.

Write to us with the answers to the above questions and the status of the issue on the same post for further assistance. Your reply is most important for us to ensure we assist you accordingly.



Thank you.

 

Cannot find (Seagate) external hard drive in File Explorer.

Thank you, Billion, for all the help. Unfortunately, the drive still doesn't show up in File Explorer. The computer recognizes it, and reads that the external hard drive is working properly. However, I still can't access anything inside it.