Windows 10: My existing storage HDD disappeared from Windows, but I can see it in BIOS

My Western Digital Blue 4T HDD has disappeared from Windows. Can't see it in Device Manager or Disk Management. It's there in BIOS. BIOS is updated, I cleared CMOS, the HDD has been verified good by Computer Techs and the data was backed up to their server. What happened to it?

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Storage HDD Disappeared & can't initialize

Hi Guys,

I have a computer running windows 10 latest update.

OS on NVME drive

Fast storage on SSD

Long term storage on HDD

& old files on another HDD

This old drive was apart of a raid 0 and i migrated to new computer when i built it.

Earlier this month, the Old files HDD disappeared from my computer.

On disk management the Drive just says Disk 1, on device manager it shows as a code im assuming which is the drive.

Drivers are updated.

When i go try to initialize the drive it gives me a GPT partition is not large enough to initialize.

I do have the other drive sitting in my closet, but i have put some files on that drive since then & would like to recover it.

Any suggestions?

 

HDD failed to reformat, disappeared except for in BIOS

Earlier today I attempted to transfer some data from one HDD to another. At exactly 78% of the way through, it gave me an error, "the destination you have specified does not exist". Then the drive disappeared from This PC. Also, would not show in disk management or disk part. Upon rebooting, the disk reappeared. I tried to transfer the data two more times but the same thing happened.

I noticed a notification in the action center from Intel Rapid Storage stating that a drive had be disconnected.

I proceeded to backup all the data on the drive that was acting up.

Then I attempted to reformat it. It gave me an error, could not reformat. The drive disappeared again.

I rebooted the machine and tried to reformat again but this time selected quick format. It gave me the same error. The drive disappeared for good this time. It does not show up anywhere except for in the BIOS. I also tried booting into linux to see if it showed up in Gparted, it does not. I tried rebooting multiple times and ran chkdsk. No progress.

My assumption is hardware failure. This drive was giving me some minor issues in the near past. I attempted to transfer files to my android phone which came me some issues. Computer froze a couple of times.

Are there any steps I can take to try and recover this drive. It's not that old. Thanks in advance for your help.

 

USB HDD: IN BIOS

Hi AJAY, in modern BIOS (UEFI) it is normal to have USB devices listed, such as USB HDD without drive being plugged in.

In older Legacy BIOS, a drive would have to be plugged in for it to be listed in BIOS, but not no londer . . .