Windows 10: My external hard drive is not showing up under this pc and it also doesn't show up under...

I have a very old external hard drive from 2006 and we have never tried to access it until now. When plugged in via USB the light comes in and it makes a noise but it doesn't show up in files or under disc management?? I have tried using a different USB port as well as different cable and nothing has helped. The hard drive is a infosafe 2.5" USB 2.0 IDE Drive Any help would be greatly appreciated as there are old family videos on this hard drive! Thank you in advance! :

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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.

 

External Hard Drive not showing up?

Hi,

This might be caused by software conflicts. For us to properly isolate the cause of the issue, we need additional information:

• Is it working before on the same device?
• Were there any changes made on your device prior to the issue?
• Did an update occur on your Windows?

In the meantime, you can try following the steps provided by Likhitha V on this
thread to resolve the issue.

We'll keep an eye out for your response.

 

external hard drive

Hi Chrpee,

If you can't find external hard drive on Disk management than the next step is using the diskpart via command line, please follow the steps below:-

On the keyboard hit ((Windows logo key + R key)) than type ((CMD))

Now the windows command line will appear, the next steps is to type ((diskpart))

After that type ((list disk)) to show you the list of hard disks with partitions

If you found your external hard drive one of the list than you need to type ((select disk number)), note: the number is a disk number

Once you selected the hard disk or partitions than type ((clean))

than type ((create partition primary))

than type ((select partition 1))

than type ((active))

than type ((format fs=ntfs quick))

than type ((assign))

last type ((exit))

Check if the external hard drive appeared, if not please see the link below for more info and let me know if you need any assist

https://uk.pcmag.com/dvd-burners/120624/what-to...