Windows 10: My external hard drive isnt showing in file explorer but is showing in disk management

Discus and support My external hard drive isnt showing in file explorer but is showing in disk management in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; I'm not sure what to do as ive plugged it into multiple different usb ports... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by FinGill, Feb 17, 2023.

  1. FinGill Win User

    My external hard drive isnt showing in file explorer but is showing in disk management


    I'm not sure what to do as ive plugged it into multiple different usb ports

    :)
     
    FinGill, Feb 17, 2023
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  2. Hard drive showing up in disk management but not in file explorer

    So I just finished building my new computer and I put a 2 tb firecuda sshd in it. I boute windows fine on my ssd and my hard drive showed up in the BIOS but it didn't show up in file explorer. I went to disk management and formatted it to be a basic drive
    but it's still not showing up in file explorer.
     
    Jake Kogut, Feb 17, 2023
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  3. seejp Win User
    external hard drive showing up in device management but not disk management

    Hi,

    I recently tried to use a brand new Seagate 2TB External HD, but it is not showing up. It initially showed up, but after I tried reformatting it to exFAT32, it disappeared from the disk management list.

    I then tried:

    • refreshing the disk management list,
    • inserting into a different USB port,
    • re-starting my computer, and
    • uninstalling the device from device manager/letting it refresh,

    I still can't see it. There is no yellow error in the USB controller list.

    I'm on Windows 10.

    Intel i5-3317U @ 1.7GHz

    Any suggestions? Thanks!
     
    seejp, Feb 17, 2023
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  4. My external hard drive isnt showing in file explorer but is showing in disk management

    External hard drive doesn't show up in File Explorer

    I have an external hard drive that doesn't show up in File Explorer. It does show up in the settings area under Bluetooth and Other Devices. I've been reading online how to resolve this and have seen that possibly a drive letter is not assigned so have
    tried to go to Disk Management to troubleshoot but quite honestly don't know what I'm looking at. Disk Management shows (Drive 0, partition 1), (Drive 0, partition 4), and Windows (CMy external hard drive isnt showing in file explorer but is showing in disk management :) in the top section and Disk O and CD-Rom 0 in the bottom section. I don't
    know how to identify which if any of these is the external hard drive. Would appreciate any help as I am not tech savvy at all!
     
    LindaNichols1, Feb 17, 2023
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