Windows 10: Need help with "a device that does not exist was specified" error for HDD

Discus and support Need help with "a device that does not exist was specified" error for HDD in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; My father bought/built/modified a desktop computer for me some time ago, and I just recently got around to using it. I believe he purchased it with a... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by Chris D 821, Jan 6, 2025.

  1. CHRIS D 821
    Chris D 821 Win User

    Need help with "a device that does not exist was specified" error for HDD


    My father bought/built/modified a desktop computer for me some time ago, and I just recently got around to using it. I believe he purchased it with a 1TB HDD, then bought and installed a 500GB SSD and moved all the windows and "essential" working files to the SSD. He left the HDD plugged in, but it is not recognized by the computer, the HDD is "offline" and will not go "online", I cannot intitialize the disk, and I uninstalled it to try and restart the computer and get it to recognize it. It shows up as "Disk 1" via disk manager, but I cannot do anything with it without getting the "a devi

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    Chris D 821, Jan 6, 2025
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  2. JULIAN COOK
    Julian Cook Win User

    A device which does not exist was specified

    I ran into this error - A device which does not exist was specified - while trying to access an SSD from Windows console (running a directory listing). I believe the sequence of events leading up to it was the SSD wasunplugged and replugged in after which I reran the listing from a console window already open on the drive.

    The solution seemed to be to navigate to a different drive and back again (in console) and then the listing ran fine without throwing the error.

    Problem solved (for me at least). But I wanted to ask this question so that others could discover a possible solution. I found only one other reference to this error (*) and the thread had been closed.

    Thanks very much.

    * correction: there are many references to this error - I only found a single result because I mistyped a plural: A devices which does not exist was specified
     
    Julian Cook, Jan 6, 2025
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  3. COUNTMIKE
    CountMike Win User
    AMD Chipset Install Error: 1316, The Specified Account Already Exists

    In Device manager, most of those from that list are signed as Microsoft drivers, probably for compatibility purposes, just like disk drive drivers.
    These are only ones from that list that I can find that is signed as AMD.

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    CountMike, Jan 6, 2025
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  4. VOICESSS
    VoicesSs Win User

    Need help with "a device that does not exist was specified" error for HDD

    a device which does not exist was specified

    when i try to initialize Disk D: im getting '' a device which does not exist was specified '' error.

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    VoicesSs, Jan 6, 2025
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