Windows 10: Old external HDD not recognized in new PC

I have an old external HDD Iomega with a Seagate drive ST3320820A. It works perfectly well connected to an old PC already too slow that I wish to discard.

However when HDD is connected to a new PC it is not recognized. It seems the HDD doesn't exist. It should be noted that both PC's, old and new have same Windows 10.

In the old PC the HDD is seen in Windows and in diskpart, files can be written there, trasnferred, no problem at all.

In the new PC it is completely ignored, not seen in Windows or diskpart.

Old PC has a Gygabyte mobo GA-G31M-S2L.

New PC has an Asus mobo Prime B250M-A.

I have searched the Net but could not find a similar problem.

Anyone can help?

Thank you.

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internal to external HDD not recognized

I threw away a old Toshiba satellite and want to convert the HDD to external (it has Linux mint on it) I want to format it as a win 10 storage drive but it doesn't recognize when I go to management all the menus are grey. I can't rename it either. I'm
currently on a Lenovo laptop g51.

 

Toshiba external hard drive not recognized

Hi Philip,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

I understand that the external hard drive is not recognized by the PC. I appreciate your efforts in trying to resolve the issue.
It would be great if you can answer these questions to assist you in a better way.

• Did you try connecting the Hardrive to different USB Port?
  
• Does the Hardrive get detected if you try connecting it to a different PC?
  
• Are you aware of any changes made to the computer recently?
  

I suggest you refer and follow the steps mentioned in the KB article and check if that resolves the issueError:
“USB Device not recognized” when you try to access a USB external hard drive

Note: Ignore method 2 & 5 from the above article.

Let us know how it goes.

Regards,

Zaki

 

External HDD not recognized

Your Toshiba must be "KaPut" as Toshiba HDD are notorious for failure! I had an external 2015
Model: HDTB110AK3BA Canvio Basics 3.0 Plus 1TB and it gave up after only 3 months of usage. There is not much you can do except do the following:

1) Don't open it

2) Don't do anything that they suggest online to fix HDD's as it will break yours!

3) Take it to a renowned HDD specialist that will properly retrieve your data (if it can be done so?) and you will get all you data back.

Note: To take a HDD to have its data properly retrieved will cost you probably more than the HDD is worth but, if your data is worth it, then do it.