Windows 10: Portable HDD not recognized

Discus and support Portable HDD not recognized in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; I have 2 WD portable HDD's that are not recognized by W10. I plug them into an external Tripp-Lite USB 3.0 that I added as my PC is old and only... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by rocks911, Mar 11, 2017.

  1. ROCKS911
    rocks911 Win User

    Portable HDD not recognized


    I have 2 WD portable HDD's that are not recognized by W10.

    I plug them into an external Tripp-Lite USB 3.0 that I added as my PC is old and only has USB 2.0

    I have never had an issue like this. I used both of these 2Tb portable HDD's for a couple years with zero problems. Since I upgraded to W10 I cannot plug either of these into the 3.0 USB port and have them recognized. I just plugged a thumb drive into the port and there was no problems.

    Even rebooting doesnt help. I get a popup in the lower right corner of my PC indicating that "the last attempt at reading a USB drive failed (or some such) if this continues you might need to replace the unit. The units work fine with other Windows machines, just not mine since I upgraded to W10

    Help!

    :)
     
    rocks911, Mar 11, 2017
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  2. CURTISKRUER
    CurtisKruer Win User

    Hard drive not recognized Windows 10

    I recently partitioned a 1 T hard drive on a new PC and now Windows 10 won't recognize a new 2 T Seagate portable hard drive that it recognized before. Is the partition the problem? Is there a way to make W 10 recognize the portable?

    Windows 10 and a portable hard drive- Original Title
     
    CurtisKruer, Mar 11, 2017
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  3. THOMASJUZA
    ThomasJuza Win User
    Portable CD PLAYER not recognized

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    Notebook won't recognize portable cd player
     
    ThomasJuza, Mar 11, 2017
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    NavyLCDR New Member

    Portable HDD not recognized

    NavyLCDR, Mar 11, 2017
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