Windows 10: WD External HDD's (multiple) are not accessible, saying not allocated or online. TRIED...

Discus and support WD External HDD's (multiple) are not accessible, saying not allocated or online. TRIED... in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; Ok so the bullet points of my situation: I just purchased a NexStar TX single bay 2.5-3.5" HDD dock - according to the company it is fully plug &... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by TexMcC87, May 2, 2019.

  1. TEXMCC87
    TexMcC87 Win User

    WD External HDD's (multiple) are not accessible, saying not allocated or online. TRIED...


    Ok so the bullet points of my situation:

    I just purchased a NexStar TX single bay 2.5-3.5" HDD dock - according to the company it is fully plug & PlayI I have 6 drives I have been trying to access and have only gained access to 1. A Toshiba, the rest aree WD, all various sizes.


    I finally got my WD 1.0TB SATA (Pulled from casing and now "naked") to at least show it's existence in Disk Manager but cannot do anything with it. I tried to initialize and got an error saying "Specified disk is not convertible because size is less than the minimum size required for GPT disks"


    So my first thought was to initialize as an MBR instead. Received the same error. Not sure how 1TB is too small for anything but Microsoft always knows best lol


    I don't want to ramble on, so I will wrap this up saying, I can hear the HDD disk spinning and the lights on the dock indicate it is being accessed.


    So my question is, what sorcery would cause a 1TB to have no system info what so ever & how in the world do I fix this?!


    Thanks for reading!

    :)
     
    TexMcC87, May 2, 2019
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  2. EROD1017
    erod1017 Win User

    External HDD's 'converted' to RAW on PC

    I have multiple external HDD's, both WD and Seagate, that are recognizable by my PC, but list in device manager as RAW and empty. I can access all the information on the drives on my laptop just fine. I've tried to reformat the drive and it wont allow me
    to access the drive, reading "the format did not complete successfully." I've tried everything from wiping my SSD that windows was installed on and reinstalling fresh, to updating my BIOS, to uninstalling the drivers...

    I cant find anything that will allow them to work on my PC.
     
    erod1017, May 2, 2019
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  3. KEN 1948
    Ken 1948 Win User
    backup cant access external hdd after creators update

    after upgrading to creators update backup software is denied access to external wd hdd. I can access files on the external hdd using explorer
     
    Ken 1948, May 2, 2019
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  4. MICHAELWARE4
    MichaelWare4 Win User

    WD External HDD's (multiple) are not accessible, saying not allocated or online. TRIED...

    pc does not see my wd external hdd

    my pc does not see my external wd hdd connected to usb port
     
    MichaelWare4, May 2, 2019
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