Windows 10: Why is there an E: drive on my computer?

Two weeks ago, my family was going through stuff to take to the tip, and i found two of my old laptops. I decided to open them up and see what parts are salvagable, since one had simply fallen out of use because of an upgrade, and one had an issue with the fans, so i decided that the storage drives were probably fine to take. The latter one was an SSD drive, and ive had no problems with that one, but the former was an older HDD from around 2017. There aren't any problems per se, just had a query. Basically, I purchased a adapter for the HDD to work with my current laptop, but after plugging it

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Computer freezes and Explorer doen't respond when I plug an external Hard drive

Hello jobkakule,

The issue is possibly caused by corrupted data or bad sectors on your external hard drive or could be a sign of a failing hard drive.

To better assist you with your concern, I'd like to know the following:

• Confirm which build is currently installed on your device. To check, follow the steps below:

1. Press Windows key + R, then type in winver.
2. Click OK.

• Have you tried plugging your external hard drive to a different USB port? Also, check if you can access the drive by plugging it to a different computer.
• What is the make and model of your computer?

Meanwhile, I'd suggest to repair the bad sectors on your external hard drive. Kindly refer to the steps below:

(Let's just assume that the drive letter for your external hard drive is E. If not, please do change it to the correct drive letter)

1. Plug in your external hard drive. Click on Start, search for
Command Prompt, right-click on it and select Run as administrator.

2. Type in the following command below and press Enter after each command:

Chkdsk /f E:

Chkdsk /r E:

3. Reboot your computer after the scan is completed.

Looking forward to your response.

Regards.

 

exterior hard drive usable?

Hi,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

I suggest you to follow the below steps and check if it helps.

• Plug USB hard drive into old computer.
• Open File Explorer (Win+E) and open the USB drive.
• Open another File Explorer window and open your documents folder.
• Drag files to the USB drive.
• Move drive to new computer.
• Drag files to their new homes in the matching documents/pictures/videos/whatever folders you use to organize.

Please let us know if you have any further issues. in uploading/ transferring data.

Thanks.

 

E: drive is missing and couldn’t boot the computer.

Hi,

Please answer the below questions to get a better clarity on the issue.

• 
  What is the make and model of the hard drive?
  
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  Did you made any changes to the computer prior to the issue?
  
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  Are you getting any error messages during the issue?
  
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  Have you used any third party software to manage Disk partition?
  
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  When you sad "it almost immediately forgot it was there" What exactly you were referring to?
  

I suggest you to perform the check disc process for the drive. Please follow the below steps:

1. Press Windows key + x and select Command Prompt (Admin).

2. Type the below commands.

chkdsk [drive letter]: /f /r

Example: chkdsk C: /f /r

Disclaimer: While performing chkdsk on the hard drive if any bad sectors are found on the hard drive when chkdsk tries to repair that sector if any data available on that might be lost. Please create a backup before performing
a check disk.

If the issue still persist, I suggest you to try the troubleshooting steps provided by
Sangeeta Sarkar in the below link and check if the issue is resolved.



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Hope the issue gets resolved.

Get back to us for further assistance, we will be glad to help you.