Windows 10: Will plugging in a external hard drive help internal hard drive problems

I've been having problems with my disk being 100% randomly and i've tried all the fixes from changing virtual memory, stopping services like sysmain and windows search and installing new drivers none of them have fixed the problem so im thinking about changing hard drive i was wondering if i could plug in a external hard drive to fix my internal hard drive problems such as high disk so i dont have to open up my computer to replace it.

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Help with external hard drive

Hi Debbra,

Welcome to Microsoft Community.

I appreciate your interest in windows 10 and also for trying the troubleshooting steps to fix the issue. I understand the inconvenience you faced. I will certainly help you with this.

I would suggest you to plug in hard drive then check in disk management you can see the drive or not.

Follow the steps to check Drive in Disk Management.

• 
  Go to the Control Panel then click on the
  Administrative Tools. .
  
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  Under the Administrative Tool Click on Computer Management.
  
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  Click on Disk Management and check the External Hard Drive.
  

Also check in BIOS whether External Hard Drive is listed or not.

For help with the BIOS settings, refer to the computer manual or contact the manufacturer.

If it doesn’t work then, I would suggest you to update BIOS for updating BIOS contact Lenovo Support.

Follow the link:

Lenovo Support – Drivers, Updates, How-To Guides, Technical Help and more - Lenovo Support IN

Disclaimer :

Modifying BIOS/complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) settings incorrectly can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from booting properly. Microsoft cannot guarantee that any problems resulting from the configuring of BIOS/CMOS settings
can be solved. Modifications of the settings are at your own risk.

Hope this information is helpful. Please do let us know if you need further assistance, we’ll be glad to assist you.

Thanks.

 

Problem with external hard drive

I have a sort of a solution. take the hard drive out from the external enclosure and try to rig it up directly to your pc like you would a normal hard drive.

it could be that the controller on the enclosure has gone haywire but the hard drive still works. I had a similar thing happen to me with e 640Gb WD external drive. Controller went bad and the only thing i could do to get windows to recognise the device was to take the hard drive out and put it into my pc like a normal internal HDD.

If your pc recognises the hard drive and you can access it etc etc, it probably is the controller on the enclosure thats borked.

maybe speak to maxtor or spend £15-30 on a new external hdd enclosure

 

External Hard Drive

Hi,

Just to verify, did you mean, your back up files used to be on your external hard drive, but now it's no longer there? If this is true, kindly provide more answers to the questions below, so we can further assess the issue:

• When did the files start to disappear?
• What are the troubleshooting steps you have done so far?
• Did you make nay changes on the settings of your PC or hard drive prior to this issue?
• Are you getting any error messages when trying to plug in your external drive?
• Does your external drive shows that the space is consumed?

Please advise. We'll keep an eye out to your response.