Windows 10: window 10 doesnt recognize my 2nd hard drive

I just add my 2nd HDD into my pc, but window doesn't recognize the HDD. I see in the device manager but doesn't show up in file explorer or storage setting.
I try scan for hardware changes, uninstalling it and updating driver.









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Windows 10 doesn't recognize my 2nd hard drive

Well, I didn't have to "officially name it", but the following link hielped me.

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/windows-10-does-not-recognize-second-hard-drive

In device manager, I found my second hard drive and did "scan for hardware changes" and in properties, I did Populate. I don't know which, of any of those things worked, but the drive was finally recognized and the C partition was automatically changed to
E.

Anyway, it's useful to look and see if the new drive appears in the Device Manager > Disk Drives list before looking in Disk Management.

 

Hard drive not recognized Windows 10

Hi Curtis,

Thank you for posting in Community.

We understand your concern and we will provide the assistance you required to resolve the issue.

Before we proceed, I would like you to provide the information stated below:

1. Is the portable hard drive connected to your PC via USB cable?

2. Did you get any error message that the drive was not recognize by your PC?

For now, I would suggest that you check if the USB cable that connects the hard drive and the PC is not damaged. If not, then I would suggest that you connect your hard drive to another PC and check if the device is recognized in that particular computer.

If the device gets recognized, then I would suggest that you connect the external hard drive, open File Explorer and check if the drive has an assigned letter. If not, open Disk Management while the drive is connected to the system and follow the steps below.

1. Right click on the Start Menu and select Disk Management

2. Right click on the external drive>Select New Simple Volume and
assign letter to the drive.

Hope this helps

 

Windows 10 doesn't recognize my 2nd hard drive

1st drive is a 1tb SSD and is recognized in bios and device manager

2nd drive is a 1tb HHD sata is recognized in both the bios and the device manager but is not shown in explorer