Windows 10: Windows 10: WD Hard Drive under Devices and Drives in This PC

Discus and support Windows 10: WD Hard Drive under Devices and Drives in This PC in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; Despite the fact that my Hard Drive is working properly, as noted by the device manager, it doesn't show up under Devices and Drives and I don't know... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by Naitik126, Mar 27, 2017.

  1. NAITIK126
    Naitik126 Win User

    Windows 10: WD Hard Drive under Devices and Drives in This PC


    Despite the fact that my Hard Drive is working properly, as noted by the device manager, it doesn't show up under Devices and Drives and I don't know how to access the files inside the Hard Drive.

    :)
     
    Naitik126, Mar 27, 2017
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  2. BRIANDOR153
    BrianDor153 Win User

    Western Digital Elements 1042

    I connect my WD Elements 1042 portable hard drive to my PC running Windows 10. The computer sees the hard drive because it appears in devices. However, the hard drive does not appear in the files menu and I cannot access it.
     
    BrianDor153, Mar 27, 2017
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  3. KENARMSTRONGVZ
    kenarmstrongvz Win User
    Exrternal hard drive

    I recently added switched my HDD for an SSD drive on my sony vaio notebook. I plugged my WD external hard drive into my USB and it will not show up under my pc or under the disk management. It does show up under device manager under the disk tab. I
    cannot access the external hard drive to transfer files.
     
    kenarmstrongvz, Mar 27, 2017
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  4. COUNTMIKE
    CountMike New Member

    Windows 10: WD Hard Drive under Devices and Drives in This PC

    Hi Naitik, welcome to TF.
    Have you tried looking in Device Manager and Disk Management ?
     
    CountMike, Mar 27, 2017
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  5. SPUNK
    spunk Win User
    As stated, go to Start/Search and type diskmgmt.msc, right click the diskmgmt results and Run As Administrator. In the Elevated Disk Management window in the lower pane, does your drive show up? If it is healthy and partitioned, but doesn't have a drive letter, then right click it and choose Change Drive Letter or Paths. Choose a drive letter not being used.
    If it says it is Unallocated Space, then the files are lost and you will need to use Data Recovery software like the Free TestDisk program you will need another drive of the same size or larger to restore your files to.
     
    spunk, Apr 5, 2018
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