Windows 10: Windows doesn't recognize hard drive

Discus and support Windows doesn't recognize hard drive in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; My computer is somewhat old, but works well,Dell optiplex 755. It was purchased refurbished and works fine.It originally was an XP machine that the... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by LesBender, Dec 23, 2019.

  1. LesBender Win User

    Windows doesn't recognize hard drive


    My computer is somewhat old, but works well,Dell optiplex 755.

    It was purchased refurbished and works fine.It originally was an XP machine that the seller installed Win7 on.

    Some time ago I upgraded to Win10 and all was well until an update came along which said there wasn't enough room80G hard drive,which was very full.I cloned the disk to a 2T drive which went well also.However windows gives the same message and thinks it is still the 80G unit. As I was looking around in device manager it did show 2T drive,but somehow windows thinks is the 80G. My fear is that my computer can't handle that large of a drive,but hoping this can be solved by other means. Thank you for any help anyone

    can provide.

    Les

    :)
     
    LesBender, Dec 23, 2019
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  2. BetoLP Win User

    Windows doesn`t start. Authomatic repair doesn`t work.

    Thanks again!!

    I`m sorry I had not noticed that the text on the picture was in spanish. It says that windows has replaced some damaged clusters in "name" file and "directory". Then, at the end "an unspecified error occurred (75736e6a726e6c2e 4f6)".

    I`ll do it and I`ll be updating this thread when I have the report.

    - - - Updated - - -

    I ran SeaTools. These are the results:

    Windows doesn't recognize hard drive [​IMG]


    Does it mean my HDD is useless?
     
    BetoLP, Dec 23, 2019
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    Steps to confirm issue:

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    Steps to replicate issue:

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    Since updates can only be delayed for so long, an actual fix would be appreciated.
     
    Teknophile, Dec 23, 2019
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    I can't access my external hard drive with Windows 10....

    The computer doesn`t recognize the external hard drive. Help!
     
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