what do I do if my extra hard drive doesn't even show up in disk management? I don't understand this is a new hard drive had it only working for a few weeks and all I did was close down the pc and suddenly stop working once I turned it on again
Same issue with me... Mine is a Seagate 2TB Hard Disk which worked perfectly fine and had stored around 100 GB of media but now it's not readable all of a sudden... Formatting the disk is not an option for me
If you guys are on the shitter just like me (harddrive does not even show up on Disk Management on another computer) you might still be able to save the data by opening/break gently the harddisk case and insert it into a harddisk USB docking station. It might just be that the harddisk controller has been fried, but that the disk itself is fine.
@@akhileshchinta7900mine shows up unknown in the disk management then when I go to device management it’s fine do triangle with the arrow and I click on the device and it shows up it’s working properly but won’t show up on anything
I have an external harddrive that i sometimes can see in my computer and sometimes cant. Cant access it or anything. Need to get the files off of it. Any tips on what to try?
I had this problem, and I were checking every website to find the reason. I didn't find anything useful, but you just saved me. seemingly it didn't have a letter assigned... thank you so much, you're a legend!
I am 75 and I am learning so much. Also I feel like I am channeling my father's interests. In the late 40's he became a radio and television technician for RCA. In the fifties he tried to explain to me the base two electronic base for computers....he bought a Heath Kit to demonstrate that. Funny when he got old he had no use for social media , emails and gaming but my mother jumped in with two feet. Yesterday I extracted 5 hard drives from old computers and one hard drive was not loading properly.
Dude. I just wanted to express my utmost gratitude for you man. I've been restless with this issue and thought that I accidentally destroyed my new hard drive or something. I wish more tutorial videos follow you as an example. Concise, precise and effective overall. Much appreciated man.
Hey, man, listen I really thought my hard drive was broken, but with your insightful help I managed to get it back up with my computer. I really can't thank you enough. You're awesome!
I have an external hard drive (internal hdd in an enclosure). I dropped it while it was switched off and unplugged the other week. Since then it has been working OK. Now, today, it isn't working. When I plug it in and go to My Computer, the green loading bar at the top is continuously there. If I right click on the hard drive (now called "Local Disk" then Windows Explorer will crash. It is like the hard drive is making everything hang. I try and run SeaTools or HDTune whilst HDD plugged in but nothing happens (something is blocking??) but when I unplug the hdd immediately both programs will open. I can't use these programs because of this problem, as when I plug it back in it wont find it. When I go into Computer Management and click Disk Management, It does nothing and just says Connecting to virtual Disk Service at the bottom.. But when I unplug it then it opens and shows me my C drive. I cannot also use chdisk because when I am in cmd and i type T: to change to that hard drive, it will hang (nothing happens). Please help mee
@@RecoveritDataRecoverySoftware I have an external hard drive (internal hdd in an enclosure). I dropped it while it was switched off and unplugged the other week. Since then it has been working OK. Now, today, it isn't working. When I plug it in and go to My Computer, the green loading bar at the top is continuously there. If I right click on the hard drive (now called "Local Disk" then Windows Explorer will crash. It is like the hard drive is making everything hang. I try and run SeaTools or HDTune whilst HDD plugged in but nothing happens (something is blocking??) but when I unplug the hdd immediately both programs will open. I can't use these programs because of this problem, as when I plug it back in it wont find it. When I go into Computer Management and click Disk Management, It does nothing and just says Connecting to virtual Disk Service at the bottom.. But when I unplug it then it opens and shows me my C drive. I cannot also use chdisk because when I am in cmd and i type T: to change to that hard drive, it will hang (nothing happens).
Watched several videos trying to find a solution to this problem all of which didn't help after which I'd kind of given up! Then I came across your video and wasn't really hopeful but 3 minutes in and you'd fixed the problem! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and expertise. 👍
I went through about 10 videos and your video was the only one that really dialed it in thank you I just wish I had not reset my old computer when it wouldn’t boot. My old hard drive was empty when I formatted like you showed us, is there a way to get all my old stuff back? Thanks again
Hi, thanks for your feedback. You can give the simple ways in the video a try first. If it still doesn't work, you can message our expert directly for help. facebook.com/lucia.theodo.7. Hope it helps.
Yeah the same thing here I was using my laptop and it was heating and my ele-gate external hard drive disappear when I plug it in again it makes noise and the lights turn on but does not show up I think it's due to the cable or the green thing where you plug. I tried the other laptop to the same thing no working I have about 215 different information it's about music files my pics and other things on it help please thank you!
Thank you so much! I bought a used external hard drive which was already partitioned, but it still wasn't showing up. I had to delete the original partition in order to try the first method you suggested, but once that was done, I was able to follow your instructions and it worked fine.
Wish I had found this 24 hours ago! Thanks a million for this excellent tutorial! I was finally able to find the disk in Disk Management and assign it a letter. Works like a charm! Thank you!!!
how do you recover your data if your laptop can't even detect your HDD? Because, in this video at least it detects the hard drive. I have a 4TB WD HDD that cannot be detected by my laptop since the WD HDD fell on the floor. There are some expensive software that charge like $70-$150 a month & they still don't guarantee they will recover you the data. I tried your software and it still cannot find detect my WD hard drive and in the video you did not mention the option if it still does not detect at all what you can do.
When I right click on the unallocated it doesn’t let me click new simple drive. Then when I try to initialize it, it gives me “data error( cycle redundancy check)”
Hi! I did the step at 2:29 and now my external hard drive doesn't have an error message and "the device is properly working". However it still doesn't appear in "This PC". The disk does appear in disk mgmt but it doesn't have the same right click options that you have in 3:16. I have a PC running windows 10 with a WD external hard drive from 2006 that is supposedly compatible with Windows XP. May I send you a screenshot of the issue I'm seeing please? Thank you!
Thank you! You solved three of my hard drive problems with one video. One of which I wasn't even expecting! Thank you! I didn't realize you could reformat from disk management and you saved me hours! Thank you!
Thank you !!! I have been struggling with my external hard drive for a while now and thankfully this worked 💕. Now I can enjoy some games in quarantine. Thanks again!
This is very helpful. I replaced my PS4's HDD with Firecuda SSHD so I bought an HDD enclosure for the old ones. When I use it, it's not detected by my laptop. I thought I was broken haha Thank you, Michael. You just earned a new subscriber :)
I never usually comment but you legit saved me so much money, i was unable to return my hard drive as i thought this was not going to work, until i saw ur vid, all i needed to do was configure my hdd, THANK YOU!
@@RecoveritDataRecoverySoftware nothing is connecting my external hardrive won't light up showing the connection When I when to turn on my computer from sleep mode it told me to connect USB D I unplugged it and did that But it didn't turn on I don't know if it's the cable or the drive and have a lot of stuff on there
I have a p10 WD black drive I used it for my ps5 but i am trying to connect it to my windows 10 laptop and it wont connect, none of these helped. Can you help me with this?
Hi there, thank you for your question! Try connecting the drive to a different laptop or USB port to see if the issue is with the original laptop or port. If the drive still cannot be detected, try using data recovery software such as Recoverit to recover any data from the drive. Download it here: bit.ly/3ZoowNK
@@ivan_valerian If you have previously used it on another device, it will ask you to format the storage, and if you have anything inside the storage, you need to back it up before you format it because you'll lose everything inside of it.
Thank you very much Michael, I have been trying a lot of different ways to fix this problem and this really helped me get this working. Also, I am interested in the give-away. Thanks again for the valuable help.
Can you do a tutorial for cleaning uneccessary files in your computer without damaging or deleting crucial files. CC cleaner isnt reliable for me. I liked and subscribed Michael, reaching you out so i can win this giveaway
you sir have just saved me a lot of trouble. i couldn't figure out why it was showing up in the disk management but not in my file explorer even after looking at a few websites. but after less that a minute you have explained it in a few easy steps. much appreciated.
1:55 - upon opening this window, it tells me i need to initalize the disk with MBR or GPT, clicking either just says "Incorrect Function". Help?? More info: My hard drive wasn't doing this before. my pc experiences frequent crashes and after one of them it just decided to stop recognizing my external hard drive, which is defined through the F: path. Every time i boot my PC it gives me an error message telling me that F: was moved or is unavailable.
Hey man. You're a lifesaver. Won an encrypted drive in an auction. Formatted it but would not show. Thought I bought a dud. But thanks to you, now it works!
Hope you can help me I use my WD elements to put DVDS and some music on.Hooked it up to a DVD harddrive and it re-register it and now it doesn't show up on PC and through USB TV port now.
This didn't solve my problem. i have a Segate 2TB external hard drive. I plugged it up into 3 different computers and even with a new cable, it still doesn't appear. Im hopesing to take it to a computer tech to see if it can be fixed or able to transfer files to another external hard drive.
I've been playing trying my PC to see me new SSD caddy drive and because of you I did, thanks, things are simple once you know the way. Stay safe and bless you.
I have a seagte 500gb external hd, but when i goto "new simple volume" it is grayed out and i can only access properties. I have alot of photos i want to recover on it. It shows up on my windows explorer but i cant access any of the folders. What can i do?
Hi there, thank you for your question! If the "New Simple Volume" option is grayed out, it could be because the hard drive already has a partition created. To recover your photos, you could try using data recovery software such as Recoverit to recover the data from the inaccessible folders on the external hard drive. (Try the free version here: recoverit.wondershare.com/data-recovery-free.html) Alternatively, you could try using a different computer or a different USB port to see if the issue is with the computer or the port. If none of these options work, it's possible that the hard drive itself is damaged and may need to be repaired or replaced.
This fixed my issue, but mine wasn't showing any unallocated until i unplugged my other hard drives, and then it popped up, and i was able to follow your steps!
More detail on the first explanation I have a letter G it's labeled and then you describe what to do there but what do you do on the first direction at 2:25
I love you so much. I was so confused because my brand new hard drive was not showing up even though it seemed alright when I first plugged it in earlier. I spent half the day trying to figure out what was wrong since it registered with my USB port but did not appear under devices and drives. This was the first video and solutions that I actually found helpful. So thank you.
Hi there, thank you for your question! If your disk has a "No Media" status with a drive letter but no media, try reconnecting the disk and using a disk check utility to scan for errors. Updating the disk drivers in Device Manager or formatting the disk may also help, but be aware that formatting will erase all data. If none of these solutions work, the disk may be damaged or failed, and you may need to replace it.
I'm not sure about the 1st option you provide. Approx. 2:5ish in the video, at the New Simple Volume Wizard part where is asking to Format with NTFS/DEFAULT/NEW VOLUME... Either perform a quick format (blah blah blah). Well I lose any data if I select this?
thank you so much for this informative video but unfortunately non of the above mentioned methods worked, my external hard disk didn't show at all in the disk management window. i was told that the mini port on my hard drive might be broken, are there other ways to fix it...? thank you
what do I do if my extra hard drive doesn't even show up in disk management? I don't understand this is a new hard drive had it only working for a few weeks and all I did was close down the pc and suddenly stop working once I turned it on again
Any update? I’m going through the same problem
Same issue with me... Mine is a Seagate 2TB Hard Disk which worked perfectly fine and had stored around 100 GB of media but now it's not readable all of a sudden... Formatting the disk is not an option for me
I might be wrong, but doesn't the first section explain how to fix that. It worked with me at least.
If you guys are on the shitter just like me (harddrive does not even show up on Disk Management on another computer) you might still be able to save the data by opening/break gently the harddisk case and insert it into a harddisk USB docking station. It might just be that the harddisk controller has been fried, but that the disk itself is fine.
Same problem
My hard drive isn't showing up in 'disk management' just like many other people in the comments here..
Mine shows not initialised and new simple volume doesn't pop up.
I had that problem, i just moved it to another usb slot on my computer
@@akhileshchinta7900mine shows up unknown in the disk management then when I go to device management it’s fine do triangle with the arrow and I click on the device and it shows up it’s working properly but won’t show up on anything
@@shyana5153hey have you find the solution
Complete opposite for me shows up on disk management not on local drive
sir even on the disk management i dont see my drive
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this actually isn't a fix my disk drive video, its really an install and activate a new disk drive.
I have an external harddrive that i sometimes can see in my computer and sometimes cant. Cant access it or anything. Need to get the files off of it. Any tips on what to try?
Same here rip ny 300$
@Turbo's and Gaming PC's thats maybe and a small percentage if cable is the problem. I have encounter so many times like this problem.
I had this problem, and I were checking every website to find the reason. I didn't find anything useful, but you just saved me. seemingly it didn't have a letter assigned...
thank you so much, you're a legend!
Me too Mine just showed up once I put letter on it
I am 75 and I am learning so much. Also I feel like I am channeling my father's interests. In the late 40's he became a radio and television technician for RCA. In the fifties he tried to explain to me the base two electronic base for computers....he bought a Heath Kit to demonstrate that. Funny when he got old he had no use for social media , emails and gaming but my mother jumped in with two feet. Yesterday I extracted 5 hard drives from old computers and one hard drive was not loading properly.
That's very interesting 😅
Dude. I just wanted to express my utmost gratitude for you man. I've been restless with this issue and thought that I accidentally destroyed my new hard drive or something. I wish more tutorial videos follow you as an example. Concise, precise and effective overall. Much appreciated man.
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Hey, man, listen I really thought my hard drive was broken, but with your insightful help I managed to get it back up with my computer. I really can't thank you enough. You're awesome!
That's great! I am very happy that it helps. Thanks for support!
Did you lose your existing files on your external hard drive?
The first two minutes of the video help me out thank you
I feel like he talks in a way to really make sure we understand the words. Love it
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@@RecoveritDataRecoverySoftware ok
2.5 mins into the video and my issue got resolved...thank you so much! The video was so clean with clear instructions...you made it easier to follow.
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Same here. Thank you very much.
I have an external hard drive (internal hdd in an enclosure). I dropped it while it was switched off and unplugged the other week. Since then it has been working OK. Now, today, it isn't working.
When I plug it in and go to My Computer, the green loading bar at the top is continuously there. If I right click on the hard drive (now called "Local Disk" then Windows Explorer will crash. It is like the hard drive is making everything hang.
I try and run SeaTools or HDTune whilst HDD plugged in but nothing happens (something is blocking??) but when I unplug the hdd immediately both programs will open.
I can't use these programs because of this problem, as when I plug it back in it wont find it.
When I go into Computer Management and click Disk Management, It does nothing and just says Connecting to virtual Disk Service at the bottom.. But when I unplug it then it opens and shows me my C drive.
I cannot also use chdisk because when I am in cmd and i type T: to change to that hard drive, it will hang (nothing happens).
Please help mee
Yep same for me! You just earned a new subscriber!
@@RecoveritDataRecoverySoftware
I have an external hard drive (internal hdd in an enclosure). I dropped it while it was switched off and unplugged the other week. Since then it has been working OK. Now, today, it isn't working.
When I plug it in and go to My Computer, the green loading bar at the top is continuously there. If I right click on the hard drive (now called "Local Disk" then Windows Explorer will crash. It is like the hard drive is making everything hang.
I try and run SeaTools or HDTune whilst HDD plugged in but nothing happens (something is blocking??) but when I unplug the hdd immediately both programs will open.
I can't use these programs because of this problem, as when I plug it back in it wont find it.
When I go into Computer Management and click Disk Management, It does nothing and just says Connecting to virtual Disk Service at the bottom.. But when I unplug it then it opens and shows me my C drive.
I cannot also use chdisk because when I am in cmd and i type T: to change to that hard drive, it will hang (nothing happens).
My drive is connected but isnt showing up in the disk manager
Same here. Did you find any solution?
Rabiatul A. Shuib unplug everything currently plugged into other USBs and switch the usb that your drive is plugged into. That’s what I had to do
@@mattm9584thnx but do u get now permanent solution i mean with other usb connected
You're a genius! I panicked for a bit but the first one fixed it for me. I had to delete it and start from scratch
This video need a special award from TH-cam itself for providing this life changing content 👏
I can't click Change Drive Letter and Paths :( It looks hidden :(
Same
i see my drive but when i try to initialized it it displays " THE REQUEST FAILED DO TO A FATAL DEVICE HARDWARE ERROR" what should i do now?
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this is what mine does.
Watched several videos trying to find a solution to this problem all of which didn't help after which I'd kind of given up! Then I came across your video and wasn't really hopeful but 3 minutes in and you'd fixed the problem! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and expertise. 👍
Hi Michael, I have another Scenario> I have an external SSD and it is shown "no media" like disk 6 in min 4:07. how can I solve that ??
Try formatting it
@@justinmcdaniel295 same problem
i can't do that
i have no access to it
"no media" like disk 6 in min 4:07
@@neffatioussema9794 same problem, can't find anything online. you find anything yet yourself?
^
Lucky for me, all I needed to do was partition the drive. The first option in your video. Thank you for such a simple walkthrough.
I did that and it made me lose all my data, any idea on how to fix that issue?
I went through about 10 videos and your video was the only one that really dialed it in thank you I just wish I had not reset my old computer when it wouldn’t boot. My old hard drive was empty when I formatted like you showed us, is there a way to get all my old stuff back? Thanks again
I was not able to see my external hard-rive to perform the steps described in the video. Can you please help?
it dosent show on there
but the light is on and when i plug it it shows but quickly desapier
For mine it’s on but the light doesn’t show up so it’s not recognised even when it’s on
Hi, thanks for your feedback. You can give the simple ways in the video a try first. If it still doesn't work, you can message our expert directly for help. facebook.com/lucia.theodo.7. Hope it helps.
Yeah the same thing here I was using my laptop and it was heating and my ele-gate external hard drive disappear when I plug it in again it makes noise and the lights turn on but does not show up I think it's due to the cable or the green thing where you plug. I tried the other laptop to the same thing no working I have about 215 different information it's about music files my pics and other things on it help please thank you!
@@bryanoterodaza1870 mine also make noises and the light of the drive keeps flashing
in this part of the video 3:13 "disk 6"...... THAT'S whats happening with mine. just says no media, can someone help me with this please??
Same problem here
@@Fj_Ilagan same problem
i think the problem is from the hardware
Brother thanx a million just when I was abt to purchase a new hard drive, sorted 🕺🏿
thank you! went through numerous videos and none explained what to do, youre a lifesaver
Thank you so much! I bought a used external hard drive which was already partitioned, but it still wasn't showing up. I had to delete the original partition in order to try the first method you suggested, but once that was done, I was able to follow your instructions and it worked fine.
Wish I had found this 24 hours ago! Thanks a million for this excellent tutorial! I was finally able to find the disk in Disk Management and assign it a letter. Works like a charm! Thank you!!!
Very interesting how simple technology can be when we have guides like you!!! Beautiful work, thanks a lot!!
how do you recover your data if your laptop can't even detect your HDD? Because, in this video at least it detects the hard drive. I have a 4TB WD HDD that cannot be detected by my laptop since the WD HDD fell on the floor. There are some expensive software that charge like $70-$150 a month & they still don't guarantee they will recover you the data. I tried your software and it still cannot find detect my WD hard drive and in the video you did not mention the option if it still does not detect at all what you can do.
When I right click on the unallocated it doesn’t let me click new simple drive. Then when I try to initialize it, it gives me “data error( cycle redundancy check)”
Same!
Finally one that actually fixed my issue! I have a Seagate 1TB, and tried so many options. This one worked! Thank you!
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did you try on a mac?
Lorita Maliqi mine was done on a PC
did you recover your files after gtp??
you dont talk about " Hard Drive Not Showing Up"
Hi! I did the step at 2:29 and now my external hard drive doesn't have an error message and "the device is properly working". However it still doesn't appear in "This PC". The disk does appear in disk mgmt but it doesn't have the same right click options that you have in 3:16. I have a PC running windows 10 with a WD external hard drive from 2006 that is supposedly compatible with Windows XP. May I send you a screenshot of the issue I'm seeing please? Thank you!
Hard drives: exist
Sea gate: durability sucking go brrrr
@Zymire Lewis I’m having the same issue right now, have you found a fix at all?
Same problem I try to scan and fix but nothing. My Seagate external hard drive is not corrupted it yet.
Thank you! You solved three of my hard drive problems with one video. One of which I wasn't even expecting! Thank you! I didn't realize you could reformat from disk management and you saved me hours! Thank you!
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Did this clear all the data on your drive?
The video is a valuable tool for the issue. Clear, concise, and complete.
what if the cable is new, drivers are updated and still doesnt pop up in disk management? how do i fix it not showing upppp:(
After I try to initialize I get the message: Data error: cyclic redundancy test. What should I do?
Must Pcb replacing from another the same HDD and take bios chip from your old pcb and soldering to New pcb. Done!
Have you got the issue resolved, if yes please let me know as I am also facing the same issue
@@elavarasanraja6906 nope :(
Thank YOU, for your time and patience . On explaining the options on what it could be, thank you!
Thank you !!! I have been struggling with my external hard drive for a while now and thankfully this worked 💕. Now I can enjoy some games in quarantine. Thanks again!
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I was in panic when my notebook didn't recognize ssd, but thanks to you, it solve my issue
Thank you man
Im so glad i found this, ive been struggling for the past half hour and it works perfectly now. Thank you
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Amazing!!! I had problems with my external hard drive. I've tried everything, I was almost giving up. And then I found this video !!!
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Legend, thank you. Got my external drive all sorted thanks to this video.
Did you lose your existing files on your external hard drive?
@@jideodunmbaku7913 Don't think I lost anything, was a few years ago though :)
Hope you came right
2:28 I selected GTP (GUID Partition Table) and now I can't find my External Hard Disk anywhere. Do you know how to fix this?
I have a similar issue but with my internal hard drive *feelsbad*
*edit* also when I go to disc management it doesn't show up*
Thanks bro
Did you check from Cmd Promt??
raja rani I got it checked by some professionals, turns out the whole thing fried somehow RIP
my disk is not detecting
I very rarely leave reviews. but your tutorial was very clear, and engaging. so thanks alot. keep it up and Good Luck✌
i could you not this man saved me $150 than just buying a new one this still works and its 2023. you helped me a lot im going to subscribe!
Thank you! Finally was able to use my external drive, who knew it was this simple lol
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yeh
This is very helpful. I replaced my PS4's HDD with Firecuda SSHD so I bought an HDD enclosure for the old ones. When I use it, it's not detected by my laptop. I thought I was broken haha Thank you, Michael. You just earned a new subscriber :)
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Dude. Please tell ms how you do it? My makes this beeping noise all of a sudden.
@@RecoveritDataRecoverySoftware plz help me it wont let me click new simple volume
Thank you so much!! I fixed my hard drive, and I'm not a super techy person. Really appreciate your thorough video. Definitely got a sub from me.
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@@RecoveritDataRecoverySoftware definitely subscribed!
Did this format your drive?
I never usually comment but you legit saved me so much money, i was unable to return my hard drive as i thought this was not going to work, until i saw ur vid, all i needed to do was configure my hdd, THANK YOU!
Amazing, I fixed my 500gb toshiba hdd after YEARS of being sit because it wasn't working.
Same external we have.. mine is not showing in my pc
Yo hey man! Thank you very much!!
2 TB of space just sitting here for like 2 years unused TILL NOW!! thank you very much
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nice to help others, thank you
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@@RecoveritDataRecoverySoftware nothing is connecting my external hardrive won't light up showing the connection When I when to turn on my computer from sleep mode it told me to connect USB D I unplugged it and did that But it didn't turn on I don't know if it's the cable or the drive and have a lot of stuff on there
instablaster
great love from india u helped me fixing hard drive space unallocated problem thx alot bro 🙂🙂
This was exactly what I needed. Thank you!
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starts 1:20
My hdrive light is on but doesn't show on the device list😭
Same
same like wtf
I have a p10 WD black drive I used it for my ps5 but i am trying to connect it to my windows 10 laptop and it wont connect, none of these helped. Can you help me with this?
Hi there, thank you for your question! Try connecting the drive to a different laptop or USB port to see if the issue is with the original laptop or port. If the drive still cannot be detected, try using data recovery software such as Recoverit to recover any data from the drive. Download it here: bit.ly/3ZoowNK
I recover my hard disk after been death for 12 years . HUGE THANKS ;)
hi! I just wanna ask whether you had files in that drive and did you lose anything inside it?
@@ivan_valerian If you have previously used it on another device, it will ask you to format the storage, and if you have anything inside the storage, you need to back it up before you format it because you'll lose everything inside of it.
Thank you so very much. I can finally get more space for my games. Thank you
Great tutorial. It has really helped me. I nearly pay huge money for the problem to be resolved but your video came in handy.
Thanks once again.
4 years later this saved me so much money! Thank you
Thank you very much Michael, I have been trying a lot of different ways to fix this problem and this really helped me get this working. Also, I am interested in the give-away. Thanks again for the valuable help.
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Can you do a tutorial for cleaning uneccessary files in your computer without damaging or deleting crucial files. CC cleaner isnt reliable for me.
I liked and subscribed Michael, reaching you out so i can win this giveaway
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you sir have just saved me a lot of trouble. i couldn't figure out why it was showing up in the disk management but not in my file explorer even after looking at a few websites. but after less that a minute you have explained it in a few easy steps.
much appreciated.
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0:10 OoF
1:55 - upon opening this window, it tells me i need to initalize the disk with MBR or GPT, clicking either just says "Incorrect Function". Help??
More info: My hard drive wasn't doing this before. my pc experiences frequent crashes and after one of them it just decided to stop recognizing my external hard drive, which is defined through the F: path. Every time i boot my PC it gives me an error message telling me that F: was moved or is unavailable.
Hey man. You're a lifesaver. Won an encrypted drive in an auction. Formatted it but would not show. Thought I bought a dud. But thanks to you, now it works!
You totally saved me with this tutorial. The only thing missing was how to make the drive online in settings, but I figured it out. Thank you so much!
Thanks man! All I needed to do was assign a drive letter to the external drive. I am now subscribed to your channel.
Hope you can help me I use my WD elements to put DVDS and some music on.Hooked it up to a DVD harddrive and it re-register it and now it doesn't show up on PC and through USB TV port now.
2:32 When I right click it does not allow me to to pres New SImple Volume or anything except Properties and Help, what can I do??
The first step worked for me if your pc doesn't recognise the hard drive. Well done thanks 👍🏽
Wow, thank you so much! Even after 4 years, this video is still helping people.
Ok, I can see the hard drive as shown at 2:07, then you say select it, but exactly how do you select and get the box up at 2:27
This didn't solve my problem. i have a Segate 2TB external hard drive. I plugged it up into 3 different computers and even with a new cable, it still doesn't appear. Im hopesing to take it to a computer tech to see if it can be fixed or able to transfer files to another external hard drive.
Thank you problem solved! Had a new disk and thought it was malfunctioning. Followed your steps and fixed it in 2 minutes.
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I've been playing trying my PC to see me new SSD caddy drive and because of you I did, thanks, things are simple once you know the way. Stay safe and bless you.
I don't want to format my drive that's full of important stuff, so changing the drive letter worked for me, thanks!
I have a seagte 500gb external hd, but when i goto "new simple volume" it is grayed out and i can only access properties. I have alot of photos i want to recover on it. It shows up on my windows explorer but i cant access any of the folders. What can i do?
Hi there, thank you for your question! If the "New Simple Volume" option is grayed out, it could be because the hard drive already has a partition created. To recover your photos, you could try using data recovery software such as Recoverit to recover the data from the inaccessible folders on the external hard drive. (Try the free version here: recoverit.wondershare.com/data-recovery-free.html) Alternatively, you could try using a different computer or a different USB port to see if the issue is with the computer or the port. If none of these options work, it's possible that the hard drive itself is damaged and may need to be repaired or replaced.
This fixed my issue, but mine wasn't showing any unallocated until i unplugged my other hard drives, and then it popped up, and i was able to follow your steps!
More detail on the first explanation I have a letter G it's labeled and then you describe what to do there but what do you do on the first direction at 2:25
I was so frustrated until I watched this video I have to say hats off to you!!
At 3:12 in the video, what do you do if your hard drive is showing up like Disk 6?
I couldn't figure this out for 2 years I watched the video and finally my drive works
My god it still works thank you man. we need more creators like you!
I love you so much. I was so confused because my brand new hard drive was not showing up even though it seemed alright when I first plugged it in earlier. I spent half the day trying to figure out what was wrong since it registered with my USB port but did not appear under devices and drives. This was the first video and solutions that I actually found helpful. So thank you.
How would you repair disk 6 that was in your video? My issue is more like disk 6 it has a drive letter but it says No Media...
Hi there, thank you for your question! If your disk has a "No Media" status with a drive letter but no media, try reconnecting the disk and using a disk check utility to scan for errors. Updating the disk drivers in Device Manager or formatting the disk may also help, but be aware that formatting will erase all data. If none of these solutions work, the disk may be damaged or failed, and you may need to replace it.
On 4:06, when I right click, the format button is grayed out. How do I fix this?
my drive dosent even show up with anything, when i start up my pc it goes black screen until i unplug my drive, please help
Same you can’t open the drive files right
I'm not sure about the 1st option you provide. Approx. 2:5ish in the video, at the New Simple Volume Wizard part where is asking to Format with NTFS/DEFAULT/NEW VOLUME... Either perform a quick format (blah blah blah). Well I lose any data if I select this?
0:49 I have the same exact disk and its not reading and it makes a beep sound when connected and does not show the light, can u help me
thank you so much for this informative video but unfortunately non of the above mentioned methods worked, my external hard disk didn't show at all in the disk management window. i was told that the mini port on my hard drive might be broken, are there other ways to fix it...? thank you
After thinking my ext hdd was broken you have finally helped me access and use it again!
My hardrive is not showing up on my laptop but my files are still on there.
Will these methods erase my files?
hartstikke bedankt voor deze makkelijk te volgen video. Ik had het probleem binnen 10 minuten opgelost dankzij jou, nogmaals bedankt.