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Hard Drive not showing up

Basically i got my internal hard drive, put it into an enclosure and plugged it in, but as in previous case it is shown in device manager, but not showing up in my computer.

just follow the instruction

  1. go to start
  2. right click on my computer
  3. click on manage
  4. then click on storage
  5. then click on disk management
  6. then right click on your device and select add letters and path
  7. window will pop up then click on add
  8. the select an alphabet and click on ok

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  1. SeOnMuZiK
    December 30, 2010 Reply

    [..YouTube..] Hey suppose the drive isnt showing up in disk management or in my computer…but its showing up in computer management how can I get it to work?

    Please help.

  2. Avoiderrors
    December 31, 2010 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @SeOnMuZiK assign a drive letter. if you have assign a drive letter try formatting it.make sure you back up if needed.

  3. SeOnMuZiK
    December 31, 2010 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @Avoiderrors Theres no drive or letter showing up…the drive isnt showing up and in pc management theres no way you can add or change letters to a drive.

  4. Avoiderrors
    January 1, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @SeOnMuZiK make sure the jupers in the drive are set to slave

  5. TheYackass
    January 8, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] hi my second drive, is disk 0 and it shows it as basic. when i right click on it, instead of the options: change drive letter and paths, it gives me convert to dynamic disk. how do I go around this problem ?
    thanks, please reply fast.

  6. Avoiderrors
    January 8, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @TheYackass rite click on the righ,t not where it says disk 0

  7. Avoiderrors
    January 8, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @TheYackass where it says storage

  8. TheYackass
    January 9, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] hi, I solved the problem. it was not giving me those options because i had yet formatted the internal new hard drive. thanks for the quick response.

  9. pratik12345678910
    January 16, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] thanks man you got me out of a real mess

  10. MrMARIAZONE
    February 7, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] hye…can you solved my problem please…i had do everything you did this video but it won’t work…how to solve this??

  11. Avoiderrors
    February 8, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @MrMARIAZONE sure is the hard drive external or internal? what have you done so far?

  12. TheRain3551
    February 8, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] still not showing up my USB Hard Drive.

  13. travitos16
    March 3, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] Thank You, Kind Sir. =]

  14. sloesty
    March 7, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] i cant find it in computer management :/ guess its broken… bye bye 30 pages long school prject :’(

  15. Dieverse08
    March 22, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] I have a 250GB Samsung Hard drive. My hard drive reads ONLY has 6.5GB – Windows only sees 6.5GB in Device Manager & BIOS only sees 6.5GB. I used tones of partition management / recovery software and software only finds 6.5GB Ive deleted my partition conpletely and the unallocated space says 6.5GB so I cant format any bigger. Does my drive need replaced??? Im out of ideas??

  16. Avoiderrors
    March 23, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @Dieverse08 when did you buy this drive? have you checked the pins in the back of the HDD?
    How old is your computer or MOBO?is the Drive SATA or ATA?

  17. Dieverse08
    March 24, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @Avoiderrors Drives only about 1yr old, Ive had this issue for around 6mnths and gave up on the drive for a while – but I want to use it now. The drive did work perfectly fine until one day it suddeny only read 6.5GB Ive checked the pins and my second hard drive reads perfectly at 500GB . I have other hard drives Ive tested and they all read fine. The 250GB that has issues is the newest hard drive. And its actually an IDE hard drive – so yes motherboard / processor is older 3.3ghz.

  18. zealWarcraftmovies
    April 11, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] Sir, you are a genius ! Thanks a lot, now my 1TB hard drive is available !

  19. Avoiderrors
    April 11, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @zealWarcraftmovies thank you

  20. rubenfigueiras
    April 27, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] Doesnt work :/ can u help me ? Its An. Internal HD.its a Hd203wi model.still doesnt appear /: it used to appear at begining but then it disapeared and i tried this and still doesnt work tho…thanks

  21. Aznsouldah
    May 6, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] please help me-my usb drive doesnt show on disk management and when i got to computer and click on the icon, it says that it had been relocated or w/e

  22. raymundllames
    May 14, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] thanks men

  23. thromboplastigen
    May 18, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] nice work

  24. thromboplastigen
    May 18, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] nice work

  25. ricco404
    May 31, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] You are more than a genius,,,Thank you….

  26. ricco404
    May 31, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] You are more than a genius,,,Thank you….

  27. ArtleyC
    July 1, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] OMG THANKS A MILLION! i spend 2 days trying to figure out this and after i saw this video you saved me gods knows how much befor i figured it out thanks alot :)

  28. zocom009
    July 8, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] hail friend how can i add a disk1 removable on diskmanagement

  29. myARTjournal
    August 12, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] i bought my external hard drive 4 years ago and now it wont show up in “my computer” the light flashes when i plug it in but doesnt stay on. if i do this will it fix it? and will it erase all my old photos and videos? please help! =]

  30. Julian12122
    August 18, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] Hey. I dont have a Disk 1 like you do. All i have is Disk 0, CD-Rom 1 and CD-Rom 2. What do i do? Please help me cos i cant change the letter :(

  31. Julian12122
    August 18, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] My hard drive doesnt show on disk management but the light on it keeps flashing. Can you please help me?

  32. yashil1892
    September 9, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] Hey dude i cant select the “change to driver letter” !!!
    What should i do!

  33. yashil1892
    September 9, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] Hey dude i cant select the “change to driver letter” !!!
    What should i do!

  34. yashil1892
    September 10, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] Hey dude i cant select the “change to driver letter” !!!What should i do!

  35. yashil1892
    September 10, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] Hey dude i cant select the “change to driver letter” !!!What should i do!

  36. yashil1892
    September 10, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] Hey dude i cant select the “change to driver letter” !!!What should i do!

  37. msi48701gb
    October 2, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] when i double click my external hdd it says the parameter is incorrect.
    what should i do?

  38. msi48701gb
    October 2, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] when i double click my external hdd it says the parameter is incorrect.what should i do?

  39. msi48701gb
    October 2, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] when i double click my external hdd it says the parameter is incorrect.what should i do?

  40. msi48701gb
    October 2, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] when i double click my external hdd it says the parameter is incorrect.what should i do?

  41. msi48701gb
    October 2, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] when i double click my external hdd it says the parameter is incorrect.what should i do?

  42. Mickykiko
    October 4, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] my external hard drive wont show up in computer or disk mangement, its plugged in and you can hear the hard drive doing its thing like normal.. its not ticking or anything so its not dead i was just wondering if you have any solutions, it was working normal yesterday but now it isnt readin

  43. Mickykiko
    October 4, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] my external hard drive wont show up in computer or disk mangement, its plugged in and you can hear the hard drive doing its thing like normal.. its not ticking or anything so its not dead i was just wondering if you have any solutions, it was working normal yesterday but now it isnt readin

  44. Mickykiko
    October 4, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] my external hard drive wont show up in computer or disk mangement, its plugged in and you can hear the hard drive doing its thing like normal.. its not ticking or anything so its not dead i was just wondering if you have any solutions, it was working normal yesterday but now it isnt readin

  45. Mickykiko
    October 4, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] my external hard drive wont show up in computer or disk mangement, its plugged in and you can hear the hard drive doing its thing like normal.. its not ticking or anything so its not dead i was just wondering if you have any solutions, it was working normal yesterday but now it isnt readin

  46. xtralargecash
    October 9, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] it doesn’t show up

  47. xtralargecash
    October 9, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] it doesn’t show up

  48. xtralargecash
    October 9, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] it doesn’t show up

  49. dramaticfilmz
    October 27, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] i only have my local disk and the dvd drive in the options ?

  50. dramaticfilmz
    October 27, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] i only have my local disk and the dvd drive in the options ?

  51. dramaticfilmz
    October 27, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] i only have my local disk and the dvd drive in the options ?

  52. dramaticfilmz
    October 27, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] i only have my local disk and the dvd drive in the options ?

  53. dsabo10
    November 2, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] hell yeah. Thanks so much!

  54. dsabo10
    November 2, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] hell yeah. Thanks so much!

  55. dsabo10
    November 2, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] hell yeah. Thanks so much!

  56. dsabo10
    November 2, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] hell yeah. Thanks so much!

  57. dsabo10
    November 2, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] hell yeah. Thanks so much!

  58. dsabo10
    November 2, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] hell yeah. Thanks so much!

  59. dsabo10
    November 2, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] hell yeah. Thanks so much!

  60. dsabo10
    November 2, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] hell yeah. Thanks so much!

  61. maddys79
    November 11, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] Hi my WD external hard drive is not showing up, I did everything you said but it still doesn’t seem to show up. I can see the light flashing on the hard drive but I can’t see it on ‘my computer’ still. Any suggestions please??

  62. maddys79
    November 11, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] Hi my WD external hard drive is not showing up, I did everything you said but it still doesn’t seem to show up. I can see the light flashing on the hard drive but I can’t see it on ‘my computer’ still. Any suggestions please??

  63. maddys79
    November 11, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] Hi my WD external hard drive is not showing up, I did everything you said but it still doesn’t seem to show up. I can see the light flashing on the hard drive but I can’t see it on ‘my computer’ still. Any suggestions please??

  64. Avoiderrors
    November 13, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @maddys79 is it formatted?

  65. Avoiderrors
    November 13, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @dsabo10 thank you

  66. Avoiderrors
    November 13, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @yashil1892 are u the admin?

  67. Avoiderrors
    November 13, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @thromboplastigen thank you

  68. Avoiderrors
    November 13, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @maddys79 is it formatted?

  69. Avoiderrors
    November 13, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @maddys79 is it formatted?

  70. Avoiderrors
    November 13, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @maddys79 is it formatted?

  71. Avoiderrors
    November 13, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @dsabo10 thank you

  72. Avoiderrors
    November 13, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @dsabo10 thank you

  73. Avoiderrors
    November 13, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @dsabo10 thank you

  74. Avoiderrors
    November 13, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @yashil1892 are u the admin?

  75. Avoiderrors
    November 13, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @yashil1892 are u the admin?

  76. Avoiderrors
    November 13, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @thromboplastigen thank you

  77. Avoiderrors
    November 13, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @thromboplastigen thank you

  78. yashil1892
    November 13, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @Avoiderrors yeah , but thanks anyway i had to reformat my hard disk! A 2tb toshiba ><

  79. yashil1892
    November 13, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @Avoiderrors yeah , but thanks anyway i had to reformat my hard disk! A 2tb toshiba ><

  80. yashil1892
    November 13, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @Avoiderrors yeah , but thanks anyway i had to reformat my hard disk! A 2tb toshiba ><

  81. yashil1892
    November 13, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @Avoiderrors yeah , but thanks anyway i had to reformat my hard disk! A 2tb toshiba ><

  82. elizabethbennettgirl
    November 17, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] MIne doesn’t also show up under disk management (nor my computer) , i’ve updated my bios … What i’m supposed to do ????

  83. elizabethbennettgirl
    November 17, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] MIne doesn’t also show up under disk management (nor my computer) , i’ve updated my bios … What i’m supposed to do ????

  84. elizabethbennettgirl
    November 17, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] MIne doesn’t also show up under disk management (nor my computer) , i’ve updated my bios … What i’m supposed to do ????

  85. elizabethbennettgirl
    November 17, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] MIne doesn’t also show up under disk management (nor my computer) , i’ve updated my bios … What i’m supposed to do ????

  86. Avoiderrors
    November 17, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @elizabethbennettgirl is this an external or internal drive?

  87. Avoiderrors
    November 17, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @elizabethbennettgirl is this an external or internal drive?

  88. Avoiderrors
    November 17, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @elizabethbennettgirl is this an external or internal drive?

  89. Avoiderrors
    November 17, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @elizabethbennettgirl is this an external or internal drive?

  90. elizabethbennettgirl
    November 18, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @Avoiderrors internal

  91. elizabethbennettgirl
    November 18, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @Avoiderrors internal

  92. elizabethbennettgirl
    November 18, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @Avoiderrors internal 

  93. reservoirpo
    November 21, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] he sounds like handy manny

  94. reservoirpo
    November 21, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] he sounds like handy manny

  95. reservoirpo
    November 21, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] he sounds like handy manny

  96. NikkiCR7
    November 22, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] how can we email you?

  97. NikkiCR7
    November 22, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] how can we email you?

  98. NikkiCR7
    November 22, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] how can we email you?

  99. NikkiCR7
    November 22, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] how can we email you?

  100. baghdadx
    November 25, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] hello Megail, thank u for the clip however my external hard drive show up but i cant get through it, ( like i cant open it ) so what should i do. many thanks

  101. baghdadx
    November 25, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] hello Megail, thank u for the clip however my external hard drive show up but i cant get through it, ( like i cant open it ) so what should i do. many thanks

  102. baghdadx
    November 25, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] hello Megail, thank u for the clip however my external hard drive show up but i cant get through it, ( like i cant open it ) so what should i do. many thanks

  103. baghdadx
    November 25, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] hello Megail, thank u for the clip however my external hard drive show up but i cant get through it, ( like i cant open it ) so what should i do. many thanks

  104. HelmetVanga
    November 27, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @baghdadx if this clip did not help you. Couple things. R u trying to use the HDD? or are u trying to access to get and copy off of it very valuable data? If it is the latter, this is what I do. using a USB adapter plug your HDD to a clean PC and go to my computer and see if the HDD shows there, if it does u can copy data off of it. If it doesn’t show. Put the HDD back in the PC, go to BIOS and run a test on the HDD with the manuacturer’s program, u should get PASS otherwise HDD is toast

  105. HelmetVanga
    November 27, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @baghdadx if this clip did not help you. Couple things. R u trying to use the HDD? or are u trying to access to get and copy off of it very valuable data? If it is the latter, this is what I do. using a USB adapter plug your HDD to a clean PC and go to my computer and see if the HDD shows there, if it does u can copy data off of it. If it doesn’t show. Put the HDD back in the PC, go to BIOS and run a test on the HDD with the manuacturer’s program, u should get PASS otherwise HDD is toast

  106. HelmetVanga
    November 27, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @baghdadx if this clip did not help you. Couple things. R u trying to use the HDD? or are u trying to access to get and copy off of it very valuable data? If it is the latter, this is what I do. using a USB adapter plug your HDD to a clean PC and go to my computer and see if the HDD shows there, if it does u can copy data off of it. If it doesn’t show. Put the HDD back in the PC, go to BIOS and run a test on the HDD with the manuacturer’s program, u should get PASS otherwise HDD is toast

  107. HelmetVanga
    November 27, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @baghdadx if this clip did not help you. Couple things. R u trying to use the HDD? or are u trying to access to get and copy off of it very valuable data? If it is the latter, this is what I do. using a USB adapter plug your HDD to a clean PC and go to my computer and see if the HDD shows there, if it does u can copy data off of it. If it doesn’t show. Put the HDD back in the PC, go to BIOS and run a test on the HDD with the manuacturer’s program, u should get PASS otherwise HDD is toast

  108. Avoiderrors
    November 28, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @baghdadx do you have data in there? if not Have you tried formatting it?

  109. Avoiderrors
    November 28, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @HelmetVanga this is just in case you install an external drive and it does not show in my computer.

  110. Avoiderrors
    November 28, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @baghdadx do you have data in there? if not Have you tried formatting it?

  111. Avoiderrors
    November 28, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @baghdadx do you have data in there? if not Have you tried formatting it?

  112. Avoiderrors
    November 28, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @baghdadx do you have data in there? if not Have you tried formatting it?

  113. Avoiderrors
    November 28, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @HelmetVanga this is just in case you install an external drive and it does not show in my computer.

  114. Avoiderrors
    November 28, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @HelmetVanga this is just in case you install an external drive and it does not show in my computer.

  115. Avoiderrors
    November 28, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @HelmetVanga this is just in case you install an external drive and it does not show in my computer.

  116. baghdadx
    November 28, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @baghdadx yes i have dats and i need it :(

  117. baghdadx
    November 28, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @baghdadx yes i have dats and i need it :(

  118. baghdadx
    November 28, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @baghdadx yes i have dats and i need it :(

  119. baghdadx
    November 28, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @baghdadx yes i have dats and i need it :(

  120. TheDeen1989
    December 6, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] hello..my external HDD was detected at the disc management, but its showing “unallocated” i cant change the path..can u help me??

  121. TheDeen1989
    December 6, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] hello..my external HDD was detected at the disc management, but its showing “unallocated” i cant change the path..can u help me??

  122. TheDeen1989
    December 6, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] hello..my external HDD was detected at the disc management, but its showing “unallocated” i cant change the path..can u help me??

  123. TheDeen1989
    December 6, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] hello..my external HDD was detected at the disc management, but its showing “unallocated” i cant change the path..can u help me??

  124. sfrewen2007
    December 6, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] I unplugged my external hard drive manually while it was in use by accident and now when I plug it in the computer doesn’t recognize it. How do I fix this problem?

  125. sfrewen2007
    December 6, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] I unplugged my external hard drive manually while it was in use by accident and now when I plug it in the computer doesn’t recognize it. How do I fix this problem?

  126. sfrewen2007
    December 6, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] I unplugged my external hard drive manually while it was in use by accident and now when I plug it in the computer doesn’t recognize it. How do I fix this problem?

  127. sfrewen2007
    December 6, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] I unplugged my external hard drive manually while it was in use by accident and now when I plug it in the computer doesn’t recognize it. How do I fix this problem?

  128. inches98
    December 12, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] hi,my external HDD didn’t showing up in my computer, i alrdy plug it in my computer,when i go to ”computer” my external hard drive didn’t showing up,can you help me how to fix it?

  129. lucario9797
    December 12, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] @TheDeen1989 i got the same problem too and do u get that data error cyclic thing too? any1 know how to fix this?

  130. cooptruman41
    December 25, 2011 Reply

    [..YouTube..] Installed windows 7 on a friends pc and he had 2 drives, but he also had a Removable hard drive left since he had xp on it. Now when he put it in the pc dont know it. Thanks!

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