My hard drive won't appear on disk management. (Windows 10)

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TroyCarson

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Yesterday everything was fine, but today my 1T storage drive won't appear anywhere on my PC. I can't locate the drive in disk management, This PC, or anywhere else. I'm not sure what to do. I've looked up possible solutions to this problem on this site and several others, but none of the instructions have worked out for me. Please let me know if anyone can help me with this issue.
Thank you for your time and thought.
 
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SuperSoph_WD
Welcome to the community, Troy!

I'd recommend you to check Device Manager and BIOS as @Davcolok suggested to see if the HDD is recognized there.
If it's not, I'd suggest you to try using a different SATA cable and attempt plugging it to a different port on the motherboard. If you have the opportunity, I'd also check if the drive actually spins up when you power up your system.
Have you tried 'Rescan Disks' in Disk Management? Occaionally it could take some time for Windows OS to recognize the connected storage devices right away.

Another possible solution would be to update the SATA controller drivers from your motherboard manufacturer's website or try to reset BIOS using one of these methods: http://www.wikihow.com/Reset-Your-BIOS...
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Welcome to the community, Troy!

I'd recommend you to check Device Manager and BIOS as @Davcolok suggested to see if the HDD is recognized there.
If it's not, I'd suggest you to try using a different SATA cable and attempt plugging it to a different port on the motherboard. If you have the opportunity, I'd also check if the drive actually spins up when you power up your system.
Have you tried 'Rescan Disks' in Disk Management? Occaionally it could take some time for Windows OS to recognize the connected storage devices right away.

Another possible solution would be to update the SATA controller drivers from your motherboard manufacturer's website or try to reset BIOS using one of these methods: http://www.wikihow.com/Reset-Your-BIOS

Hope these help. Keep us posted! :)
BTW, Happy Holidays!
SuperSoph_WD
 
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