Can't find my Nas Hdd on my computer.

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Corstiaan

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Can't find my Nas Hdd on my computer. My nas is broken and i want to use the hdd in my computer. I cant find in the system.
 
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SuperSoph_WD
Welcome to the TH community, @Corstiaan!

Can you please check if the HDD is recognized in Disk Management in Windows, at least? Since the drive used be in a NAS system, you will need to re-format it first in order to be able to use it. The re-formatting procedure will erase all the data on it, though, so make sure there's nothing important on that NAS HDD. Network-attached storage systems use a different file system for the HDDs, so they cannot be read from a Windows OS without third-party utilities.

Once the HDD is reformatted in NTFS (Windows OS-specific file system), you should be able to see, access and use the hard drive's capacity in the file explorer (This PC/My Computer) as you wish.

Keep me posted...
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Welcome to the TH community, @Corstiaan!

Can you please check if the HDD is recognized in Disk Management in Windows, at least? Since the drive used be in a NAS system, you will need to re-format it first in order to be able to use it. The re-formatting procedure will erase all the data on it, though, so make sure there's nothing important on that NAS HDD. Network-attached storage systems use a different file system for the HDDs, so they cannot be read from a Windows OS without third-party utilities.

Once the HDD is reformatted in NTFS (Windows OS-specific file system), you should be able to see, access and use the hard drive's capacity in the file explorer (This PC/My Computer) as you wish.

Keep me posted if you have more questions or issues with it!
SuperSoph_WD :)
 
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