External Hard drive not picking up

stephd2203 · Aug 20, 2016

My 1tb small external hard drive is not picking up in My Computer but it is picking up in Device Management and Disc Management although it shows 876gb unallocated, the HD reads fine on a different computer and our TV, a large 1tb external hard drive picks up perfectly fine on my computer (using the same casing as with the small hard drive) the HD in question worked on my computer until I re-installed windows yesterday. I have tried a lot of solutions, but to no avail, please help. TIA

Paul NZ · Aug 20, 2016

Format it in disk management then you'll see it in my computer. That maybe the only way you'll see it

Is windows up to date?

stephd2203 · Aug 20, 2016

Paul NZ :

yes windows is up to date, won't i lose all my stufff on the HD then?

will i be able to recover all the data with Active Partion Recovery? and why does the Hard drive work fine on another computer?

Paul NZ · Aug 20, 2016

D_Know_WD · Aug 22, 2016

Hi there stephd2203,

I believe you can use some partition recovery tool and see whether you will be able to recover the partitions.
Otherwise, you will need to back up all the data stored on the drive while connected to the other computer -> attach it to yours -> reformat it and put the data back on it.

It may be a good idea to test the drive afterwards: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/282651-32-best-diagnostic-testing-utility

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

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