1TB seagate freeagent goflex won't recognize in windows 10 after transfer use with dish hopper with sling

wouldlikehelp · Dec 1, 2016

I just want to reformat. Drive shows up in "devices and printers list" and in "device manager" I tried to update driver and told me it was up to date. But I can't do anything else. Because drive does not show up so I can't go to properties and reformat the normal way. Thank You I hope someone can help.

SuperSoph_WD · Dec 2, 2016

Welcome to Tom's Hardware, mate!

Since the 1 TB external drive does show in Device Manager, you should also check Disk management in Windows and see how the HDD pops up there. Posting some screenshots from there would be really helpful, too.
If you want to re-format the external HDD, you can also do it from there by deleting the volumes on the drive and then create a new one. Here's a detailed tutorial that could help you as well - How to partition & format your drive. Make sure you select the right drive, otherwise you might format the wrong HDD.

If you still face issues with the detection of the external in Disk Management, you should try plugging it using a different USB cable and to a different port on your computer. If you have access to another PC/laptop running Windows OS, you might as well try to format the hard drive from there.

Keep me posted if you have more questions! Hope this helps you!

SuperSoph_WD

wouldlikehelp · Dec 5, 2016

Thank You I went Disk Management and it worked. Again thanks.

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