hard drive not showing up in device manager

Some reported that the USB or external hard drive is not showing up on My Computer or File Explorer but showing in Disk Management.

I deleted the file on storage pools and all is well.Many users complained that their external hard drives are connected but not showing on computer or File Explorer the Windows 10/8/7. Turns out Storage pools was preventing me from going into disk management. I did some more research and found ( ) on TomsHardware. I appreciate any and all help even if you don't have an answer.Įdit: Problem solved. All I want is to start using my second hard drive. I hope I was specific enough for this issue. This morning I tried system restore and it didn't fix the problem. After getting frustrated from doing something wrong I just went to bed. (I was very tired and wasn't thinking straight). I do not remember how I deleted this 'something' but I remember it wasn't labeled as a hard disk and instead labeled as something along the lines of 'storage space'. I made a big mistake and deleted something. Last night I fixed these two issues and decided to try and start using the new hard drive. I also never attempted to use this hard drive because I never screwed it in properly (Only one side of it got screwed in). The link to ( ) sums up everything I've tried.įor some context, this is my first PC build and my cable management was sloppy. I've researched solutions on multiple forums and haven't found anything that helps me. I am currently using a crucial MX300 275GB SSD that works perfectly as a boot drive. I have Windows 10, my HDD is a Seagate 1TB SATA 3.5 inch drive and the motherboard is a Gigabyte z170 HD3P.

It also shows up in Control Panel>System and security>Storage pools, I didn't want to make the title too long.

Hard drive not showing up in device manager