External hard drives are quite convenient storage devices, which you can use to store data and move anywhere. But in the process of using, errors inevitably arise, especially in case Windows does not recognize the external hard drive , making you worried and do not know how to solve it. Below taimienphi.vn will help you how to fix theerror that Windows does not recognize the outermost hard drive for reference.
Instructions for Troubleshooting Windows Failure to Recognize External Hard Drive
Method 1: With many different devices, It is possible that when plugging the hard drive into a Windows machine that has not assigned a name so it cannot be displayed, you proceed to change, specify a name for the external hard drive, you do the following.
Press Windows key + R then type in the phrase compmgmt.msc press Ok a dialog box appears, here, select Disk Management.
Next, to resolve the external hard drive error ,right-click on the external drive icon and select Change Drive Letters and Paths.
A new dialog box appears, click Change to change the drive letter
Select the name and click OK to confirm
Now go to your computer to see if the external hard drive has appeared.
Method 2: If the above methods are not good, you proceed to Reformat the drive to see if it can be saved, you also go to Disk Management to select the drive right click Fomat.
Select the correct NTFS format in File System , click OK to confirm
Method 3: If it is not possible, your drive has not been partitioned by Windows, Go to Disk Management select the drive then click New Simple Volume to start the partitioning process
Method 4: First, you check whether the connection port between the computer and the external hard drive is rusty, loose or damaged,
Next you check, if the plug of the hard drive has any errors, if so, fix that error and plug it into the connector again.
Method 5: Update the latest, compatible driver for the external hard drive in use, You look at the information of your external hard drive then find and update the compatible driver you can search on google to find a compatible driver
Above are the ways to help you handle the error that Windows does not recognize an external hard drive, apply the simplest ways to do it as long as it helps you connect an external hard drive without worrying about external hard drive failure.
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Not only external hard drives, but sometimes computers also often have errors not recognizing normal HDDs. Although quite rare, the error of not recognizing HDDs is also very annoying and time-consuming for users.