After you connect your external hard drive to the computer, sometimes you’ll find that you cannot access the files. For example, the external hard drive is not showing up in Windows 10 File Explorer. The external hard drive is not showing up in Disk Management on Windows 10, or the external hard disk can be detected but is not opening. ( Related article: Solved – Files Not Showing in External Hard Drive ) The problem scenarios may be caused by many reasons – improper hardware connection, dead USB ports, the disk is raw, or it does not have a drive letter, outdated/corrupt driver, file system incompatibility, the external hard drive is unallocated, disk errors, serious physical damage, etc. When your external hard drive suddenly begins not showing up in the File Explorer or Disk Management, don’t panic. This guide will learn 8 solutions to get around the “hard drive not showing up in Windows 10” error.
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