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External hard drive is not showing up in the disk management

2 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/external-hard-drive-is-not-showing-up-in-the-disk-management.161122/

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thecreativeboy Original post #1
Aug 3, 2012 at 6:08 PM
Dear All,

The External drive (Western Digital Passport) is not showing up in the disk management. I have tried the below suggestions.

1.) I am able to find the external drive in the disk management. Checked the working condition in device manager and the status is working properly.

2.) In the disk management and diskpart, it is not showing up and also in 'My Computer'.

I have attached the screen shots for your better understanding.

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Kindly help me on this. Many thanks in advance.
dashing.sujay
Aug 3, 2012 at 6:52 PM
Make sure the device is not "disabled" from device manager.