Re: Portable Hard Drive Not Showing Up Windows 10
Ronald Bonk
That new hard drive that works on Mac, it could have been format as HFS+ format that Windows does not recognize. You could backup your data and format the drive as exFAT or get a software like Paragon that support on Mac. Then format your drive as NTFS.
I have the same issue! When I first bought the hard drive, I formatted it with a MacBook, and now I have a lot of data in it and I want to open the hard drive with Windows, what should I do? Which format is acceptable in both OS (Mac and Windows)? I can not see the hard drive in Disk Manager either!
I would prefer to format the disk from Windows as GPT-exFAT format. I believed the exFAT format from the Mac OSX is not stable and not really a exFAT format. If you can format the drive as exFAT on the Windows system. I had a case before when format the drive on Mac system and the drive is not accessible, so I format my drive on my PC laptop and it works wonder.
Windows Compatibility: Ensure that the new hard drive is formatted in a file system that is compatible with Windows. Windows typically supports NTFS and exFAT. Mac may read but not write to NTFS without additional software.
Also, troubleshoot the issue actively by following these steps. Check Disk Utility on your Mac to see if the drive is listed, ensuring the drive is powered and using a different cable if needed. Reformat the drive on your Mac using Disk Utility with a macOS-compatible file system if it was previously formatted for Windows. Examine the System Report for USB or Thunderbolt recognition and test the drive on another Mac. Keep your macOS up to date, reset NVRAM/PRAM, and use third-party disk repair tools if Disk Utility indicates errors. Always back up your data before attempting troubleshooting steps, and if issues persist, seek assistance from Western Digital support or Mac forums.
So, I have a Inspiron 7306 laptop. All was working great, but I wanted to give it to a family member. I tried to do a fresh Windows install within Windows. It didn't appear to work and instead loads Windows & brings me back to the login screen. However, it is now not accepting my password. At this point, my only option seems to do a fresh install from a USB drive.
I created the media on a USB drive from the Microsoft website. When I boot my Inspiron into the USB drive and start to go through the Windows installation setup, I am getting the following screen (below) telling me "it couldn't find any drives" for the Windows installation.
OK, any idea how to fix this so it shows up and I can continue to do a fresh Windows install? Do I need to use another method for installing Windows? Should I download a different version to my USB stick? Just wondering how to continue with the install
This page at easeus describes how to change a disk from GPT to MBR. It also has a link to Partition Manager which is used to perform that function. AOMEI Partition Assistant here can also be used for that purpose.
Insert in your target system your Dell Recovery USB key. Power up and immediately press F12 to show BIOS boot menu. Select under UEFI Boot: the UEFI: Dell Recovery USB selection. Follow the Dell Recovery USB process.
So, I have FINALLY gotten back to troubleshooting this issue. While I am able to create and boot up in the USB drive (containing Windows media), I am still running into problems. As stated before, no drives are showing up for a location to install Windows.
I tried the suggestion from the previous post where it basically tells me to obtain the storage driver for my laptop. I was able to do this and as stated & extract it to a USB drive. Here is where I got the storage driver for my model (2nd one on the list)
Well, after a few hrs and the help of Youtube, I was FINALLY able to figure this out. Basically, it required me to obtain the right storage driver from Intel's site. Here is where I got the right driver:
Since this laptop has an Intel, I downloaded the 3rd file. After downloading the file, I unzipped it to a USB drive. When needed, I then browsed for it. Once the correct driver was loaded, I was then able to see the drive and all the partitions as needed.
One other note though. All my partitions were initially locked with Bitlocker. In order to proceed, I had to delete all the partitions and all worked great. I was able to continue with the Windows install. Since I was doing a total fresh reinstall, I didn't require any data from the laptop, but if you need to obtain data, you will have to find some way to turn bitlocker off outside of the Windows environment.
The only suggestion I can offer would be to either use the HP cloud recovery tool to create a bootable USB recovery drive that will reinstall W10, the drivers and the software that originally came with your notebook...see the link below.
Installing the driver for Intel RST did the trick. I tried that once, but apparently I did something wrong, because the file never became listed as a valid driver. Now all the storage options are showing as it should.
sounds like an easy problem to fix but I am spend on the last 2 days trying to get a working hard drive show up on my server. I do a nightly backup onto a USB hard drive that we rotate between 5 drives. None of the drives show up anymore. I rebooted the server and still no go. I then looked at disk management and they do not show up their either. In device manager if I show hidden drives they showed up but greyed out and not taking drives. I uninstalled the drivers and the rebooted the server but still windows will not detect any of these 5 drives any more. I tested the cable and hard drives on my laptop and they work fine. On the server I tried another brand USB hard drive and it picked it up right away. Why doesnt the server like these drives anymore and how can I make windows detect them again?
I would start with uninstalling the drivers for the device, then try to plug them back in. If you can see them on another pc, you know the hard drives are not bad. Maybe try to download the driver from the manufacturer website and install those.
yes done that already I unisnalled them but windows should try to intall the driver again and it is not. I went to the manufacturers website and they only have Mac drivers. Seems like these days you cannot get drivers for newer devices as if the manufacturer 100% relies on Microsoft to work all the time. Sux
Info you may think is irrelevant can and usually will be very relevant. For wall any of us knew you could have been trying to use a drive that was formatted as a 4K drive, which Server 2008 R2 does not support.
My OneDrive is taking up a lot of space on my C drive. I thought OneDrive was in the Cloud. Did I set it up wrong? Any tips or ideas on how to save space on my C drive when I am using OneDrive? Thanks!
I was able to change the settings so the files are not stored locally, however, once you click on a file in File Explorer, then it downloads locally. Is there a way to stop the downloading when you click on the file or is the only way with the right-click then View Online?
If you simply click it, without opening the file, it should not be downloaded. If it does download it, it means you have some additional software messing things up - check every "scanner" type of application you have, as well as every application that has added entries to the right-click menu, applications that generate file previews/templates, etc.
Yes, the files only download locally if I double-click them. So then if I no longer want them locally I have to right-click "Free Up Space"? I am just curious as we are going to have several users that will share and edit files out of a Team OneDrive and I don't want a bunch of local copies on each users C drive.
Well that's the "on demand" part - applications need to have access to the entire file to work with it. If you don't want that to happen at all, ditch the sync client and only access OneDrive via the browser.
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@Vasil Michev
Still confused. I have a lot of crucial data on my PC D: drive. I tried to put into the OneDrive cloud as a backup and to be able to access it from elsewhere. It ended up putting a lot of it, but not all, on my C: drive, who knows why. I now have two versions of some of the data. This poses a serious dilemma. It doesn't seem to sync but I'm afraid that if I delete the C: drive version, it will also delete the critical D: drive version. I just don't understand OneDrive at all. It promises so much but delivers a hotchpotch. Can someone please explain it in plain English, not computer jargon?
@Bobapingu I am in the same boat. I would like OneDrive to mirror my C: drive and serve as a backup, instead I think I also have two or three versions of the same data. Also, every time I change anything in a file, OneDrive immediately begins to process the changes. This is great for small files, but when I am working with >1GB rasters is ESRI ArcMap OneDrive consumes my college-budget internet.
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