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The thread discusses a user who is unable to see their external Toshiba HDD in Windows Explorer despite it being recognized in Device Manager and functioning properly. A helpful reply suggests checking Disk Management to see if the drive needs formatting or partitioning, which the original poster admits to not having considered before. The overall tone is friendly and solutions-oriented, concluding with the user realizing that inspecting Disk Management resolved the issue.

Pbergin

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I'm a former Systems Admin. so I should be able to figure this out, but nope... so I'm asking:

I bought a small, external 2.5 Toshiba HDD to use as additional storage. I put it in a case and plugged it in. No dice, I can't see it in Windows Explorer. I checked Device Manager, and it shows up as connected (obviously) and working properly, driver up to date etc, but no go in Explorer. I thought this might be a Windows 10 related issue, so I plugged it into a Linux machine, and no dice there either.

It shows up as "working properly" in Device Manager so it's obviously passing data, and it goes without saying that it's also powered up. What am I missing here?

Thanks in advance.
 

Mr David Edmund Corkrey

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Can you see it in Disk Management? What is the status there? Does it need to be formatted and create a partition, etc.? After this is done, you should see it in Explorer.
 
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Pbergin

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Can you believe I never thought of that? Good grief! Well I HAVE been retired for 6 years 😀

That was it of course