Thankyou so very much, new HDD using a USB enclosure and it wasn't showing, went through these easy steps and initialized the drive now it's showing. Thanks again.
Thanks!!! In my case I did it. I recover my toshiba 1tb external hard disc. Thank you so much for your channel. You explained what to do clearly... God bless you .
My external hard drive works well when I use it in USB 2 but don't work in USB 3. My computer has only USB 3. I bought a USB hub with both USB 2 & 3 and use the external hard drive in USB 2 of that hub. It works fine.
I'm watching from Cambodia. Thank you so much for your video. I appreciate your clear explanation and voice. The problems are listed in the video, and they are solved one at a time.
This was super helpful. Simple to follow and i am so happy to be able to use my hand drive now. I just had to create a New Drive Volume and that's it. Thanks a lot i appreciate. All those who watched and found value in this video should have subscribed. This guys deserves more subscribers.
When I tried to create a new drive volume I am asked to format the drive but if I do so it will erase all the date in my external drive.Is there any solution to create a new drive volume without formatting the harddisk?
I have two drives that will show up in disk manager but give “device not ready” error when I try to initialize them. Tried everything I can think of or find in CMD. Nothing seems to work.
I have a Mac Mini 2014 and installed the latest Monterey OS....I used a wired key board as recommended......I installed bootcamp and then used my Logitech wired keyboard to use both systems....unbeknown to me my logitech wireless mouse and keyboard prevented me from seeing external drives on Monterey OS.....when I removed the wireless keyboard and attached a generic wired keyboard I could see all the external drives attached to Mac OS.....this drove me nuts
My WD Black P10 didn’t Even Show In disk Manager it Only Pops up at The Devices And Printers And it Says Unknown USB Device Set Address Failed Code 43 Can Someone Please Help me out I Updated The USB Root Hub And Everything
My problem is that in Disk Management I do not have "New Simple Volume" as an option. Instead, I have "Shrink Volume" and "Delete Volume" as options. What should I do?
Hello. I was only partially able to keep up with you, however, I will watch again to see if it helps. I have never used a hard drive, this was a gift, so all new. I’m kinda lost at this point. I tried to watch other videos, what a waste of time !
Whenever I'm connecting my hard drive my computer getting freezed, no hard drive related utility is opening like hdd manager or hard disk sentinel... Everything else works .. hard drive is being recognised by system, a drive letter is also assigned
None of these youtube videos fix an external hard drive that doesn't show up as a letter or up in disk management under unknown. Yet wmic command shows drive is OK and properties say it's working properly.....
Okay, definitely I can't solve this by formatting. Not only because I'll lost data from a decade, but also Disk Management won't show the disk. Like, my PC recognizes the disk for seconds, and then it ignores it. I'm not sure what's going on.
This video is spot on. At first I even thought I still couldn't figure it out, but I'll BE! Watching this video made it possible. Very well done. My Element WD was showing up as disc 1. I had reformatted it to hold PS4 data, but needed to use it for Windows. Another video said Disk 0 and Disk 1 were usually your PC's C drive and other important stuff so I just had it in my head that I couldn't touch those. Turns out Disk 1 was it and all I had to do was delete the volume on it. Which I am guessing was all the PS4 stuff.
What all lessons on this topic have all so far failed to do is that they do not demonstrate the difference on the Disc management page between when the hard drive is, and isnt plugged in, and as it would need to differ to be of relevance, these lessons leave me completely underwhelmed.....like if the disc management page stays the same regardless of if the hard drive is plugged in or not, then how can anything else you teach be of the slightest relevance ?
this is a good video but once again, i cannot do that because windows doesn't recognize my HDD, don't show up on the file explorer, no signs of life, so any solution?
Hi,when I try to initialize my new hard drive it says "windows unable to install your PCI serial Port"💁♂️ so I dnt know what to do 🤦♂️can you please help??
Hi, you may find answers in Microsoft Community: answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/pci-serial-port-drivers-couldnt-install/e71cf22d-9bea-4f43-a83b-255041365685
I have an external WD 14TB Elements drive and plenty of experience installing new drives. I kept getting errors of "fatal" device error. Couldn't initialize or format. I would shut off and turn back on... nothing. Then I unplugged the drive from the AC input and plugged it back in, and my PC finally recognized it. As for why it didn't the first time, I have absolutley no idea; but I spent 45 minutes thinking it was probably DOA until 45 seconds ago. This is after trying all my computers USB ports, etc.
This is simular to my prob but not quite. My comupter sees my WD 40ezaz when hooked to my Cinolink adapter but not in anyother setup. Any ideas My Computer is seeing the hook ups in devices but not the hard drive when in them. Also does that in Disk Man!
You're brilliant however my problem is my Transcend storejet 1tb has data in it and I see it (thanks to you), in Disk Managent. Could you kindly help with a a way I can resolve the issue without formatting it. I cant afford to lose the Data. Thanks in advance.
@@REALTEXAN_Hispanic The more I look into "permanent" solutions I'm finding there seems to be little to none for the home consumer. Whether it has moving parts or not they have a life span only you don't know what it is or when it will happen. Unless you're willing to put it in the cloud then be prepared for loss...sigh.
It’s saying access denied when I try to format it, The external hard drive I have is a Toshiba and I am on windows 10. I don’t know what to do. It also keeps saying the Parameter is incorrect.
Hi, first give permission to your external hard drive. 1) Go to This PC and right-click the inaccessible external hard drive, select Properties and go to the Security tab. 2) Click on Edit and choose your username from the Group or username section. 3) Click Add and OK to finish. Let me know if this helps : -)
Thank you so much #AnyRecover! This video was extactlly what i needed to situate my disk finding issue. Not only are you getting a like but im subscribign as well.
mine usually has an led on when they're connected and even has a pug in sound, but this time it shows none of them :((( I wonder if it's the usb cable or the disk itself that is broken OMG I'm panicking right now. What do you think is happening. it was ok 5 minutes ago when I wanted to ransfer files and suddenly the external driver didnt showed up on the screen..
My problem started, after I scanned the ext.HD, which windows reccomended, because there was a supposed problem. After scanning it said everything is okay, but then it didn't read the HD anymore. I tried out, the things from this video, but it still doesn't help. Any advise?
how to check the drive to see if anything was written to it before it stopped working? the white light on my wd external drive doesnt come on, it worked on my old pc, not on new one, i tried a laptop i couldn't figure out. please help. I can still rma wd but dont want to until i verify nothing is on the drive.
You mean the light was not on when plugging it in? Then probably the drive is damaged. But first you can try the methods in the video to help detect the drive.
please my external hard drive appears "unknown and not initialzed" at disk management and when initializing, it tells me "incorrect function"...please help me to save my external hard drive,i have alot on it
@@anyrecover5388 it's my first time using it on an intel I usually use Mac... Do I need reinstall? I can't backup the work that's already in since I can't even open the harddrive...
@@nolwazimabizela So you have used it on Mac before, right? Then maybe it's because the file system is not compatible with Windows PC. Please follow this video ruclips.net/video/ALXZ_TaDTGY/видео.html and change its file system.
My external hard drive doesn't show up in the disk management tab. Please help. P.S. - The usb port is functional because it's working with other devices. I know my external hard drive is also functional since it works fine on my other computer.
Same issue, checked disk manager, device manager, chaned usb port😪 My hope is that since I upgraded to windows 10 that maybe this is the cause and I might be able to recover my files. I did check on several quotes to get data recovered from hard drive but they start at around 700 and go all the way to 3000 plus. Many of us cannot afford to spend this much😪
Curious. What if my USB ports (3.0 in particular) still works for other devices? In my case, the USB jack for my external HDD is only detected when I plug it into my USB 2.0 port with the notification "There's a problem with the drive. Scan to fix it." Yet the scan isn't able to fix anything. The only time I can see it in Disk Management or Device Manager now is when it's connected to the 2.0 port and there's no exclamation point or any detected issues. I was able to get it to detect in my 3.0 port for ONE day if I uninstalled it in Device Manager (while it was in the 2.0 port), ejected it, then plugged it in to the 3.0 port.
What if the driver shows up on the computer but cant acess it? Then says it needs to be formatted.. Also when using a file recover app all the files are there
I really appreciate your video other people made theirs so difficult your was simple and straight to the point and made finding the resolution very easy I really appreciate it thanks from a person that was very concerned
I just got mine recently and it was working fine and I took a nap while it was plugged in and I woke up and my laptop went into rest mode so I turned it back on and it was gone. Now it’s saying like there is a hardware error when I try to initialize it. Smh
Thankyou so very much, new HDD using a USB enclosure and it wasn't showing, went through these easy steps and initialized the drive now it's showing. Thanks again.
Mine dosent showup in disk management but show up in hardware and sound ...and allso works on another laptop
Thanks!!! In my case I did it. I recover my toshiba 1tb external hard disc. Thank you so much for your channel. You explained what to do clearly... God bless you .
which technique did you use? i have so many important data and i cannot access my ext hard drive i am going mad.
Please which way did you use to repair it I have the same harddrive Toshiba 1tb please help a brother
bro this was so helpful i have spent 2 hours looking at tutorials and yours was very easy to understand and very good i appreciate it
My external hard drive works well when I use it in USB 2 but don't work in USB 3. My computer has only USB 3. I bought a USB hub with both USB 2 & 3 and use the external hard drive in USB 2 of that hub. It works fine.
I'm watching from Cambodia. Thank you so much for your video. I appreciate your clear explanation and voice. The problems are listed in the video, and they are solved one at a time.
This was super helpful. Simple to follow and i am so happy to be able to use my hand drive now. I just had to create a New Drive Volume and that's it. Thanks a lot i appreciate. All those who watched and found value in this video should have subscribed. This guys deserves more subscribers.
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Disk management and right clicking on unallocated with assign letter wizard worked for me. Thank you very much sir! You earned a sub!
my driver was not working and i tried sevrel ways that I took from youtube to fix it, but never worked and now with your video it is working THANK YOU
Helped me disk management section helped me fix it! Thank you!!
I connected the external hard disk to the TV and then the laptop doesn't see it anymore, does anyone know why
When I tried to create a new drive volume I am asked to format the drive but if I do so it will erase all the date in my external drive.Is there any solution to create a new drive volume without formatting the harddisk?
Same as me
How were you able to do it bro
mine shows in just usb 2 and not in usb 3 I have tried checking with other pc and it still doesnt shows up
I have two drives that will show up in disk manager but give “device not ready” error when I try to initialize them. Tried everything I can think of or find in CMD. Nothing seems to work.
Same situation 😔
I have a Mac Mini 2014 and installed the latest Monterey OS....I used a wired key board as recommended......I installed bootcamp and then used my Logitech wired keyboard to use both systems....unbeknown to me my logitech wireless mouse and keyboard prevented me from seeing external drives on Monterey OS.....when I removed the wireless keyboard and attached a generic wired keyboard I could see all the external drives attached to Mac OS.....this drove me nuts
My WD Black P10 didn’t Even Show In disk Manager it Only Pops up at The Devices And Printers And it Says Unknown USB Device Set Address Failed Code 43 Can Someone Please Help me out I Updated The USB Root Hub And Everything
My problem is that in Disk Management I do not have "New Simple Volume" as an option. Instead, I have "Shrink Volume" and "Delete Volume" as options. What should I do?
delete volume and then after that new simple volume will be shown
When i right click on my device, the “change drive letter” button is greyed out and I can’t select it
Hello. I was only partially able to keep up with you, however, I will watch again to see if it helps.
I have never used a hard drive, this was a gift, so all new.
I’m kinda lost at this point.
I tried to watch other videos, what a waste of time !
what to do when my external hard drive doesn't show at all in the disk management window? thank you
Dude you just saved me alot of time!! I finaly fixed my external drive issues.. all it needed was a new drive letter! youre the best!
Glad to know that this video helps！
Still can't see mine,after trying everything
@@anyrecover5388 my external hard drive is frozen the light stay lit! do you have any videos for that?
Hi, I cannot click the New Simple Volume button
Whenever I'm connecting my hard drive my computer getting freezed, no hard drive related utility is opening like hdd manager or hard disk sentinel... Everything else works .. hard drive is being recognised by system, a drive letter is also assigned
Saved me a headache. Other vids make it seem so much more complicated than it is. SAVED ME THANKS !
I have a problem : when i open disk manager it just crashes so i can't do nothing about it
Thanks man, I was so confused now I’m subbing
Tysm saved me buying new drive and adapter
I have no drive letter for my external drive and right clicking does not give me the option to assign one in win11
None of these youtube videos fix an external hard drive that doesn't show up as a letter or up in disk management under unknown. Yet wmic command shows drive is OK and properties say it's working properly.....
Thank you this helped my get my external working again great video
I have spent so many hours watching guides today that were of no help... and this is the one that did it. Thank you so much.
Only C drive is shown in disk management
Can you help
With out data loosing in showing unallocated when connected external Hard drive
Thank you. just fixed my hard drive
If I do new volume does that mean all the old stuff I had on there will be deleted
Mine doesn't show on disk management how to fix it please help?!
This is the best video ever. Step 2 was my problem, and you saved my laptop.
Okay, definitely I can't solve this by formatting. Not only because I'll lost data from a decade, but also Disk Management won't show the disk. Like, my PC recognizes the disk for seconds, and then it ignores it. I'm not sure what's going on.
This video is spot on. At first I even thought I still couldn't figure it out, but I'll BE! Watching this video made it possible. Very well done. My Element WD was showing up as disc 1. I had reformatted it to hold PS4 data, but needed to use it for Windows. Another video said Disk 0 and Disk 1 were usually your PC's C drive and other important stuff so I just had it in my head that I couldn't touch those. Turns out Disk 1 was it and all I had to do was delete the volume on it. Which I am guessing was all the PS4 stuff.
glad it helps, that means a lot to us!!
What all lessons on this topic have all so far failed to do is that they do not demonstrate the difference on the Disc management page between when the hard drive is, and isnt plugged in, and as it would need to differ to be of relevance, these lessons leave me completely underwhelmed.....like if the disc management page stays the same regardless of if the hard drive is plugged in or not, then how can anything else you teach be of the slightest relevance ?
First time it's showing. Once I disconnect and connect it's not showing.
this is a good video but once again, i cannot do that because windows doesn't recognize my HDD, don't show up on the file explorer, no signs of life, so any solution?
Thank you very much. My external drive nos is fixed
Hi,when I try to initialize my new hard drive it says "windows unable to install your PCI serial Port"💁♂️ so I dnt know what to do 🤦♂️can you please help??
Hi, you may find answers in Microsoft Community: answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/pci-serial-port-drivers-couldnt-install/e71cf22d-9bea-4f43-a83b-255041365685
I have an external WD 14TB Elements drive and plenty of experience installing new drives. I kept getting errors of "fatal" device error. Couldn't initialize or format. I would shut off and turn back on... nothing.
Then I unplugged the drive from the AC input and plugged it back in, and my PC finally recognized it. As for why it didn't the first time, I have absolutley no idea; but I spent 45 minutes thinking it was probably DOA until 45 seconds ago. This is after trying all my computers USB ports, etc.
You've saved me from worry. Thanks
This is simular to my prob but not quite. My comupter sees my WD 40ezaz when hooked to my Cinolink adapter but not in anyother setup. Any ideas
My Computer is seeing the hook ups in devices but not the hard drive when in them. Also does that in Disk Man!
You're brilliant however my problem is my Transcend storejet 1tb has data in it and I see it (thanks to you), in Disk Managent. Could you kindly help with a a way I can resolve the issue without formatting it. I cant afford to lose the Data.
Thanks in advance.
Did you try to assign a new drive letter or troubleshoot driver issues? In this way your data will stay safe.
Did everything you said worked like a charm. Thank you legend.
worked perfectly on my portable hard drive. I've been trying to get it to work for months
From my perspective your computer is recognizing the device as being attached. Mine is not even going that far.
Yea same problem. No videos on RUclips help
@@REALTEXAN_Hispanic The more I look into "permanent" solutions I'm finding there seems to be little to none for the home consumer. Whether it has moving parts or not they have a life span only you don't know what it is or when it will happen. Unless you're willing to put it in the cloud then be prepared for loss...sigh.
I tried so many videos and they did not work for me but urs did 😊
i cant create a new letter is says mbr partition y cant i get my files its an old ide drive i do not want to format the drive ???
Ahh thanks dude, my 500gb file saved thanks to u..
What about if I try hitting it with a mallet ?
Thank you so much bro, you helped me big time. I'll continue supporting you.. thanks again.
It’s saying access denied when I try to format it, The external hard drive I have is a Toshiba and I am on windows 10. I don’t know what to do. It also keeps saying the Parameter is incorrect.
Hi, first give permission to your external hard drive. 1) Go to This PC and right-click the inaccessible external hard drive, select Properties and go to the Security tab. 2) Click on Edit and choose your username from the Group or username section. 3) Click Add and OK to finish. Let me know if this helps : -)
Still not working :( Watched so many tutorials but the right click to > new simple volume is gray and cant do it that way
will appreciate your help
Fixed it by just trying a different cable. Happened with my blue yeti as well.
How do you get new simple volume
1:57 i tried clicking "new simple volume" for my hard drive but for some reason its not highlighting for me to click
My older WD is not even showing up in disk management. Please advise. I have tried different ports and cables. Still nothing.
you dont explain properlly what if it doesnt appear in disk management
Thanks you so much ! i thought i lost 1,8 terabyte this is the most helpful video i have seen all year!
It lagging my pc when i connect hd
Thank you so much #AnyRecover! This video was extactlly what i needed to situate my disk finding issue. Not only are you getting a like but im subscribign as well.
we would be glad it helps!
its very helpful,,thank you very much,,,,😀
that means a lot to us
This didn't help me, I can't see my drive in drive management. Can someone help me with this?
Im having same issue
it maybey cable flickering
Me too. My cable is fine too because i tried it with other external hdd
i’m having the same issue, did you figure it out yet?
@@garvin8657 same here
Thanks
mine usually has an led on when they're connected and even has a pug in sound, but this time it shows none of them :((( I wonder if it's the usb cable or the disk itself that is broken OMG I'm panicking right now. What do you think is happening. it was ok 5 minutes ago when I wanted to ransfer files and suddenly the external driver didnt showed up on the screen..
My problem started, after I scanned the ext.HD, which windows reccomended, because there was a supposed problem. After scanning it said everything is okay, but then it didn't read the HD anymore.
I tried out, the things from this video, but it still doesn't help.
Any advise?
how to check the drive to see if anything was written to it before it stopped working? the white light on my wd external drive doesnt come on, it worked on my old pc, not on new one, i tried a laptop i couldn't figure out. please help. I can still rma wd but dont want to until i verify nothing is on the drive.
You mean the light was not on when plugging it in? Then probably the drive is damaged. But first you can try the methods in the video to help detect the drive.
God bless i just followed all the steps & now um a happy Subscriber☺☺☺😅😊
😄thanks for Subscribing
please my external hard drive appears "unknown and not initialzed" at disk management and when initializing, it tells me "incorrect function"...please help me to save my external hard drive,i have alot on it
Were you able to fix it?
@@tetepeachy7026 no oooo,it might be that might hard drive is dead,dunno what to do again
@@nanayawkesseakandawin363 take it to a professional ig lol,,,,but don't go to a iffy place cause they might steal your data 💀
how to install back the USB Composite Device? I uninstalled it like in the instruction but nothing happen and now I don't know how to reinstall it. :(
Hi, once you reboot the computer, it will install automatically
You are a genius....it worked great....Thank you
Explained it very systematically,let me try if it works
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It's been 2 years so I don't know if you'll see my comment, but thank you from the bottom of my heart! You don't know how much this video helped me🥺
yeah, I see!! that means a lot to us🥰
you my new friend are a genius and ah just subscribed... ah thot ma drive was broken
My issue is that it shows on my pc and I've partitioned however I'm unable to open the file. Can you kindly assist?
Hi, does your external hard drive show up in Disk Management normally?
@@anyrecover5388 it's my first time using it on an intel I usually use Mac... Do I need reinstall? I can't backup the work that's already in since I can't even open the harddrive...
@@nolwazimabizela So you have used it on Mac before, right? Then maybe it's because the file system is not compatible with Windows PC. Please follow this video ruclips.net/video/ALXZ_TaDTGY/видео.html and change its file system.
Wow! Thanks so much! I got mine to work! Thank you thank you! I have so many important docs here!
Video is very HELPFUL thank you
My external hard drive doesn't show up in the disk management tab. Please help.
P.S. - The usb port is functional because it's working with other devices. I know my external hard drive is also functional since it works fine on my other computer.
Did you try to update or reinstall driver on the computer?
@@anyrecover5388 following.. same issue
Same issue, checked disk manager, device manager, chaned usb port😪 My hope is that since I upgraded to windows 10 that maybe this is the cause and I might be able to recover my files. I did check on several quotes to get data recovered from hard drive but they start at around 700 and go all the way to 3000 plus. Many of us cannot afford to spend this much😪
So helpful. Took me two days to figure this out! Thank you so so so much!
This help me a lot and this very easy thanks
😄glad it helps
It worked for me thank you so much for this video now I get to play my sims and I have enough space I’m so hype 🎉❤🔥
Thanks, this really helped me
2nd method worked, thank you so much! :)
Hey bro i did it and it showed up but i lost my old data. Can u help to recover it.
Curious. What if my USB ports (3.0 in particular) still works for other devices? In my case, the USB jack for my external HDD is only detected when I plug it into my USB 2.0 port with the notification "There's a problem with the drive. Scan to fix it." Yet the scan isn't able to fix anything. The only time I can see it in Disk Management or Device Manager now is when it's connected to the 2.0 port and there's no exclamation point or any detected issues.
I was able to get it to detect in my 3.0 port for ONE day if I uninstalled it in Device Manager (while it was in the 2.0 port), ejected it, then plugged it in to the 3.0 port.
My is beeping plss hewlp how to fix it😭
What if the driver shows up on the computer but cant acess it? Then says it needs to be formatted.. Also when using a file recover app all the files are there
Thank you very much, you just saved me big time🤗
The blue led of ext hard drive is not coming on and drive is not detected as well.
Now it says you have to format disk in order to continue. What should I do?
I really appreciate your video other people made theirs so difficult your was simple and straight to the point and made finding the resolution very easy I really appreciate it thanks from a person that was very concerned
This was tremendously helpful, thank you!
glad to hear that!
I laid a different cable and it helped
thank you so you help to fix my problem
I just got mine recently and it was working fine and I took a nap while it was plugged in and I woke up and my laptop went into rest mode so I turned it back on and it was gone. Now it’s saying like there is a hardware error when I try to initialize it. Smh
If its asking to initialize disk and i select that will it erase all my data on my drive