My Hard Drive Doesn't Show Up Windows 7 FIX - Western Digital Hard Drive Not Detected
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I show you how you can get your Hard Drive to show up in Windows 7. Or if your wondering what are system partitions and boot partitions? Or How to delete a protected EFI disk partition with Windows 7.
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I answer the following questions in this video.
What are system partitions and boot partitions? How to delete a protected EFI disk partition with Windows 7. My Western Digital Hard Drive is not showing up in Windows 7?
My hard drive isn't recognized by windows 7 how can I fix this? 
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This helped me more than my own IT department! thank you!
when i click OK on the initialize disk i get a I/O ERROR message come up which stops me from going into volume wizard why am i having this problem could u please help me its a 1TB WD Elements external HRD i have also attached print screens of both pages as well please help thank you
THANK YOU !!!!!! I messed around for nearly half a day to solve this problem until I found your PERFECT STEP BY STEP Instructions.So UN GRAND MERCI from France. Best, FM
Your a life saver. I wanted to use one of my external drives for a linux operating system and it didn't work. Then when I went to use the drive it didn't show up. I tried lots of videos but all did nothing apart from yours which actually fixed my problem. This has saved by money on buying another 4TB drive which would have cost a lot of money.
Thank you
Mine doesn't even show up on disk management. Also, every minute or so it makes a weird tick noise. Not a continuous clicking noise. Help! With mine when I plug it in once out of every 20 times it shows up. Once i do click on it and try to remove files to my laptop it freezes.
Did you ever found what was wrong with it mine is the same. I looked everywhere couldn't find anything really
nope. gave up and returned it.
yah myn dts d same thing ...myn ddnt show at disk management initially and evn d size (1.5T) wasnt displayed..but i figured out disk 1 wz my external cuz obviously disk 0 is for my laptop and followed al d steps..nw ts formatting as we speak..
JustYoon2
i cant find it even in disk manager, i found disk 4 unknown 2047,35 Gb not initialized, but it's shows on "usbdeview" what can i do ?
is there any ways to make it become open without wiping it. i really need the stuff on my drive but my drive is primary partition so i cant change anything on it.
Same here. Did you found a solution?
Did you?
Still having the same problem. The only way I am able to access the files is by plugging the drive to a system running Ubuntu. There it is detected.
I have the same problem. Maybe its possible to restore the data after wiping it?!
Dude, four years later... freaking awesome. Super clutch for me after I had messed the WD driver up myself. Your video was precise.
ME TOO.... great detail... this is how a "tutorial video" SHOULD be done !! All other videos on U Tube are done so [ fast ] that you miss 98% of the info... GREAT JOB !!
When i go to disk management it says my harddrive doesnt have any partion and i cant partion it WTF
I fixed this by going to device manager- right clicking on "disk drives" and selecting "scan for hardware changes", this got the External HDD to show up.
Dude, mine says, after entering 'clean' at the disk part, "DiskPart has encountered an error: The request could not be performed because of I/O device error. See the System Event Log for more information." What to do next?
i am also facing same error any solution please
You are a life saver. Your instructions worked perfectly. I bought a new 4 TB Seagate that would not show up. I tried everything but couldn't get my computer to recognize it. I followed what you said and my computer now sees 1/2 of my drive. I see that for whatever reason, it partitioned my external drive. I assigned a name for the first half and I will name the second half when I need to. Thank you again.
You made my night son, I just installed a SSD hard drive into my Dell Vostro 430b and I could not find the drive if my life depended on it. Thanks to your video it was a piece of cake.
Hi ,
I cannot find the drive even in disk management.
Would yu help me with an alternate solution or fix for this.
me too
+parthipan sunny Yeah same here
+parthipan sunny me too
hlp me too
+RIJO JAMES
same
same, what a shitty system !
it doesnt show in the list of devices. when i am trying to initilise, it shows an I/O error.
I’m having the same problem.
This vid helping people after six years. Worked a treat, cheers man
WOW! Fought this problem for hours. This video more than solved the problem. Right away I was on the road to success. Thanks.
So, my problem is slightly different. My Passport WAS WORKING with my laptop, no problem and it continues to work on *other computers*. My Passport no longer shows up in Disk Manager and the "DISK PART: list disk" only shows my primary hard disk. In Device Manager, however, I do have an "Unknown USB Device" show up when I plug in this drive.
issue resolved??
THANK YOU!!!!!
+James Yates your welcome, glad the video could help:)
HI. Mine cant be seen either. When I list Diskpart my "WD my passport" is listed as Size 0 and Free ). When I tri to start it in disk manager, it gives the following message: The request could not be performed bacause of an I/O device error.
Pablo Gomes Kiipper
incredible video, makes my touro 1tb works again, thanks mate !
this is the ONLY video tutorial that I actually could follow and it worked when someone has a very comprehensive knowledge of something only than can they teach
GOOD JOB
What is I/O error ??
Hey Leon yong did you fix your hard drive because I get the same error I/o error
sir same issue I/O error
same issue
Did you ever resolve this?
"Now we're gonna push enner" x')
07:53
wtf is 'enner' does he mean the return key or enter?
Steve Elkins enter you idiot
Dude it worked for me. You can't over explain these things, detail is everything! thanx!!!
Thanks for taking the time and making this video to help us. I followed your tutorial and it now works flawlessly. Thanks again.
shows access denied in virtual disk manager
same here
Or, make life simpler and follow my instructions.
1: go to start menu
2: right click on computer
3: select Manage (click ok or accept if a prompt comes up)
4: go to storage▶️disk management
5: Click on the selected drive below and select the option necessary for your task.
6: restart the computer after your done and your done
Thanx a lot !!!
I followed this and it found my drive and I formatted it again and it added J, K, & L, but J seems to be the correct Drive! Should I leave K and L on my list in the Computer?
This ended up not fixing the issue I was having - I too found an old WD drive which seemed to work but didn't install drivers right, and I can't find that driver anywhere - but I just wanted to write you and say I appreciated your matter-of-fact teaching method and how easy this video was to understand. I definitely learned a couple of things.
Though I'm yet to apply the tutorial, I must say that i love the video, the explanation and everything. It's cool. As soon as I get back home I'll apply all you've taught. Thank you.
Brilliant, easy to understand. Followed video through and I now have a fully working drive.
I have to say, I followed your video on how to get around/ bypass the login window because of forgotten password and it was amazing! Worked like a charm, easy to follow, and , even as an MCP( Microsoft Certified Professional ), it was new info. Looking forward to more of your “discoveries” in the world of Computing. 👨🏼💻
Thanks a lot.
I was facing this problem since a year. Today I am able to connect my external hard drive to my 12 years old computer.
Thanks aging.
Keep it up.
Just want to tell you I followed the instructions as you was saying it. Amazingly I fixed my hard drive that I purchased and didn't work. Thank you so much! 3 THUMBS UP!
Finally, so simple and easy way of explanation, am grateful that my external drive worked again. Thanks a lot
OMG!!! Thank you so much Sir!!! My wife and I used my 2TB WD Passport on a mac and then tried to use it on my Pc and nothing would work because the hard drive was formatted for Mac. This completely fixed the problem. You definitely earned a new subscriber and fan. Thank you for the amazing research and tutorial!
awesome, glad the video could help:)
Dude my dumper passport works now. Thanks for helping reuse old electronics and helping us save money and the environment.
I have been stuck on this problem for a MONTH. Thank you so much!!!!!
You are a STAR man, you just save me headache of almost two years. I almost gave up my W.D. Am subscribing and liking straight
fantastic. after getting my new Seagate 1TB Slim Disc Drive, it didn't show up or could format or anything. now works great. great job!
Dude 4 hours messing with this hard drive and this video fixed it right here on windows 10 in 2021. The real MVP, thank you.
Awesome, glad the video could help have a great weekend:)
Thank you so much. I thought I was going to have way more trouble then it was. It's very important to explain everything if one mistake is made it could wipe the main drive.
you are absolutly brilliant. i bought a sata 3.5 2tb hard drive for a cyclone primus from amazon and my computer would not recognize the drive, so i found your video and followed your instructions and it worked. so i just have to say thank you loads.
Great i messed up 6 hard drive trying to get a micro server to work. but with this video i have regain all 6 hard drives back. Excellent Thank you
Your procedure solved my problem stemming from a sealed-new drive preformatted for Mac that behaved exactly as your dumpster dive example. Thanks a million.
Thank you very much for a well done tutorial. I just received a new 1TB WD My Passport external drive and I did not see it listed. I knew there was a way to do this but I had forgotten how. You just made my day.
Your tutorial video is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. I did followed your instructions step by step and worked just like it supposed to be like new. Thanks a bunch man!
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You are the real deal. After so much research on "Western Digital Hard Drive Not Detected", I came along with this video which was the bomb. This is 2020, and I was struggling with the Drive. I follow all the given direction, and it worked on my Windows 10. Thank you so much.
Man after 4 hours and a major headache trying to find a fix on youtube, Thank GOD i finally found your video that saved my life Bro. for my new WD 2tb passport external hard drive. now working on my old outdated windows xp system, that have a very valuable iTunes Library that I can now move to my new PC hp laptop. Again great instructions. - What a life saver!!!
u are a true life saver and i want to thank you for the bottom of my heart for giving us this info. i got mine off of ebay.. and all i had to do was the last step since it was already clean out and black
I cannot thank you enough for this! I spent like 3 hours trying to get my hard drive to appear and then I saw your video!
Oh! Wow! I followed your instructions and there is my drive! Thank you so much! I am soo happy about this video! Thank you so much! Great job!!! I did something that my son and my husband couldn't help me with. Now I got one on them! Thank you!
Thank's a ton man! Searched for the solution for ages. Actually skipped your video once because it started with you recording your screen with a camera but then you actually had a screen recorder :D
I was so immensely frustrated with a drive a friend gave me (previously used on a Mac) and this fixed it! Thank you so so much!!!!! I appreciate the pace you used too. I'm pretty computer savvy but I appreciated that you checked often to make sure no one destroyed their OS in the process. :) I was able to follow along with the video and do the steps with you.
One note, my disk was 3TB and I had to click the GPT option for it to work properly. The first time it made only 2TB of the drive usable, but I redid the process with that option and it worked.
I can't thank you enough!
I got a new WD Element 2TB drive and wanted to get a ton of photos of my old windows 8 PC onto the drive and then to my new Mac. The Mac recognized the drive after a little work but the PC wouldn't show it except for in disk management, but I still could not assign the drive a letter. After your video I have a successfully labeled drive! Thanks much!
I had the same problem.... I didn't know how to fix it.... after watching your video... it worked!!.. thank you
hey man your the the best... I was trying for ages to get my dynamode mass storage portable device working. watched all the you tubers with fixes to no avail... until I came across your tutorial .. and BANG it worked..i wouldn't mind but this was supposed to be a brand new product plug and play straight out the box..THANKS AGAIN******
Thank you very much! This helped me have my computer recognize my brand new 4TB western digital on windows 10. Thankfully as soon as I opened Admin tools then disk management it automatically popped up to initialize it. It's crazy that it doesn't do that automatically.
Thank You sooooo much. Worked like a Charm and now I can install my new drive. Great video.
Thank you for the video. You explained everything so well for me to getting my WD My Passport 1TB to be recognized on my Windows 7. I had been working on this for endless hours. I followed you to the end and got it done the first time and it work great. I was very excited to accomplish this task and thank you so much!
after years of computer frustration at last someone who is helpful and cautious and brilliant.because it worked.this is the true meaning and intended purpose of the internet to educate the world
That was well done!...Hey I have an issue with a flash drive/ usb stick that I used as a bootable usb for a vista install. Now I want to get it to work as a normal usb would, it reads no media O capacity any help here?
Thanks for the video. I bought a WD 1TB off ebay... I got it in the mail this morning I plugged it it and nothing.. Your video helped so much!!
OMG, thank you thank you thank you! Already had to find a tutorial to get rid of the USB code 52, then this. I was about to give up hope, and I'm in DESPERATE need of some extra storage. You saved my life tonight. Thank you!
FIRST CLASS how to video. About as clear as clear can be! Thks loads!
THANK YOU!
I buy a new drive about once a year. This time I did it wrong, found your vid and voilà!
Have a GREAT WEEK!
:-)
After 5years, this vid is still useful. I am a newbie, and I did it. I'm happy and I skipped the dumpster diving part
Thanks for the video! I had a hard drive that I removed from a PS4 and put in a HDD enclosure that wouldn't show up on my PC. Following the steps in your video, I was able to get it working!
Awesome! I followed your video and I could get back my external WD My Passport Ultra HDD alive and working. Thank you so much!
Worked like a charm. Thanks a million. I had an old Iomega Hard Drive that would not be recognized anymore and this video got it working again. It is a little lengthy, but I'd rather it be lengthy and thorough than quick and missing a step or rushed where an error could occur. Thumbs up for sure!
i have a question: i did everything on the video. but already in the begining i have issues. the computer management doesn't recognice the usb at all. just my internal hard drive and my disc drive. i checked all usb ports and they work with other usb's. i checked the wd elemens it self on other pc and it works. only on my computer with windows 10 it doesn't work any ideas?
You are pure genius sir! My WD external drive now working! Thanks.
Worked like a charm. I should have been able to figure this out on my own but you saved me a ton of effort!!! Thank you!!!
Excellent tutorial mate. Worked perfectly on a Toshiba HD as well! Thank you, much appreciated and keep up the great work!
Very helpful. I tried many options. but nothing worked. You are a lifesaver!! :)
Thanks! Out of all the time I spent looking for solutions this is the only one that worked.
Thanks a lot. You saved a lot of my time after trying many other videos. You are a real hero!
Followed your instructions and now its working fine. Thanks.
Love you 🔥. Thanks left a like and a follow. I was making the mistake of always selecting short videos but then took a chance with your longer video. It all makes sense coz u took ur time and explained each step. Patience paid off. Great video 🔥
Thank YOU!!!! Spent 3 hours trying to get my 2tb Passport Ultra to work, this did the trick!!
you just saved me from going through a hell of a hard time. thank you so much!
You just ended my unbelievably painful struggle with this Hard drive!!! Thankssss!
Super stuff.. worked like a charm.. I just followed the steps as shown by you in this video and hurray.. my HD is back now.. thank you very much
Just for others reference
My HD was not detected by windows. I was able to see the HD under Disk Management and Device Manager. I used Easeus software to recover data before going ahead as this process will clean everything.
Awesome video... I also found one dumpster diving.. mine is 931 GB !!! These instructions were easy as pie... very cool!
When trying to open disk management it gets stuck at * connecting to Virtual disk service * ? what could this mean?
after watching a ton of videos, this is the only method which has worked for me (i bought a second hand drive - it was wiped). Thanks :)
Hi,how can I repair this? Same problem you have the diff.is I/0 error and disk not initialized?
I got a 3tb drive that shows as unknown in computer management and when I try to initialize it, I get a i/o device error message. It is sad because I was able to access it as a RAW file but now after my computer crashed I couldn't salvage it anymore. Any tips?
Perfect tutorial, this helped so much with selling my external hard drive!
Clear, Concise and straight forward instructions. This solution worked. Thank you for amazing video! You are my hero!
Thank you so much!!!! This helped me immensely. It was driving me nuts cause I was like, "the drivers are installed and I can eject it and everything so WHERE IS IT???!!!!" Haha. Seriously, this helped a lot. Great video and instructions. Thanks, Man!
You rule brother. I hate Windows but I had to use it with my WD. I have been using my WD for the last 4 years with Mac and Linux and I didn't have a single issue. Today I had to use it on Windows 7 and it wasn't showing up on My Computer. You brother, saved my life. :) Thanks a lot
Followed you to the letter, you solved my problem. thanks a lot Jason.
Keep making your videos
Thank you! It did work! I tried other similar videos and it didn't but yours did - thanks!
Thanks a lot. This was the tutorial i was looking for. But two little questions.
1- Is there some posibility of keeping the information in the wd external hard drive after this operation?
2- why my windows 8 instaled in a secondary partition of a mac CAN SEE the WD Drive?
Thank you bro. You don't understand how helpful this was. Thank you again and again....
if i do this will it still work on my mac as well? i am using both mac and windows. i need files from mac and use it in windows 7 and vice versa. will it be detected in both or only in windows 7?
Thank you so much for this video! It was really helpful and made my new WD passport work like a charm.
thank you very much. i faced the same problem. by following your method i could fix it. so very much thank you. take a bow man.
As someonw who is new to tech THANK YOU for showing every step, that is what I needed :) x
Wow! it was worth watching. This video was very helpful! I was looking all over and couldn't find any to help with my problem. Thank You!
This is the legit problem solver. Thanks for your video I was able to use my Hard drive across my devices.