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HDD not showing up on windows

Vicnete20sanchez
By Vicnete20sanchez
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Just got my Seagate 1tb HDD but when I plug it in it shows in bios but does not show in disk managment or command prompt at all so I have no idea what to do now.

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17 minutes ago, Saksham said:

unplug, replug. 

 

internal or external drive?

I did and it still did nothing and I even switched SATA ports. It's internal 

 

1 hour ago, Vicnete20sanchez said:

Just got my Seagate 1tb HDD but when I plug it in it shows in bios but does not show in disk managment or command prompt at all so I have no idea what to do now.

 

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Did you try a different cable?

Jeannie

 

As long as anyone is oppressed, no one will be safe and free.

One has to be proactive, not reactive, to ensure the safety of one's data so backup your data! And RAID is NOT a backup!

 

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9 hours ago, Lady Fitzgerald said:

Did you try a different cable?

Yes I tried that to

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6 minutes ago, Vicnete20sanchez said:

Yes I tried that to

Chances are, it's a bad drive then. Look into exchanging it under warranty.

Jeannie

 

As long as anyone is oppressed, no one will be safe and free.

One has to be proactive, not reactive, to ensure the safety of one's data so backup your data! And RAID is NOT a backup!

 

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