[SOLVED] Hdd missing from my computer

[lizardskin18]

I have 2 hdd’s in my pc. My C drive with the os and I have another hdd with my music and movies etc. on it. Both drives were working fine then I turned on my pc this morning my storage hdd with the music and movies suddenly didn’t show up on my pc but shows up in device manager. Any ideas on getting my data off this drive without formatting? Every forum I find about someone having this issue they’re talking about a brand new drive they just bought. However this hdd isn’t brand new I’ve had it for a little while.

 

[scout_03]

did you try to use another sata cable on it from board and even another sata slot .

 

[lizardskin18]

I have tried 3 different ports and 2 cables. Even tried the hdd on another pc. Doesn’t show up on my computer but shows on device manager

 

[scout_03]

does it show up on others pc .

 

[loblaw]

I have exactly the same issue on my machine. Would love to hear more suggestions. I'm not confident checking the SATA cables, could someone talk me through that?

 

[lizardskin18]

Yes I tried it on another pc and same issue. Doesn’t show up in the my computer folder but shows up in device manager

 

[scout_03]

what kind of files it show there raw or ntfs .

 

[lizardskin18]

It says unallocated

 

[lizardskin18]

Up towards the top of the screen where it says file system the section is just blank

 

[lizardskin18]

I would upload a screenshot but I’m not sure how

 

[scout_03]

see if this will solve it https://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/free-data-recovery-software.htm