Question My HDD doesn't appear in My Computer. Only in Disk Management. Need some help.

[jayhayjay]

Hey everyone. I'm having an issue with one of my HDDs.

My secondary HDD doesn't show up in My Computer. It only shows up in Disk Management but only at the bottom and it appears as "not initialized" and "unallocated".

This has happened a couple of times before as well but I fixed it by simply unplugging and re-plugging the SATA and PSU cables. It didn't work this time though.

It's a 1 TB WD Caviar Black that I've had for a few years.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

 

[fzabkar]

I would examine the SMART report with a tool such as CrystalDiskInfo. This will tell us if the drive has detected any physical problems. Look for reallocated, uncorrectable or pending sectors.

https://crystalmark.info/en/software/crystaldiskinfo/

I would also examine the Partitions window in DMDE. This will tell us if the partitions have been deleted. I don't think that PowerShell would be able to see this.

https://dmde.com/