HDD shows in device manager but no where else?

almighty15 · 3 Nov 2013 at 22:16

Got a small HDD that I want to use for back up, it shows in device manager but not in windows or disk and partition manager?

almighty15 · 4 Nov 2013 at 12:32

Nope, only visible in device manager

almighty15 · 4 Nov 2013 at 19:43

Here's the problem guys

The drive in question is the Fujitshu HDD, it's visible in device manager as a hard drive but there's nothing for it in disk manager.

I've done a re-scan and a refresh in disk manager but Windows still doesn't pick it up

almighty15 · 7 Nov 2013 at 06:15

Nothing

almighty15 · 9 Nov 2013 at 17:32

Still nothing... When I installed Windows 8 I deleted the drive in the select drive to install part of the installation.

Reckon I've completely blanked it

almighty15 · 10 Nov 2013 at 13:21

wazza300 said:
tried different sata ports?

maybe installing latest intel rapid storage drivers might help pick up the hdd (intel boards only)

if its sharing the same drive letter as the os hdd then it wont showup

Will try that..

bledd. said:
Do you have any mapped network drives?

Nope...

almighty15 · 10 Nov 2013 at 16:55

Sorted

Had to use partition Wizard to delete the 2 partitions that were on there and then set it up as a new disk with a new designated drive letter.

There was a 100Mb partition on there that was in use preventing it to be seen by Windows.

Cheers to all that chipped in to help