Hard Drive Shows Up In BIOS but NOT in Windows 10 Explorer. It does not show up under Disk Drives - nothing. The drives show up in the bios but Windows 10 does not recognize their existence. I bought a new WD 4TB Black Drive for my PC, but Windows 10 does not recognize it. Hold and press F2 to enter BIOS environment. "Hi there, have you ever met this problem that the hard drive suddenly cannot be detected in PC?I'm now having this problem that my computer cannot detect the second hard drive in my PC. External hard drive not showing up Windows 10 – This is a common issue with external hard drives, and we will cover this one separately. To enable hard drive in BIOS and make second hard drive show up in Windows 10 correctly, do as follows. I have tried the troubleshooting feature to trouble shoot hardware and devices. Scanning for new HW in Device Manager does not work. ATA/SATA Hard Drive Not Detected in BIOS, Help! Video Tutorial on How to Fix Hard Drive Not Showing Up. I have updated all possible drivers from my PC manufacturer as well as Windows, but get nothing. Internal hard drive not showing up Windows 10, in Disk Management – If your hard drive isn’t showing in Windows at all, it’s possible that it’s not properly connected. Regular HDD is in a HDD caddy that I used to replace my DVD-drive. New HDD is not showing inside Disk Management I installed the latest drivers for my MB and have run programs such as drivethelife to update drivers. A 3TB disk drive in a legacy BIOS and Window system will need a DiscWizard device driver to access the full capacity of a 3TB disk drive. If yes, turn it on. This type of BIOS uses a Master Boot Record (MBR). The issue is not specific to a certain Windows version as it’s reported to occur on Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. This is so strange. Recent Videos from Recoverit. I have a SSD drive as my windows drive. All of the hard drives and USB drives show in File Explorer but the DVD drive does not. If the Windows fails to boot from HDD, you may first check whether the BIOS has detected the hard drive. Windows 10 has been so flaky, I never had these types of problems with Windows 7. Hard drive won’t show up in BIOS, on PC, in File Explorer – This can result due to improper BIOS settings or connection problems with your hard drive. Step 1. I have everything backed up on an external hard drive so it's okay if I lose the data. Is there a way to clean this drive without OS? The MBR Partitions can define a disk drive capacity up to 2.2TB. Most affected users report that even though the new hardware is showing in their BIOS settings, it doesn’t appear inside Disk Management. Step 3. The case where the hard disk is not detected is a hardware issue and requires you to have an understanding of BIOS. Would it help? Restart PC. Reconnect HDD and enable ATA/SATA HDD in BIOS BIOS sees DVD (sata) drive but Windows 10 does not. My 2nd disk hard drive used to show up as disk 1 in the Disk Management and I even backed some files up to it. It does not show up in BIOS, nor in the Device Manager. HDD in the caddy shows up in device management as an other device, not as a hard drive and it's not showing up in the disk management. Windows operating systems that boot from an MBR are therefore limited to 2.2TB per MBR. I have connections on my motherboard for 8 sata drives and am using only 6, which includes the DVD drive. To fix that, enter BIOS and make sure that the drive appears. Reboot PC again. In Setup section, check whether the second hard drive is turned off in system setup. If not, follow steps here in the below to fix this issue and make your hard drive detectable in BIOS again: Step 1. View More > Conclusion. Step 2. My friend helps me to check the hard drive in BIOS, but no information on the hard drive is showing up. It was working fine in windows 7. HDD not showing up in Windows 10, how to repair? 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