To do this go to device manager by pressing win r together to open the run dialog enter devmgmt msc.
External hard drive not recognized windows 10.
Look for the drive that is not being recognised.
How to make windows 10 recognise an external hard drive.
Click the next button.
To solve the problem external hard drive not showing up in disk management on windows 10 you have to take specific steps based on different situations.
Click on the top result to open disk management.
If the external drive doesn t have a partition right click the unallocated space and select the new simple volume option.
If you see a yellow red sign appearing.