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External Drive no longer found
Boggin:
To see if it is listed in Disk Management, right click on the Windows icon in the taskbar then click on Disk Management.
lauri4tr:
I wish I could send a screenshot, but that doesn't seem to work. I see Disc 0 partitions 1, 4, 5, and 6 all showing Layout: Simple Type: Basic File System shows nothing and Status is Healthy. There is something after the word Healthy, but the field is truncated and I can't see what it says. I can't expand the field until I respond to an Initialize Disk box for Disk 1. I'm not sure what that is for or what I should do with it. It is defaulting to use the GPT (GUID Partition Table) for that disk.
lauri4tr:
I found steps here to edit the registry.
https://appuals.com/fix-must-initialize-disk-logical-disk-manager-can-access/
I have already tried all of the other steps noted. Should I go ahead and try it - or do you have other suggestions that may work? I am comfortable editing the registry long as the instructions are correct. If all else fails I'll reformat the drive if I have to.
lauri4tr:
Regedit didn't help. I didn't find these values noted in the instructions:
In the right pane of the Registry Editor, look for registry values titled UpperFilters and LowerFilters.
If you find one or both of these registry values, right-click on them and click on Delete.
Boggin:
In Disk Management, look to the top right of the screen where you will see a small box to the left of the red X
Click on that and that will expand the Disk Management screen to full screen.
I use a Toshiba laptop and to take a screen shot I have to press FN ALT and PRTSC together then I go Start - type paint and press enter when it comes up.
Clicking on Paste will put the image into the pane.
Click on File/Saveas and give it a name.
To attach a pic to your post, go below the reply box and click on Browse then select the Pictures folder and click on the image file and click on Open where when you post your reply, it will appear as mine did in an earlier post.
However, the fact that you are being prompted to initialize the external HDD for Windows to see it would confirm that it is in fact dead, especially as other machines don't recognize it.
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