How to Fix Toshiba External Hard Drive Not Showing Up?

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Why my Toshiba external hard drive not showing up or not working?

How to fix Toshiba external hard drive not showing up or not working?

▶️#1 Check the connection

First of all, check if there is a problem with the USB connection, switch the Toshiba external hard drive to another USB interface to confirm whether it is a problem with the hard drive or the USB interface, if the Toshiba external hard drive can be displayed again in another interface even if the USB interface is the problem, in addition to replace the computer to confirm whether the computer itself is the problem.

▶️#2 Update the driver

If the driver is not updated, the external hard drive may not display on the computer, so check and update the driver. First, press Windows + R shortcut to bring up the "Run" window, type "devmgmt.msc" and press "Confirm". Then, in the pop-up window, expand "Disk Drives", right-click on "Removable Storage Media" and click on "Update Drivers". If there are any updates to be installed, follow the on-screen prompts to upgrade the driver.

▶️#3 Assign a drive letter to the Toshiba external hard drive

When your Windows system does not detect the hard drive, you can check to see if the drive is in your computer's Disk Management.

▶️#4 Create a New volume on the Toshiba external hard drive

▶️#5 Formatting Toshiba external hard drive

There are two cases when you need to format the hard drive, one is when the new hard drive is not recognized, in this case, you need to format the hard drive, open Disk Management, select the appropriate hard drive and format it.

Another situation is that the format of the Toshiba external hard drive is not NTFS format anymore and cannot be recognized by the Windows system, so it cannot be displayed on the computer. In this case, Windows will automatically remind to format it, and the system can directly format it, and the formatted drive will change back to NTFS format, but in this case, your important data will probably not be retained. For this situation, it is more recommended to use professional data recovery software that can help you get back the data lost due to becoming in the wrong format, like Donemax Data Recovery.

If the Toshiba external hard drive is RAW drive and not initialized, just choose Initialize Disk.

Recover lost data from Toshiba external hard drive

If you lose data due to fixing the Toshiba external hard drive, you can use a data recovery tool - Donemax Data Recovery to recover lost data from unrecognized or formatted Toshiba external hard drive.

Step 1. Download and install Donemax Data Recovery on your computer. Then connect the Toshiba external hard drive to your computer.

Step 2. Open Donemax Data Recovery and select the Toshiba external hard drive to start data recovery.

Step 3. Click on Scan button. Scan the selected hard drive and find all recoverable files including files, deleted/lost files, formatted data, etc.

Step 4. After scan, it lists all recoverable files. Select the wanted files and save them.

Final Words

How to Fix Toshiba External Hard Drive Not Showing Up? There are many reasons behind why a Toshiba external hard drive can’t be recognized or showed up on your computer. You can use Disk Management to fix this issue or update driver of Toshiba external hard drive, reinstall Windows OS, etc. If you’ve lost data due to formatting the Toshiba external hard drive, you can use a data recovery tool to help you get the lost files back.