Hard drive won't appear in File Explorer, BIOS or PC If the hard drive is improperly installed, or subjected to faulty initialization and format, the hard drive will not show up.Įxternal hard drives may also not be included in the list, especially when the drive becomes corrupted or damaged. You can try opening the BIOS menu and locate the drive from there.Ĭan't see the hard drive in Windows 10/11 If the new drive cannot be found when using the Disk Management feature, the physical installation might have failed. Internal hard drive does not show up in Windows Disk Management There are a few scenarios that a Windows user might encounter when they install a new internal hard drive: Overview of the Error 'Hard Drive Not Showing Up' Fixing the 'Hard Drive Not Showing up' Error
