There is one thing to keep in mind, and that is that it is always possible that the tool is damaged and in that case may not be able to use it anymore. However, and there may be other causes that the PC may not recognize, such as having problems with the partition table, the file system is incorrect, the driver problem or the USB port has been damaged. These are the very situations we will talk about in this article.
Is the USB port active? Make sure the device is on
One of the possible causes, most obvious, is that the USB port doesn't work (on the PC side and on the device itself). For this reason, check that the device is on, and for this reason most external disks and USB pen drivers have it LED status indicator.
If you have it and it does not open, the USB port or external hard disk cable may not work properly, so it is recommended to try some different USB ports and replace the cable if possible.
Check that the disk is from Windows
If the LED lights on, at least you know it's getting power, then the problem may be more software related than hardware related. To view it, go to the disk manager in Windows (right-click the start button -> Disk Management) and check if the application is from above.
The important thing here is that it comes from above; that it doesn't come down or that it comes out dark with a simple solution, but the fact is that when it comes out on top, Windows sees it well. If your PC doesn't recognize USB and it doesn't show up, skip to the next point in this tutorial. If the device appears, skip the next section.
Check that the drivers are right
If the PC does not recognize the USB phone and is not visible to the Disk Manager though, you have a hard drive. Access Device Manager (right-click Start -> Device Manager) and search for it in the "Disk Drives" section.
If there is a problem, your USB drive will appear with a yellow sulfur icon next to its name, indicating they have a driver problem. In this case, right-click his name and select properties. In the popup window, under the "Device" section, you will be shown details related to the problem. There are many cases you find here, and we recommend you look for an error on the Internet.
If this doesn't work, you can always try to update the driver. To do this, right-click the device name and select the "Refresh driver" option for Windows to automatically perform.
As a last attempt if the above doesn't work, you can right-click on the drive and select "Uninstall device". Then remove it from the USB port, wait a few seconds and reconnect it; the app will install compatible drivers again.
Create new disk volume
If your drive appears up but not down, or down, on the Disk Manager, you may not have the volume created or they have the wrong partition table. They may also have a malicious file system (for example, the drive formatted in AFP on Apple Mac will not be accepted on Windows).
In such cases, you can right-click the drive and select the "Delete Volume" option, but note that doing so will delete all information on the external disk or USB pen drive that the PC does not recognize.
Once this is done, the unit should appear below black. If so, right-click on that dark area and select "New Simple Volume …". Follow the wizard and you'll create a new volume that will already work fine.
Format disk
If everything is working fine with Disk Manager but your PC can no longer see your USB drive, you may appear formatting. You already have the same Disk Manager right-click on the drive up and select the "Format …" option. In most cases simply formatting the drive, the PC will just recognize it.
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