External Hard Drive Not Showing Up. Some USB hubs won't provide enough power for your external hard drive to work. Here's what to do if your device is not detected in External drives are simple: you plug them in, they appear on your computer, and you can drag files right on over.
The device is shown only in the name external usb. I restart the computer and nothing happens. I have run both Verify and Repair disk to the external HD and after the scans it says the HD appears to be OK.
After it is ejected I can unplug it and plug it back in and it will.
Partitioning can be fixed through Windows Disk Management tools.
They are equally easy to utilize. External Hard Drives are becoming extremely common. External hard drives are very delicate and tend to break even on the slightest fall.