During the scan, you can see more and more data showing up in the results. You may see your Toshiba hard drive shows up as unallocated space because the partition is lost. In such a case, you can also use the EaseUS data recovery software to recover data from your Toshiba external hard drive and then create new partitions on it to make it usable.
Since the way to perform data recovery has been detailed already, here we will show you how to create new partitions on your disk only. If you find your Toshiba disk isn't showing any files, you can refer to the article about " pen drive not showing data " to make your files show up again. Are your hard drives, be it new or old, internal or external, not showing up in File Explorer or Disk Management? Possible causes: Connection issues, outdated Toshiba external hard drive driver, physical damage on the disk.
Based on the possible reasons why your Toshiba external hard drive is not working, you have three methods to try:. There are many tips you can try to check the connection between your Toshiba external hard drive and your computer.
If the Toshiba hard drive is still not working, try to update the device driver. An outdated or corrupted hard drive driver will cause some problems while using the device. Since your hard drive is not detected by the PC, you cannot update the driver via Device Manager. Go to the official site of Toshiba, then download and install the latest driver by entering your model or the serial number of your disk. If you are sure there is physical corruption on your Toshiba external hard drive or the disk is still not working after trying the methods above, you are recommended to send the Toshiba hard drive for manual repair.
A Toshiba external hard drive that is not working in such a case may be caused by a problematic device driver or a drive letter conflict between your Toshiba external disk and the partition on your computer. The solutions are easy:. If the issue persists, follow the next solutions. When you connect the external hard drive to the computer, generally it shows on the desktop, Finder and Disk Utility. If you are unable to view it there, check the settings of Mac.
Disk Utility helps you to resolve disk and disk-volume related problems on Mac. Solve it with first-aid in Disk Utility. NVRAM is non-volatile random access memory. The memory will keep the stored data irrespective of whether the power is off or on.
Step 1- Shut down Mac and restart it. Press Command, Option, P, and R keys all together when you hear startup tune. If the system information of your Mac recognizes the Toshiba external hard drive, but still it doesn't show up, remount the hard drive with Terminal. The command makes you available with the list of all the attached drives and available volumes. It would be better to check with this command that whether the drive is connected to the computer or not. Note it down.
If the disk is partitioned, the number after the letter 's' symbolizes the partition number. You will get the complete information of the drive here like its size, manufacturer name, removable or unremovable, etc.
Once the Toshiba hard drive gets established by your Mac, eject it by using Terminal, with the above command. You need to type the command again to view whether the Toshiba hard drive is gone from the list of attached drives. After trying the solution explained above for Toshiba hard disk repair, if at any step you find the data is lost, what will you do then?
Well once the Toshiba hard drive repair is successful, you can easily recover the lost data with Recoverit data recovery software. Taking a backup of your device before performing any repair steps is always suggested. Still, if you can't manage to take it, Recoverit data recovery software will help you. With the highest recovery rate, Recoverit Data Recovery is the leading software to recover lost data. Before beginning with the recovery procedure, connect your hard drive with the computer first.
Ensure it is viewable in the drives list. Recommendation: If you are inexperienced with updating Toshiba device drivers manually, we highly recommend downloading the Toshiba Hard Disk Driver Utility. This tool will download and update the correct Toshiba Hard Disk driver versions automatically, protecting you against installing the wrong Hard Disk drivers.
Plug It In Most external hard drives connect to your computer via the Universal Serial Bus USB , a standard, familiar connector widely used for drives, printers and other computing equipment.
Click the File Explorer shortcut icon. The File Explorer shows the available free space. Then perform these steps: Click the Start Menu button. Click the File Explorer shortcut icon to open a second File Explorer window. Powered by USB 3. Simple plug-and-play operation.
Ready to use with Microsoft Windows and no software installation required. Intuitively drag and drop files to and from your PC or laptop. Canvio Basics USB 3. Possible causes: Connection issues, outdated Toshiba external hard drive driver, physical damage on the disk. Based on the possible reasons why your Toshiba external hard drive is not working, you have three methods to try:.
There are many tips you can try to check the connection between your Toshiba external hard drive and your computer. If the Toshiba hard drive is still not working, try to update the device driver.
An outdated or corrupted hard drive driver will cause some problems while using the device. Since your hard drive is not detected by the PC, you cannot update the driver via Device Manager.
Go to the official site of Toshiba, then download and install the latest driver by entering your model or the serial number of your disk. If you are sure there is physical corruption on your Toshiba external hard drive or the disk is still not working after trying the methods above, you are recommended to send the Toshiba hard drive for manual repair. A Toshiba external hard drive that is not working in such a case may be caused by a problematic device driver or a drive letter conflict between your Toshiba external disk and the partition on your computer.
The solutions are easy:. Step 1. Step 2. Find and right-click the problematic USB drive and select 'Update driver'. Step 4. Wait for the driver to be updated, then reboot your computer. You may see your Toshiba external hard drive state is 'Not Initialized' or 'No Media' in Disk Managemen, your disk shows RAW file system or the partition on it is lost showing as unallocated space. All make your device inaccessible.
To fix 'Toshiba external hard drive not working' in the last two situations, you can:. If the partition on your Toshiba disk is RAW, don't worry.
You can use the hard drive recovery software - EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard to recover data from the inaccessible disk and then format the device to assign a new file system to it, which will make it usable again.
Since you're going to recover data from the external hard drive, run EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard and under the External Devices tab, choose the exact drive where you lost data. Click Scan.
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