#Format seagate drive that doesnt show up in explorere update
#Format seagate drive that doesnt show up in explorere driver
#Format seagate drive that doesnt show up in explorere windows

#Format seagate drive that doesnt show up in explorere windows

To fix it, you need to reformat your Seagate external hard drive with NTFS File System or FAT32 File System that is supported by Windows 11/10/8/7.

For example, if you have formatted the hard drive with APFS File System on Mac, this problem will certainly happen when you connect the hard drive to Windows computers. If you find your hard drive is partitioned but still not show up in your computer, it is possible that it's partitioned with a different file system. Select Add option if your hard drive doesn't have a drive letter, and select Change option if it already has one and you want to change it.Д¬hoose a letter for the drive and that's all.ДЄs we have mentioned in the Part 1, the unsupported File System will cause the Seagate external hard drive not showing up issue. Right click on your hard drive and select Change Drive Letter and Paths. Under this circumstance, you need to assign or change the drive letter. If the Seagate external hard drive does not have a drive letter or the drive letter conflicts with other disks, the hard drive won't show up in your computer. Then, you'll find that the disk is detected and showing up in the Windows File Explorer. Once done, remove the Seagate external hard drive and connect it to the computer again. Follow the wizard to specify the volume size and assign drive letter or path. Right click on the unallocated disk and choose New Simple Volume from the options.ДЄ New Simple Volume Wizard will show up. If you see that your disk is simply unallocated in the Disk Management, you only need to create a new partition for it.

Right click on the disk and select Initialize Disk.Д¬hoose a proper partition style and click OK to confirm it. Or press Windows + R and enter diskmgmt.msc to proceed. Right click on the Windows button and choose Disk Management from the list. Follow the simple steps below to initialize the disk. If you are attaching a brand new external hard drive to the computer for the first time, you'll see it here but it's not initialized. There you'll see the available hard drives which are connected and recognized by the computer. When you find the Seagate external hard drive is not showing up in your computer, the third place you should check is Disk Management. Method 3: Initialize the External Hard Drive

#Format seagate drive that doesnt show up in explorere driver

And reboot the computer, the driver will be reinstalled automatically. To uninstall the driver, click on Uninstall device that will help you completely uninstall Drivers. If it works then it's ok otherwise uninstall and then reinstall the driver.

#Format seagate drive that doesnt show up in explorere update

Press Win+R keys together to open the Run dialog and then enter devmgmt.msc.Д®xpand the Disk drives category and check for any devices with a yellow exclamation point next to them, right-click on its name and select Update Driver. At this time, you'd better update or reinstall the driver to make it work properly again. Maybe your Windows has a driver problem with your device and by using the Device Manager you can check it. Method 2: Update or Reinstall the Device Driver